Little-Acorn
10-31-2012, 01:37 PM
More problems with electronic voting machines. You know, the ones that were supposed to make voting easier... and more secure.
And once again, the error just happens to favor Democrats.
Has anybody seen any reports of voters trying to select Obama but the name came up Romney? Even ONE time?
BTW, with regard to the advantages of these electronic voting machines....
Does anybody recall EVER seeing a voter with a pencil marking the candidate they wanted on a paper ballot, only to see the box next to some other candidate get magically blacked in instead?
(Aside from old people marking a butterfly ballot in Floriduh in 2000, a butterfly ballot that local classrooms full of 5th graders had no trouble with?)
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http://www.marionstar.com/article/20121031/NEWS03/310310009/Problem-found-board-elections?nclick_check=1
Problem found at board of elections
Incorrect inputs irritate voter
6:51 AM, Oct 31, 2012 |
MARION — Joan Stevens was one of several early voters at the polls on Monday. But when Stevens tried to cast her ballot for president, she noticed a problem.
Upon selecting “Mitt Romney” on the electronic touch screen, Barack Obama’s name lit up.
It took Stevens three tries before her selection was accurately recorded.
“You want to vote for who you want to vote for, and when you can’t it’s irritating,” Stevens said.
Stevens said she alerted Jackie Smith, a board of elections member who was present. Smith declined to comment, but Stevens says she mentioned that the machine had been having problems all day.
And once again, the error just happens to favor Democrats.
Has anybody seen any reports of voters trying to select Obama but the name came up Romney? Even ONE time?
BTW, with regard to the advantages of these electronic voting machines....
Does anybody recall EVER seeing a voter with a pencil marking the candidate they wanted on a paper ballot, only to see the box next to some other candidate get magically blacked in instead?
(Aside from old people marking a butterfly ballot in Floriduh in 2000, a butterfly ballot that local classrooms full of 5th graders had no trouble with?)
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http://www.marionstar.com/article/20121031/NEWS03/310310009/Problem-found-board-elections?nclick_check=1
Problem found at board of elections
Incorrect inputs irritate voter
6:51 AM, Oct 31, 2012 |
MARION — Joan Stevens was one of several early voters at the polls on Monday. But when Stevens tried to cast her ballot for president, she noticed a problem.
Upon selecting “Mitt Romney” on the electronic touch screen, Barack Obama’s name lit up.
It took Stevens three tries before her selection was accurately recorded.
“You want to vote for who you want to vote for, and when you can’t it’s irritating,” Stevens said.
Stevens said she alerted Jackie Smith, a board of elections member who was present. Smith declined to comment, but Stevens says she mentioned that the machine had been having problems all day.