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PaulitoTuGato t1_iztku63 wrote

Reply to comment by LetMeSleepNoEleven in Recount flips Mass. House election to Democrat by 1 vote by TurretLauncher

I think I understand what you are saying. My point was that when two separate counts don’t add up the same sum, most people would count again to at least try to verify the first or second count. I dunno, that’s what I would do. Maybe they should recount the ballots that changed the outcome of the original count a month ago?

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LetMeSleepNoEleven t1_iztlmwi wrote

I think it would make sense to review the ballots in question again, yes.

Edit: but the intent of some (or all) of those may be very obvious to the human eye, though not clear to a computer.

If two hand counts differed, I’d be more concerned. That might indicate that some ballots are not clearly marked for computer or for human reading.

But yes, again, I think when it’s this close, some extra scrutiny on the ballots in question is in order.

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PaulitoTuGato t1_iztn8ti wrote

That’s all I’m saying. Thank you for sharing your insight! I have learned some things I didn’t know today

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PinPlastic9980 t1_izufx3i wrote

during a hand recount usually multiple individuals (representing both candidates) are reviewing the ballots together. less likely to have issues during a recount than the machine counts as they will recount a set until the numbers line up for everyone.

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