SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (Drudge)

drudge ^ | 10/3/06 | Drudge

[thingumbob]

Democrats .......looking toward the future realized suddenly, "We don't have to dig up the vote anymore. We'll just invent the vote."

I knew having the word "Rats" imbedded in the Party name was more than a subliminal message.

[jiggyboy]

"If somebody 'borrowed' a dozen voting machines around the State....and then sat and used the "missing" cards, they could vote over and over and over and over and over....and over."

In CA at least, the tabulation card out of the back of a voting machine doesn't network itself directly into the big tabulator in the sky. It would need to be accompanied by a voter roster signed by the precinct workers, another sheet confirming that the number of votes is accounted for via the number of signatures, etc. There are about five different forms to sign and send along when the votes go downtown.

[BritExPatInFla]

I'm certain they'll mysteriously be found Monday night/Tuesday Morning, and be used in the election as if nobody could have done anything untoward. Regardless of which way the affected precincts normally lean, they're suspect now. Break out the paper ballots.

[Suzy Quzy]

Democrats cheating is a dog bites man story!

[phillyfanatic]

You know this a Dem dirty trick. You can bet on it. I hope the voters of Tenn. swamp Ford with yes votes for Corker. This is typical of the frauds the Dems do each election cycle.

[Ingtar]

Looks like Memphis is going to be vote fraud central this year.

Just like last election... and the one before... and the one before...

[pnz1]

OH FOR PETE'S SAKE!! What's the deal in Memphis??

[ThomasThomas]

You still have a record of how people voted from the check list of register votes in the area. And the machines will have a record of how ballots were cast. These should be equal. So you know if fraud has taken place or not.

[Cicero]

It would be naive to think that somebody STOLE the cards. The Democrats in charge of the polling station simply put them away somewhere safe so they can use them on election day.

It would also be naive to think that the code for these cards can be used to prevent their illegal use. Because the people who plan to use them are the election officials themselves, obviously.

[NCC-1701]

"...Welcome To Tennessee.....The Nicarauga of the South...."

Or as some of us here in the River City call it: Memfrica.

[Cedar]

Use paper to vote! They have to provide a paper ballot still if you want one.

(I think so, maybe someone can absolutely verify...).

[TennTuxedo]

Memphis was run for decades by Boss Crump. Crump taught the DemonRats and the Daily political machine in Chicago everything about how to rig and election. Boss Crump is also rumored to be Harold Ford Jr.'s illegitimate great-grandson.

[conservative blonde]

These stories are meant to "scare" you. The wacky left wants all conservatives to be angry, nervous, scared and depressed before every election. That's what the ups and downs of the polls are done for. First someone is way ahead and then the next day the data is reversed and the other candidate is ahead. This is not rational and all MSM contrived stuff should be taken with a grain of salt. That goes for the TV news pundits too both libs and conservatives. This election is in the hands of the American voter who has been pushed and pulled by the politicians and MSM for the last year and one half. No wonder some say they will sit this one out. I hope they don't but I would rather the educated voter is the one to pull the lever.

[Vicki]

I bet King County is already "working" on the mail in ballots. I still can't believe the gas tax failed.

[angelsonmyside]

In Memphis several were indited for voter fraud when Harold Ford Jr's Aunt Ophelia ran for (Uncle) John Fords seat after his indictment on the Tennessee Waltz. Supposedly she won by 13 votes only to find out that several that voted had indeed died several months earlier, some were out of District and some were felons. There were many more than 13 that were not valid legal votes
The ones that were found guilty of Voters fraud were (if I remember correctly) were also employees of Harold Ford Sr's Funeral Home.
There have also been reports today that there have been several voters that have placed more than one vote.
Normally I would say you are correct but Memphis needs to be watched closely.

[b4its2late]

Some Smartass stole 'em?

[GailA]

With demoRATS in charge it's a wonder there isn't massive fraud.

[longtermmemmory]

any updates?

The MSM is totally silent on this story!

[longtermmemmory]

any more information?

[ShandaLear]

Can't the missing cards be deactivated? What a dumb srticle.