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The Board welcomed the public, and the recount was well attended by the public and candidates who were particularly interested in whether runoffs would still be necessary in their races. The Board operated with great transparency and informed the attendees every step of the way, even when they were experiencing vote count problems and equipment problems. They patiently answered questions in public.
We were quite disappointed in the performance of the Dominion equipment yesterday. It simply did not function as it should, and made it very difficult for the staff and board to accurately scan all the ballots and report results. They have preserved the documentation to show to the Secretary of State and Dominion how poorly the equipment was performing.
The Board was very open and permitted authorized watchers (and public) to see all the details of the count and process. That avoided suspicions when the observers could see that the equipment was causing the problems, not the operators. That said, the original problems on election night were caused by staff errors in setting up the equipment before the election, but the Dominion programs are missing basic checks and balance controls that should have caught the apparent error.
Today the Board will meet at 4:15 pm to certify the election. They will review the 9 provisional ballots for counting at that meeting. They should also review all precinct reports to ensure that the number of voters who checked in at each polling place can be reconciled to the number of ballots cast and counted. (That is to be sure that there are not more ballots than voters, and that all eligible voters’ ballots are counted.)
The 4:15 meeting today is open to the public, and all documents they review are public documents. We urge you to attend and thank the board for conducting this optional recount of all races, and for their transparent process, conducted with true bi-partisan cooperative effort. A lot of election boards across the state and nation could have learned a lot about how it should be done, casting aside any partisan differences.
If you appreciate our non-partisan efforts to oversee elections and document the process in transparent ways, we ask that you make a tax deductible donation. Today we will be sending a videographer to record the meeting and post the meeting for the public to review. Please consider underwriting the $200 we pay to record each meeting, which has proven invaluable.
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