Voting Machines Woes Cause Early Delays [Ohio, Indiana, Florida]

Forbes & AP ^ | November 7, 2006 | By ANICK JESDANUN

[dfwgator]

These stories were written weeks ago. All part of the DNC plot.

Folks, this is gonna get real ugly.

[WVNan]

Jean Schmidt couldn't vote for herself in OH-2 this morning. The scanner machines were broken. They just are storing the paper ballots, going to get machines that work, and feed them all in later as a group.

Uh Oh, opportunity for fraud. Just add in all those extra votes when you feed into machine. How many ways can I cheat the vote? Let me count the ways.

[patriotspride]

Martin County Florida. Used electronic touch screen type machine.

Very easy to use. No problems. Also, assistance is there if you need it, so no excuse for someone to say I can't figure this out.

P.S My wife and I voted. Straight R ticket......

[WVNan]

Tool misfunction eh. I'd wager that your D vote will be counted, but not your R vote.

[WVNan]

That public display of a dim voter sounds like a set-up to me. You know the lawsuits are coming and that will be used. Witnesses who heard a dim couldn't get vote to register. When it stalled for you you should have shouted out that it wouldn't take your Repub vote.

[Arrowhead1952]

Yep, and plenty of them in Austin & Travis County. My area (Lago Vista) is heavy Republican, and I voted early.

[caddie]

Maybe not as idiotic as you think. (Thanks for the ad hominem comment, too, BTW):

Now then,

This is excerpted from the 'Pew Research Center For the People and the Press' website. The Center is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. They research things like unemployment versus party affiliation.

Scroll until you find this excerpt, about two-thirds down this page:

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=949

It is under the "Survey Reports" tab. Google a phrase or two if you get lost. You will eventually find this page. Here is the part that applies to my argument:

"Profiles of the Typology Groups: DISADVANTAGED DEMOCRATS

10% OF GENERAL POPULATION

10% OF REGISTERED VOTERS

PARTY ID: 84% Democrat; 16% Independent/No Preference, 0% Republican (99% Dem/Lean Dem)

"LIFESTYLE NOTES:Nearly a quarter (23%) report someone in their household is a member of a labor union, and 58% report that they or someone in the home has been unemployed in the past year­ both far larger proportions than in any other group. Only 27% have a gun in the home."

You don't have to be a PhD in Statistics to see that being unemployed strongly correlates with being a Democrat, at least according to this report.

[IamConservative]

I was the first one to vote in my precinct this morning and was "delayed" by a voting machine problem. I reported to the poll worker that my machine wasn't working. He told me he couldn't help me vote. I said: "Mind if I plug the machine in myself then?"

Scary as it is, that is a true story. Some of the, shall we say, more experienced poll workers aren't skilled with the electronic machines.

[Joan Kerrey]

Voting Machines Woes Cause Early Delays [

I had quite a time of it until a nice young man with a beard and bandana and earrings and nose ring came to help.
He let me practice 8 or 9 times so I'd get it right and finally I got it. I hope I voted correctly though cause he changed a few things saying I made a mistake.