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.
I see it frequently with my GPS system in my car.
That's what we use here in Arizona and I LIKE it! Nobody can steal my vote - I have to mark it in with the black marker and then I get to walk my ballot over to the machine and enter it in myself! I don't trust anybody when it comes to voting instrumentation.
Well, the dummies - first you press the icon for the person you DON'T want to vote for - makes sense - NOT. and since his is the only icon left lit - and to vote Kean you'd have to press Menendez first - would that give him 2 votes and why would a vote for Kean then count?
Something very fishy here...
Oh, never mind. It only gives extra votes to the RAT candidate. Sorry. Move along...
another rat crap lib station MSM reporting something....short for what they are saying:
Stay home Republicans, we want to win....
GO VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!
Ping!
I've got news for you - neither will the US attorney.
and purple fingers.
I am grateful to live in a rural area - and we still have the simple paper ballot and old wooden ballot box...
If that were so then the other lights on issues/people they voted for would be lit too - but seems ONLY the light for Menendez is lit and wont go off until pressed - giving him double votes - PERIOD - sounds like maybe some people have been schooled in how to set this up. Vote for Menendez then get his name up again so the next voter can't do anything until he has pressed - and given an extra vote - to Menendez???
Yes. What's wrong with the paper ballot anyway? I voted for the first time in Colorado this year *previously lived in Illinois), and voted paper ballot (blacken the oval) an hour ago. It was soooo simple.
They probably heard him speak and couldn't push the button. I know that we are supposed to be hoping for this seat, but I truly hope that we can keep the Senate without this idiot. He reminds me of South Carolina Senator...(forgot his name). I absolutely can't stand Keane speaking! Besides he is NOT conservative. I accept all blasts!
Send in the lawyers!!
The cameras will probably need to be somewhat concealed, but when the Democrat machine is against you, proof needs to be in pictures and video.
Frankly speaking, there is no easy way to subvert the process if a paper ballot is used. That's why electronics were introduced.
Do we actually believe that the Powers That Be want to save trees by eliminating paper ballots? Right.
then why aren't the lights for the other candidates/issues they are also voting on also lit up????
"Every election gets us closer and closer to becoming a Banana Republic."
You noticed too?
I am waiting for the end results...I saw several elections when I was living in GA totally buck the trend and catch people off guard and I am hoping this is one of those times!
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