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Today’s New York Times article on a recount in Staten Island is an interesting look at current New York State law in action, which requires a 100% recount of every election. New York still conducts elections on lever voting machines. When New York goes to the new paper ballot/scanner elections, a random sampling of only 3% of the ballots will be recounted, despite the known vulnerabilities of computerized scanners.. For more information on the current audit provision, download the analysis by Howard Stanislevic "NY: So How Much Do We Have to Audit? About THIS MUCH! (PDF)" from
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Current New York law calls for a 100% recount of every election, but only 3% of the votes will be recounted when NY goes to paper ballots counted on scanners.
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Chair, Citizens for Voting Integrity, Westchester County, New York
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