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Keep coming out and theres more today. >> reporter: are they overwhelmingly democratic voters? >> of course. this is -- thats why theyre here. i mean, you know, willie sutton robbed the bank, thats where the money is. democrats come here because thats where the votes are. >> reporter: he also told us after the machine count happens, if the margin of difference between two candidates is less than one quarter of 1%, then you get the hand count. its going to take some time. the deadline for the com...

But how we administer elections as well, whether its the machines that were using to mark ballots, cast ballots, count ballots on election day. theyre not connected to the internet. no way to have them systematically rigged or hacked. but even the accuracy of the results, theres a random percentage manual tally thats required for each and every county in california to make sure that a hand count matches up with the machine count to ensure the accuracy of the election. nothings going to change. i...

Election offices, up and down the state on election night to observe the counting of the ballots. and since election night, to observe the processing of vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots. >> some states like, i think, wisconsin, pennsylvania, they do some sample testing after the election in a number of counties, to see, you know, if the vote, in fact, is what it was on election night. does california do that? do you look back at all? do you check? >> absolutely. we have several layer...

We have criteria for election day itself. no machines that are used to mark ballots, cast ballots, count ballots, at any point, can be connected to the internet. so its nearly impossible to systemically hack or rig the election. and yes, after fact, we do require a percentage manual tally, just to make sure that the hand count matches up with the machine count, both for the accuracy of the results and the integrity of the results. election integrity is paramount. we take all accusations of voter...

Wisconsin to count 3 million paper votes. how can you possibly get that done in two weeks? >> well, in order for that to happen, the campaign would need to go to court, and obtain a court order. theres a pretty high burden of proof to convince a court that a hand count should be ordered. statewide. some clerks will tell you, though, that a machine count in some cases is not necessarily much faster than a hand count, because every ballot needs to be counted -- or needs to be looked at anyway, eve...

The canvassers to determine whether to have a hand count or a machine count. >> well heres why im asking that because if you really do have to count some 3 million votes by hand, and you cant get it done by this december 13th deadline which is a federal plan date, would that mean, because the electoral college meets what six days after december 13th, on the 19th, so would that mean that wisconsins electoral votes would be thrown out? >> no. first of all, we have 72 counties, and i expect that ma...

But did it feel very good? the awkward moments and silvermans surprise. machines can sometimes misread or fail to record the way ballots are cast. checking the machine count with a hand count is accepted far and wide as the best way to know the true intentions of the voters. [ mom ] over the years, ive learned how