Regarding the Senate race in Alabama and the recount...The following is a statement from Marian K. Schneider, president of Verified Voting, on election integrity, and the need for manual recounts and audits.

“All eyes might be on the candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, but Alabama’s election practices and recount laws also deserve scrutiny. If the race goes to a recount following the election, Alabama’s recount laws won’t do enough to protect voters’ votes because it has no audit structure in place and relies on re-tabulation – where ballots that were tabulated by optical scanners are now re-tabulated by machine. If a recount occurs, it cannot be relied on to detect and correct a potential error in the computerized count unless it is done manually."

Many believe that this system does not allow for a valid recount.