In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:24:43 -0500,
gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 07:07:32 -0500, micky <
NONONO...@fmguy.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I heard the trump capaign paid $3 million for the recount of two
>>counties, the ones with Detroit and some other big city.
>>
>>They didn't want to spend the money to recount other counties.
>>
>>I wonder how much it really costs, how much they pay the counters, how
>>many have yearly salaraies by the counties, and how many are hired just
>>for this.
>
>There may be a few part timers and volunteers at the polls but in
>Florida the internal election staff is made up of regular employees
>diverted from their normal job.
That's probably better. You don't want a bunch of hipppies or fascists
signing up at the last minute.
> My SIL used to work on the election
>for about a week. In 2000 it was closer to a month. Somehow the rest
>of the government kept chugging along. BTW it is not unusual to
>request recounts where you think it will help the most. Gore only
>requested 3 counties in Florida in 2000. I am not sure Trump picked
>the right ones tho. Reevaluating spoiled ballots usually helps the
>democrats. A Wayne county recount may leave him worse than he was.
Hmmm.