amasing this never ending MN election.
Just for the fun of it, I will give my take on the ballots shown on MPR using the same standards as I use when validating Danish ballots (has been doing it the last 10 years and have had the final word on election day in the last 3 elections). The standards are a bit more strict that MN-law. Fx do we not allow anything but the mark on the ballot (write-in does not exist) and you are only allowed to use the pencil found in the voting booth.
Day 1 ballots
Ballot 1: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
Ballot 2: Possible allow; needs to see the ballot live to judge whether it is a spot transfered from other ballots or from the voter. Not quite sure I would reject it anyway
Ballot 3: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
Ballot 4: Reject; no double voting
Ballot 5: Reject; no double voting (but funny, I usually only se votes for Marx, Jesus ect)
Ballot 6: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
Ballot 7: Reject; no double voting
Ballot 8: Reject; no double voting
Ballot 9: Allow
Ballot 10: Reject; no double voting
Ballot 11: Reject; no double voting
Day 2
Ballot 1: Reject; no double voting
Ballot 2: Allow (actually we would reject every other vote since pens are strictly forbidden
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Ballot 3: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
Ballot 4: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
Day 3
Ballot 1: Reject; no writing outside the bubble
3 allowed. You really need to teach people that they can get a new ballot if they make a mistake. I am also surprised that the ballot scanner allowed most of these votes. The one I saw in Massachusetts was quite sensitive to small spots and double votes. Anybody know what kind or kinds of machine(s) they use in Minnesota?
