Election 2020 Election 2020: It's (almost) over! (maybe...possibly...ahh who are we kidding, it's 2020!)

[Greengrass]

How about I ask someone who is working the voting stations? Since yu both are arguing

Feel free, but I've pointed to the section in both the Georgia poll workers manual and the Georgia State Elections Code as to what happens when the scanner isn't working. The original vote is held until the machine is working, replaced, or if that isn't possible then it's run through a different machine.

 

[Rocinante]

What? No I haven't. I thought he had a decent chance right up until the supreme court shot him down, from there on it's obvious that the battle has been lost.

Oh my bad. I may be confusing people lol.

Deleted the post.

 

[Zachowon]

Feel free, but I've pointed to the section in both the Georgia poll workers manual and the Georgia State Elections Code as to what happens when the scanner isn't working. The original vote is held until the machine is working, replaced, or if that isn't possible then it's run through a different machine.

And a first person account is still better then anything you could post....

 

[Zachowon]

Feel free, but I've pointed to the section in both the Georgia poll workers manual and the Georgia State Elections Code as to what happens when the scanner isn't working. The original vote is held until the machine is working, replaced, or if that isn't possible then it's run through a different machine.

In the county my family member works in, they use Paper ballots should the machines go down.

 

[Vaermina]

Section 11(b) on that document goes through the same procedure I linked from the ballot workers manual.

No extra emergency ballot, the original ballot is saved for either when the machine is fixed or replaced, or by using a different machine.

Parts of a thing being right doesn't negate other parts of a thing being wrong...

 

[Zachowon]

Parts of a thing being right don't negate other parts of a thing being wrong...

And as I have pointed out, they do give paper ballots. So you were right

 

[Greengrass]

And as I have pointed out, they do give paper ballots. So you were right

Voting in Georgia is a multi part process. You fill out your ballot on a touch screen, print it, and then scan it in a scanner.

They give out emergency paper ballots when the ballot marking machine and/or printer isn't working, because that means there is no original ballot to use. When the scanner isn't working (as in this case), then the original printed ballot is saved for later scanning - nobody fills out a new paper ballot, as @Vaermina claimed.

 

[Zachowon]

Voting in Georgia is a multi part process. You fill out your ballot on a touch screen, print it, and then scan it in a scanner.

They give out emergency paper ballots when the ballot marking machine and/or printer isn't working, because that means there is no original ballot to use. When the scanner isn't working (as in this case), then the original printed ballot is saved for later scanning - nobody fills out a new paper ballot, as @Vaermina claimed.

I literally asked what happens when the machines aren't working to my family member. They give paper ballots.
Unless you are working at a polling place, things can be different then the exact rules they follow

 

[Greengrass]

I literally asked what happens when the machines aren't working to my family member. They give paper ballots.
Unless you are working at a polling place, things can be different then the exact rules they follow

Did you just ask what if "the machines" aren't working, or did you ask "what if the touch screen and printer are working but the scanner is not?" The method I described is the legal way to do it according to Georgia's election code if the scanner isn't working but the touch screen/printer are, the "emergency paper ballot" is the legal way to do it if the touch screen/printer aren't working.

 

[Cherico]

Voting in Georgia is a multi part process. You fill out your ballot on a touch screen, print it, and then scan it in a scanner.

They give out emergency paper ballots when the ballot marking machine and/or printer isn't working, because that means there is no original ballot to use. When the scanner isn't working (as in this case), then the original printed ballot is saved for later scanning - nobody fills out a new paper ballot, as @Vaermina claimed.

OK I was against electronic voting from way back, people just need to go with paper less chance of things fucking up in general.

 

[Zachowon]

Did you just ask what if "the machines" aren't working, or did you ask "what if the touch screen and printer are working but the scanner is not?"

I asked both thank you very much.
Also, as someone that has Voted inGA. I never got a ballot printed out.

 

[Duke Nukem]

 

[Zachowon]

Saying fuck you to COVID

 

[Duke Nukem]

It's hilarious seeing Democrats chimp out like this.

 

[SuperS4]

It's hilarious seeing Democrats chimp out like this.

If you think that makes Democrats look bad, just wait til you hear how Republicans are handling Trump losing an election!

 

[ShadowArxxy]

Georgia state election code.

@Greengrass and @Vaermina appear to be talking past each other because they are talking about slightly different things.

The ballot workers' manual cited by Greenglass lays out the specific procedure for when a ballot scanner fails, i.e., the voter has unable to scan their in-person ballot after already filling it out. In this case, the voted ballot is set aside in the emergency box until it can be scanned on a non-malfunctioning scanner.

The state law section cited by Vaermina lays out the rule for when a ballot marker fails, i.e., the voter is unable to fill out the normal in-person ballot. In this case, an emergency paper ballot is issued to the voter and then scanned on the normal scanner by the voter.

In the county my family member works in, they use Paper ballots should the machines go down.

The two citations aren't actually contradictory. Paper ballots are issued when the *marking* machine goes down, but not when the *scanning* machine goes down.

The important difference in the procedures is that in no case is a voter permitted to fill out two separate "live" ballots, which would obviously create a potential for double voting. They are issued a paper ballot if they are unable to print a marked electronic ballot; they are not issued a paper ballot if they have printed an electronic ballot but the scanner is down.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

OK I was against electronic voting from way back, people just need to go with paper less chance of things fucking up in general.

There's paper either way with this system. Either you mark the ballot electronically on the marking machine and it then prints a ballot that is run through the scanning machine, or if the marking machine is malfunctioning, you hand fill an emergency ballot form with ink and it's run through the same scanning machine.

The emergency ballot forms are often referred to as "paper" ballots, but the fact is the electronically marked ones generate an actual piece of paper as well. They're not paperless "trust the touchscreen" setups like the highly controversial Diebold machines back in the day.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Get ready for more 4AM ballot dumps.

 

[Greengrass]

Get ready for more 4AM ballot dumps.

One location lost power for a bit, the other opened late. They're each staying open about a half hour longer.

3-01 Old Courthouse (124 Bull St., Savannah) – Extended to 7:33 p.m.

• 8-12 Beach High School (3001 Hopkins St., Savannah) – Extended to 7:35 p.m.

According to an elections official with Chatham County, Beach High was extended due to a mid-day delay when a cord loosened in the Poll Pads and caused them to temporarily lose power.
The county official said Old Courthouse was delayed in opening because the city administrator responsible for opening the site for the poll workers did not arrive on time.

Shit like this happens in every election, it is absolutely normal and not any sign of fraud.

 

[Zachowon]

One location lost power for a bit, the other opened late. They're each staying open about a half hour longer.


Shit like this happens in every election, it is absolutely normal and not any sign of fraud.

I mean, they said a water pipe blew last time to get people to leave and then video evidence proved they lied.