Here is a ballot hand recount update from the Secretary of State's office here in New Hampshire: ["Recount"]. These are just the Dem numbers. The Republican ones will probably be done later.
The volunteers counting the ballots have gone through a slew of cities and towns at this point and have shown no vote fraud evidence or major miscount problems by the machines.
According to the Union Leader, there was a shift in Manchester Ward 5 ballots due to human error. The clerk in that Ward added votes for the vice presidency in with the presidential votes [we can vote for VP here in New Hampshire and, yeah, some guys actually run for VP]. This took away votes from some of the candidates.
More than 50 cities and towns have been counted at this point and most of the machine count returns match the hand count returns. In some communities, the machines were not perfect but very, very close.
For example, in Amherst, 2,923 votes were cast. In the recount, Clinton lost seven votes [she went from 970 to 963], Edwards gained three votes [he went from 424 to 427], Obama lost one [1,309 to 1,308] and Richardson lost two [155 to 153]. What is interesting is that the recount does not say who gained the extra votes beyond Edwards. One candidate gained three votes, three other candidates lost 10 votes. No one else gained or lost votes. Where did the other seven votes go?
Very strange. However, what has been proved is that the machine counts were as accurate as they could possibly be. Nothing is ever 100 percent ... but this was close enough.
The volunteers counting the ballots have gone through a slew of cities and towns at this point and have shown no vote fraud evidence or major miscount problems by the machines.
According to the Union Leader, there was a shift in Manchester Ward 5 ballots due to human error. The clerk in that Ward added votes for the vice presidency in with the presidential votes [we can vote for VP here in New Hampshire and, yeah, some guys actually run for VP]. This took away votes from some of the candidates.
More than 50 cities and towns have been counted at this point and most of the machine count returns match the hand count returns. In some communities, the machines were not perfect but very, very close.
For example, in Amherst, 2,923 votes were cast. In the recount, Clinton lost seven votes [she went from 970 to 963], Edwards gained three votes [he went from 424 to 427], Obama lost one [1,309 to 1,308] and Richardson lost two [155 to 153]. What is interesting is that the recount does not say who gained the extra votes beyond Edwards. One candidate gained three votes, three other candidates lost 10 votes. No one else gained or lost votes. Where did the other seven votes go?
Very strange. However, what has been proved is that the machine counts were as accurate as they could possibly be. Nothing is ever 100 percent ... but this was close enough.
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