it continues
I don't want to discourage anyone from voting (it takes like 15 minutes for fucksake) but really when are we going to admit that our system is broken beyond repair. After this election I am going to be voting absentee from now on as there is at least some kind of paper trail.
From BOINGBOING:
"FL e-voting machines select GOP ticket in error
BB reader Doran says, The Miami Herald is reporting numerous problems (they call it "a handful of glitches") with voting machines which are registering votes for Democrats as votes for the Republican. The story cites several examples. In one the voter requested help from a poll worker, but even then it took three tries to get the machine to record the vote properly.
The Broward Supervisor of Elections spokesperson said "it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly."
When a voter at the Hollywood satellite courthouse complained, she was told they'd had previous problems with the same machine. Poll workers "did some work" on the machine after she finished voting, but no report was made and the machine was not removed, according to the same Supervisor of Elections spokesperson.
Link, here's another report: Link.
Reader comment: Kyle says,
Texas is having a similar problem: Link. "
Do you think this sweep being done right now has anything to do with the elections and making Repubs look tough on crime?:
"Nearly 11,000 sex offenders, gang members and other fugitives were swept up in what the Justice Department on Thursday called a sting targeting the "worst of the worst" criminals on the run." from SF Chronicle
From BOINGBOING:
"FL e-voting machines select GOP ticket in error
BB reader Doran says, The Miami Herald is reporting numerous problems (they call it "a handful of glitches") with voting machines which are registering votes for Democrats as votes for the Republican. The story cites several examples. In one the voter requested help from a poll worker, but even then it took three tries to get the machine to record the vote properly.
The Broward Supervisor of Elections spokesperson said "it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly."
When a voter at the Hollywood satellite courthouse complained, she was told they'd had previous problems with the same machine. Poll workers "did some work" on the machine after she finished voting, but no report was made and the machine was not removed, according to the same Supervisor of Elections spokesperson.
Link, here's another report: Link.
Reader comment: Kyle says,
Texas is having a similar problem: Link. "
Do you think this sweep being done right now has anything to do with the elections and making Repubs look tough on crime?:
"Nearly 11,000 sex offenders, gang members and other fugitives were swept up in what the Justice Department on Thursday called a sting targeting the "worst of the worst" criminals on the run." from SF Chronicle