Evidence of Public V. Non-Public Vote Counts supplied to NH Supreme Court
Deborah Sumner
Even though I presented evidence to the contrary, the Superior Court judge agreed with the Defense’s claim that “the public has various mechanisms for ensuring election integrity without accessing ballots. See RSA 659:63 (requiring vote counting is public but that ballots be kept four feet from the public); RSA 660:5 (granting candidates the right to inspect ballots during recounts).”
The attached file shows, based on Nov. 2014 voter registration information and locations using the AccuVote as of Nov. 2015, now 87.5% are NOT counted in public unless election officials choose to hand count or otherwise guarantee a result that the public could see, by clear and convincing evidence, that the count is correct. (Video taping the face of the ballots before they leave the polling place would be one low cost option.)
Note: The evidence presented to the Supreme Court now includes one correction, that includes Thornton as a computer-count town.
Sources: NH Secretary of State
Communities using AccuVote as of Nov. 2015
Voter Registration as of Nov. 2014
http://sos.nh.gov/Elections/Election_Information/2014_Elections/General_Election/Ballots_Cast_and_Names_on_Checklist_-_2014_General_Election.aspx?id=8589942170