California Election questions, comments, opinions and recommendations

Hi All,

I was asked to serve as a observer today for the random verification process. The ballots are scanned in and read by computer. A small percentage are taken out and counted by humans. The human numbers are then compared to the same Computer numbers. I was observing this process today from 1pm to 4:30pm. Anyone can request to be an observer and they will be continuing this process next week.

There were some interesting things this process allows you to see. For example the number of people who leave several items blank, the difference between the consistancy in Republican and Democratic voting and the realitive size of the non Republican or Democratic vote (i.e. Green, Peace & Freedom, etc).

I also learned today that the absentee votes are not completed yet, they are still working on them. So the close races are not over yet.

Nicole