NYC voting snafu may work in Obama's favor

Official results are determined through a "recanvass," a process in which a Republican and a Democratic official go to each machine and collect official tallies. These tallies are then entered into a computer, which adds up the binding results.

It's a system, in other words, of which Rube Goldberg would be proud. And it does little to inspire confidence in election results.

Of course, for years now, we've known that voting on systems that ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article reports the complications in the NY voting process and some likely effects of the actual official count.

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