Notations From the Grid (Weekly Speciall Edition): G7; @realDonaldTrump & Other Thoughts

The G7 Concludes:  One View 

As we went to Press, President Trump continued its' attacks on the Prime Minister of Canada and concluded his Summit with the North Korean Leader in Singapore.   The Summit Just concluded with a Statement and the World has been debating it ever since epitomized by the following our team complied from the reaction over the Social Grid: 

The Economist of London released this that underscores the Worldwide sentiments on policies pursued by the Trump Administration:

Our cover this week looks at America’s foreign policy under President Donald Trump. He may chalk up a success at next week’s summit with North Korea and his tough tactics on trade could well yield concessions. Yet, in the longer term, his bullying, transactional approach to allies and enemies will not serve America or the world well    Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief

This is also as we captured some of the sentiments in the aftermath of the debacle that was the G7 while the SCOSummit 2018 presided over by China produced some very interesting results with a sampling of the commentary and coverage in US and World Media--while the challenges of the Middle East continue including the upheavel in Israel and the continued Gaza Return March: 

Al Jazeera English 

China Daily 

The Economist of London by @Kaltoons

Politco/Haaretz 

It is bound to be another very interesting Week in our World as we close out with this On the Gaza Return March & Israel courtesy of Haaretz:

What is clear is that President Trump has disrupted--epitomized by his declaration that he wants to bring US Troops Home--but the Monday June 11 headlines in the Washington Post was telling:

Notations On Our World (Special Editon): Kim Jong-Un Arrives in Singapore

As we went to press, SkyNews is featuring live coverage of the Top North Korean Leader as he landed in Singapore on an Air China Plane and as his convoy drove away through the streets Singapore as the Summit is slated to begin Tuesday--Donald Trump is also slated to arrive in Singapore later on today as well.    Our team found it quite interesting how China lent the North Korean Leader a 747 to make it "on par" with the President of the United States.

Notations On Our World (Special Community Edition): Out & About in the Aftermath of #CaliforniaPrimary2018 Here in Orange County

Our team was out throughout South Orange County during the Elections that concluded on Tuesday.  

This is the latest courtesy of the Registrar of Voters here in Orange County as the team there will be working through it continuing the counting process: 

Making Progress on Ballot Counting We had record volume of ballots dropped off at polling places on Election Day. In fact, when compared with 2014, we had a 217% increase in ballots left after Election Day (dropped off, provisionals, etc.). We will continue counting through the weekend. Neal Kelley Registrar of Voters

Public Notice of Random Draw for Statewide Primary Election

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Ballot Processing Per Day We are working to process 20,000+ ballots per day. This process has multiple steps to ensure every ballot has been examined correctly and is prepared for scanning. Here is a good primer on the process of counting ballots and how long it takes.

Sorting Provisional BallotsWe had about 45,000 provisional ballots cast on Election Day (most for voters who did not bring their vote-by-mail ballot with them). You can see in this photo that we are sorting provisional ballots by the city in which they were cast - this helps us to prioritize contests to focus on.

Quality Control Process for BallotsWe have a very stringent process for the quality control in the ballot scanning process. This includes ensuring that no ballot was scanned twice - we do not begin the tally process on ballots that have been scanned until they clear this quality control check.

Risk-Limiting Audit to Begin MondayWe will be conducting a pilot Risk-Limiting Audit, which will begin on Monday. This audit is not required under state law (and will be in addition to our required 1% manual hand tally). Full details on this audit can be found in our press release.

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