Probably a human error. Was caught and quickly fixed. And if it wasnât caught early, it would have been caught and fixed during Michiganâs canvassing procedures.
From link in OP.
ââItâs natural to wonder whether similar problems could have occurred in other jurisdictions that use the same machine. Fortunately, even if the county hadnât noticed, this would have been caught and corrected during Michiganâs normal canvassing procedures, when they compare the results to the paper tapes from the machines.ââ
There are checks and balances built into the system. The numbers that come out the first day or two or three are not the final numbers. It takes weeks to certify the final tallies.
Yes, Republicans in Michigan are certainly asking those questions:
Meanwhile, in Oakland County, Michigan, another computer glitch was uncovered which gave an upset win to Democrat Melanie Hartman. Once it was fixed, her win was nullified and incumbent Adam Kochenderfer was declared the winner.
âApparently, there was a technical glitch in Rochester Hills. And so, I actually ended up winning by a little over 1,100 votes,â said Kochenderfer. According to the Free Press, âThe margin was 1,127 votes, to be exact. That gave him a 51.67% share of the total (with 48.23% going to his opponent, Hartman).â
âIâm very grateful to the officials who caught the error, but we need to ensure that we catch these issues, or prevent them entirely,â Kochenderfer added.
J. Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan and an expert on voting machines and security, said he is interested in getting more information about what happened.
âItâs plausibly human error, but if a simple screw-up could cause these problems, that sounds like a technical design flaw,â Halderman said.
âItâs natural to wonder whether similar problems could have occurred in other jurisdictions that use the same machine. Fortunately, even if the county hadnât noticed, this would have been caught and corrected during Michiganâs normal canvassing procedures, when they compare the results to the paper tapes from the machines.â
The article mentions human error as a possible cause. Humans in the transfer of ballot data from one machine to another. Do you think Dems work that job in a dark red county?