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rurallib

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4. Iowa votes with traceable paper ballots and has a form of audits

Reply to judesedit (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 19, 2020, 04:12 PM

Nov 2020

There is a major total recount going on in district 2 for the US House race - some 394,000 ballots. The margin was so close that a recount was mandated I believe.

I ain't saying there wasn't any finagling in Iowa, but I will say with traceable paper ballots it sure cuts down on the opportunities. Unless a race isn't real close, there probably is not a good reason to recount. And somebody will have to pay for it.

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Eight lessons of election week 2020 in Iowa [View all] progressoid Nov 2020 OP

Try this on for size. Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #1

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Read this article as well as Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #10

Good article overall. SharonClark Nov 2020 #2

+1 progressoid Nov 2020 #9

Recount the votes for those races...or were they destroyed or erased already? judesedit Nov 2020 #3

Iowa votes with traceable paper ballots and has a form of audits rurallib Nov 2020 #4

Anyone voting in person on e-machines should get a receipt like we get using atm's judesedit Nov 2020 #7

One thing I almost never hear anyone talk about in Iowa is media especially radio. rurallib Nov 2020 #5

This!!! Absolutely. progressoid Nov 2020 #6