This statement is false.
This is no statewide voting standard in Pennsylvania. In my precinct, where I have been both a clerk and judge of elections for many years until recently, we have optically scanned paper ballots which are retained.
They may recount the numbers on the machines, but it isn’t going to reveal anything new about the people who voted.
There are many places where a hand-count is available.
They take the signature of who showed up to vote, but I doubt those will be looked at in a recount.
They might very well be looked at in a recount if the triggering event was not an automatic recount, because either the county board of elections or a Judge would need some evidence of fraud in order to grant the petition. (You're correct that it wouldn't reveal much except in very egregious cases, where ALL of the clerks, ALL of the judges, ALL of the poll watchers and ALL of the attorneys would have to miss glaring errors.)
Those would only be looked at in a court challenge to voter eligibility.
They would not be looked at in that case unless the ballot cast was provisional. Otherwise, challenging a voter's eligibility would reveal nothing. Where (if it isn't absentee or provisional) is the ballot belonging to voter X?
Fair enough, voting by machine in PA is not 100%, but it is the vast majority, 80%.
“More than 80 percent of voters cast their ballots on a voting machine with no receipts and no paper ballots, making a recount that much more of a mess.”
What happens to the votes and the machines once the election is over? At this late date is there a secure chain of custody?
“In my precinct, where I have been both a clerk and judge of elections for many years until recently, we have optically scanned paper ballots which are retained.”
I read last night in some completely authoritative MSM article that Pennsylvania is one of the few states that have no paper trail of votes. Looks like this is a case of the blind leading the blind.
The fact that Stein is not laughed out of the country when she pretends altruistic motives for what she is doing reflects the make-believe bubble multitudes are living in.