As previously reported, in the California March 5 primary for U.S. House, 16th district, there was a tie for second place. California precedent says when that happens, the top three finishers appear on the general election ballot.
However, the primary vote is being recounted. See this story.
It is interesting that they are sorting them by precinct even though they are doing a machine count.
In Oregon, there was a recount where there was a request for a recount for select precincts and they were told that they would have to pay bazillion to sort the ballots out.
But I recall a recount in California where the candidates could request select precincts.
If a ballot has some sort of precinct code, then they ought to be easy to sort.
@WZ,
That assumes you have a card sorter, and that ballots are card stock.
But if they are paper ballots scanned by OCR there is no reason to physically segregate the ballots.
I believe that Minnesota delivers uncounted absentee ballots to the voting precinct. If they are still in their envelopes, they could probably use or adapt sorting machines from the postal service.
In New York the vote counting machines are deployed at precinct. Voters mark ballots the old fashioned way with a pen or pencil, so ballots are collected at the precinct level.
In future years will younger voters know how to use a pencil? Or will there have to be adaptive technology with touch screens?
If it was a standing count, you’d just watch the video. Easy peasy, and automatically sorted by precinct.
If local elections are listed on a ballot, it seems expeditious that there ought to be some sort of way to identify to which precinct a ballot goes.
Ballots are stupid. Standing counts are so much better.
WHAT MORON STATES HAVE ELECTRONIC VOTING — VS PAPER BALLOT SCANNERS
GERRYMANDER CONGRESS TOO EVIL CORRUPT/STUPID TO TOTALLY STOP EV — AT LEAST FOR USA OFFICES ???
Electronic voting is great. I’ve shilled for it many times in these comments. Also, I don’t contradict myself or make mistakes (except typos).
SNAIL MAIL VOTING IS BEST. THE LP SHOULD DO THIS AT THEIR GERRYMANDERED CONVENTIONS
NOT DOING SO VIOLATES BROWN V BOARD OF ED 1954
P-A-T
I’m against snail mail voting because I believe in secret ballots and there’s no way to know who might be looking over a voter as they fill out a mail ballot or make them take a picture or video of it before they put it in the envelope etc.
Congress should have no say over voting! It’s a state matter! States are sovereign nations!
States are gerrymanders! Nationalize everything!
THE OTHER AZ POSTERS ARE PRE SKOOOL TROLL MORONS WITH THEIR .666 IQS
CITIES ARE GERRYMANDERED BY COURT MORONS AFFILIATED WITH PUTIN AND XI
THE SUPREME COURT IS GERRYMANDERED TOO
MY HOUSE IS GERRYMANDERED
We need a replacement list of AZs! Make sure it’s on single signature used toilet paper squares!
ALMOST TOO MANY FAKE AZ TROLL MORONS TO COUNT — ACTUAL ONE VERY DEMENTED SICK OBSESSED 0.000666 IQ TROLL WITH BRAIN PARROT DISEASE — EVEN WORSE THAN BIDEN/TRUMP MORON SPEECHWRITERS.
I’m going to call the fbi! I own the letters a and z! My trademark has been violated!
DON’T LISTEN TO THE FAKE AZ TROLL MORONS. ONLY AZ IS THE REAL AZ TROLL MORON
I do not contradict myself. I do not have cognitive dissonance. I am not a bot.
Article One of the US Constitution gives Congress authority over congressional elections.
Except when it comes to states or cities which want to allow aliens the right to vote?
@WZ,
The ballots are coded with ballot style. Election precincts might or might not perfectly coincide with local political subdivisions. In California, mail ballots are collected by county. They can be counted by machines without separating by precinct.
I think parts of California recount laws are based on precincts, and the law apparently requires a physical separation. I think a recount requester can request select precincts. If they flip a result, the recount is free. The other candidate can then request their own recount of other precincts.
If there is a belief that some ballots are miscounted due to poor marking, a candidate would typically request recounts in their strongest precincts. (e.g., if the Bumble Bee Party gets 80% of the votes in a precinct, it is likely that there will be more Bumble Bee Party mis-votes than Lizard Party mis-votes regardless of the propensity of the two groups to make mistakes).
AZ the 4th….hmmmm