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August 24, 2005

"Partial recount vindicates San Diego voting machines"

"Voting machines that critics have labeled unreliable work after all.

A partial recount yesterday to test the accuracy of scanners that read ballots and tallied votes in the San Diego mayor's race July 26 revealed results that were nearly identical to those of the machines.

For example, a discrepancy of perhaps one vote occurred in a few precincts.

"This is what you would expect in a properly conducted election," San Diego County Registrar of Voters Mikel Haas said. "I think the people of San Diego can take comfort, if they had doubts at all, about the conduct of the election."

The full article is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at August 24, 2005 11:27 AM