Voting machines recording Republican when Dem is selected

**Chapdog** · 10-24-2008, 01:23 PM

Voting machine troubles in West Virginia

In West Virginia's Jackson County, there were some reports that voting machines were accidentally recording the wrong vote.

"I went in there and pushed the Democrat ticket, and it jumped to the Republican ticket for president of the United States," said Calvin Thomas, an 81-year-old West Virginian. iReport: Tell us about your early voting experience

Thomas has voted in West Virginia in every election since Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey in 1948.

The same thing happened to his daughter, Micki Clendenin, when she cast her ballot. In both cases, poll workers at the site had them touch the screen a few more times, and the voting machine changed their ballot to their candidate choice.

"The lady came in, and she was -- very nicely, she just said, 'it's just been doing that.' She said, 'just hit it again.' So we hit it again, and this time it did go to Obama," Clendenin said.

CNN's Brian Todd reported that at least five voters in two West Virginia counties said they encountered the same problem. State and local officials said that they were isolated cases and that poll workers fixed the problems so the correct vote was cast.

The machines were manufactured by an Omaha, Nebraska-based company, Election System and Software. The machines will be used in several states this year and were among those that had problems in Ohio in 2004.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ems/index.html

More about Electoin System and Software:
Republican Chuck Hagel was CEO of the company until shortly before his election in November 1996 to the United States Senate from Nebraska. The election was conducted almost exclusively on equipment provided by his former company.
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Systems_&_Software[/ame]

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 01:26 PM

Yeah its been happening for years.

**ib1yysguy** · 10-24-2008, 01:28 PM

I'm so shocked.

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 01:38 PM

Funny thing is its always flipping from Dem to R and I have yet to see it go the other way.

**ib1yysguy** · 10-24-2008, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Desh

Funny thing is its always flipping from Dem to R and I have yet to see it go the other way.

In a small local election in Florida once it went the other way.

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 01:49 PM

Oh they must have put the R in the wrong place

**uscitizen** · 10-24-2008, 01:51 PM

Hanging bits. They will need to keep the bit bucket for a recount.

**Crashk** · 10-24-2008, 01:56 PM

Outsourcing our election process to the Republicon party is the biggest mistake this country has made since appointing a neocon prez.

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 01:57 PM

I really think the dems will end this mess.

If they dont Im coming after them.

**Crashk** · 10-24-2008, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Desh

I really think the dems will end this mess.

If they dont Im coming after them.

Me too.

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 02:00 PM

Without that true vote we are nothing.

***Damocles*** · 10-24-2008, 02:00 PM

Who the heck keeps purchasing these machines? Is this a D district?

**evince** · 10-24-2008, 02:02 PM

HAVA

**KingCondanomation** · 10-24-2008, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Chapdog

Voting machine troubles in West Virginia

In West Virginia's Jackson County, there were some reports that voting machines were accidentally recording the wrong vote.

"I went in there and pushed the Democrat ticket, and it jumped to the Republican ticket for president of the United States," said Calvin Thomas, an 81-year-old West Virginian. iReport: Tell us about your early voting experience

Thomas has voted in West Virginia in every election since Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey in 1948.

The same thing happened to his daughter, Micki Clendenin, when she cast her ballot. In both cases, poll workers at the site had them touch the screen a few more times, and the voting machine changed their ballot to their candidate choice.

"The lady came in, and she was -- very nicely, she just said, 'it's just been doing that.' She said, 'just hit it again.' So we hit it again, and this time it did go to Obama," Clendenin said.

CNN's Brian Todd reported that at least five voters in two West Virginia counties said they encountered the same problem. State and local officials said that they were isolated cases and that poll workers fixed the problems so the correct vote was cast.

The machines were manufactured by an Omaha, Nebraska-based company, Election System and Software. The machines will be used in several states this year and were among those that had problems in Ohio in 2004.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ems/index.html

More about Electoin System and Software:
Republican Chuck Hagel was CEO of the company until shortly before his election in November 1996 to the United States Senate from Nebraska. The election was conducted almost exclusively on equipment provided by his former company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...ems_&_Software

So they can't vote with chads, can't vote with touch screen and can't vote any other way.

Maybe for whoever they want to vote, they can just put their hands up. I'm sure if they live in a Liberal Democrat run district they have some experience with that...