By Bob Walsh
Henry Whitehorn Sr. and John Nickelson
There were elections in Louisiana this week. In Caddo
Parish the race for Sheriff was decided by one vote. The loser,
Republican John Nickelson (who as it happens is White) asked for a
recount. The winner, a Democrat, Henry Whitehorn Sr. (who as it happens
is Black), is not objecting.
The
interesting thing is that Louisiana still uses voting machines that do
not leave any sort of auditable trail. Nothing. The only actual paper
trail is absentee ballots, which represent about 17% of the 43,000 votes
cast in the parish. Those will be hand counted on Monday
The
paperless touch screen terminals were hot stuff back in 2005.
Louisiana is the only state that still uses them on a state-wide basis.
Nobody is claiming any specific errors or fraud, but.....
The
state has been working at replacing these machines for several years,
but every time they do somebody screams that the bids for the machines
have been rigged.
The new
Secretary of State, Nancy Landry, who will take office in January, says
that getting a new system is a top priority, but that there is no way
any new system could be in place by November 2024.
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Voting irregularities in Louisiana?
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