"So if youz got some problem with dat, youz can take it up with my associate here from the union.
Posted on 11/07/2006 12:05:11 PM PST by excludethis
(New Jersey - WABC, November 7, 2006) - The US Attorney for New Jersey has dispatched investigators to run down complaints of voting machine problems which are preventing voters from casting ballots for GOP Senate hopeful Tom Kean, Jr.
The counsel for the NJ Republican State Committee, Mark Sheridan, says he has four sworn affidavits and has received more than two dozen calls alleging that some of New Jersey's electronic voting machines were either "pre-voted" for Democratic incumbant Bob Menendez, or were otherwise inoperable when voters sought to cast votes for Kean.
Sheridan says complaints had come in from five NJ counties, some of the polling places affected are in Passaic, Paterson, Scotch Plains and North Bergen, though Sheridan refused to be more specific, citing a fear of depressing voter turnout in the affected locations.
Sheridan called the complaints a "disturbing" trend and threatened court action if election officials were unable to correct the problem and prevent its recurrence.
Sheridan said he'd received complaints of problems at more than seven locations affecting multiple voters at multiple and identical locations.
One problem, says Sheridan, is that voters apparently don't realize that in order to deselect a vote for a candidate on the new machines, they need to touch the icon for that candidate, and then touch the screen again to select the icon of the candidate for which they want to cast a vote.
Even so, Sheridan says that does not explain how the Menendez icon was selected on the affected machines, even before the voters attempted to use the machines to cast their ballots.
Voters do need to affirmatively lock in their votes on the machines before they reset, and there is a possibility that some voters aren't doing that, which could account for the problem, at least in some cases. However, Sheridan points out that if that were the case here, all of the icons for which a voter had cast ballots would be lit and the problem seems to be that only the Menendez icon remains selected.
Sheridan says there is no provision which would allow a poll worker to void an erroneously cast vote.
The counties in which machine problems have been reported include Middlesex, Hudson, Camden, Passaic and Union Counties.
Sheridan says the machines mentioned in the complaints are all Sequoia voting machines.
All four voters who swore out affidavits allege they voted for Menendez when they intended to vote for Kean.
The problems were first reported starting at about 7 a.m.
"pre-voted" for Democratic incumbant Bob Menendez, or were otherwise inoperable when voters sought to cast votes for Kean...
Just coincidence, I am sure.
"Oh, my mistake. That ballot was intended for one of our dead voters."
Zero tolerance time.
Any screw-ups, the Supervisor of Elections spends 60-days in the jug.
Closer?
Many would say we have been one for quite some time!
How about when we went off the Gold Standard in the 70's?
It really started in 1913 when the crooks in the Senate, House and White House pitched a HUGE softball to the newly formed Federal Reserve Bank.
Andrew Jackson was probably doing high rotation in his grave that day.
I am not surprised one bit. The New Jersey Democrat party is about as corrupt as you can get.
Fingers crossed that Kean will be one of the highlights of the night.......
This actually might be a good thing.
Sounds like voters aren't pressing the vote button when they are done so the vote is incomplete. The next voter comes in and this is what he sees.
The voting machines aren't broken. The Dems operating the voting machines are broken.
And you obviously are smarter than the DemoSocialistMarxistLyingLibs..!!
We need to come up with some form of technology that bypasses the computer glitches and allows people to cast a vote for the person they want to represent them.
Perhaps a piece of paper ... we could call them ballots ... with all of the candidates' names, maybe even a space for a "write-in" candidate.
Voters could use some sort of writing implement ... a pen or a Sharpee ... to circle the name of the candidate or make some mark to indicate their choice.
Those votes could be counted by computer or, if necessary, by hand. And there would be a record of the votes. We could call it a "paper ballot."
No ... that would be too clever. We must rely on computers.
You should apply for a patent. 8>)
Andy Jackson was a financial idiot. His attack on the Bank of the United States was one of the worst examples of boneheaded class warfare this nation ever experienced.
Of course, those who do not understand finance are hysterical about Central Banking something NO modern nation will ever be without again.
Andy Jackson was a financial idiot. His attack on the Bank of the United States was one of the worst examples of boneheaded class warfare this nation ever experienced.
Of course, those who do not understand finance are hysterical about Central Banking something NO modern nation will ever be without again.
Especially from the cities and county's reporting this problem!
I voted noon time in Clifton, no problem and no voters.
Tho it's good that punch cards are mostly gone, only ~30% of states use a paper ballot capable of being machine read.
Don't tell me, lemme guess. They cried "RACISM!" when the investigators shot down their claim.
You mean that it's not illegal to vote from Republicans in NJ?
"So if youz got some problem with dat, youz can take it up with my associate here from the union.
Yeah. I pushed the button until Allen's name had a check by it. How hard was that?
That pen and paper idea is lethal to Palm Beach Democrats, who would bleed to death from either paper cuts or lead poisioning. There's nothing too stupid that a Palm Beach Democrat couldn't do to mess things up.
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