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Oh joy. There are already a slew of problems with electronic voting machines all around the country. I wonder which way those precincts lean. I can take a guess... Oh, and surprise surprise, the guy who is claiming this is all "normal" happens to work for ES&S, the main competitor with Diebold for distributing electronic voting machines. And guess who used to be the CEO? That's right, Republican Senator Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel. And guess what, the election for his senate race was conducted almost entirely with machines from his company. Added together with Diebold contributing the maximum amount to Kenneth Blackwell's campaign. Kenneth Blackwell also happens to be the Ohio Election's Chief. You know, the Ohio where the final vote tally was statistically far outside the exit polls, something which invariably results in charges of fraud in other countries, and where the Republican Secretary of State threw out hundreds of thousands of votes, of which 90% were by black voters, using the new election laws established by President Bush and the Republican controlled House after 2000 that allows the secretary of state to choose "challenged" voters, and at his own discretion, throw out any votes from such challenged voters, the ones he designated to begin with. And of course the Diebold CEO, Walden "Wally" O'Dell, did fundraising for Bush in 2004, and resigned under charges of insider trading in 2005.
Yeah, I really have reason to trust the bipartisan nature of these companies. Jesus H. Christ. I'm glad I live in Oregon. At least here I can be relatively sure my vote isn't ever being filtered through a private company with partisan political affiliations. Of course, that is probably why Republicans constantly bash vote by mail. Much to decentralized to control. So much easier to stuff ballots and disenfranchise voters with the click of a mouse.
Yeah, I really have reason to trust the bipartisan nature of these companies. Jesus H. Christ. I'm glad I live in Oregon. At least here I can be relatively sure my vote isn't ever being filtered through a private company with partisan political affiliations. Of course, that is probably why Republicans constantly bash vote by mail. Much to decentralized to control. So much easier to stuff ballots and disenfranchise voters with the click of a mouse.