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Pa. voter charged with smashing touch-screen machine
Phillyburbs.com, AP ^
| November 7, 2006
Posted on 11/07/2006 1:18:42 PM PST by Dane
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A man was arrested at a polling site Tuesday after election workers said he smashed an electronic voting machine with a paperweight, police said.
Michael Young, 43, of Allentown, will face charges of felony criminal mischief and tampering with voting machines, Assistant Police Chief Ronald Manescu said.
Authorities said they did not know the motive for the incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m. at the polling place inside the Good Shepherd Home.
"He came in here very peaceably and showed his ID, then he got on the machine and just snapped," volunteer Gladys Pezoldt told The Morning Call of Allentown.
Witnesses said Young then sat down and waited for police, who arrested him without incident.
The machine's screen was damaged and it was not immediately clear whether the votes recorded on the machine could be retrieved. More than 130 people had voted at the site by the time of the incident.
The machine is valued at more than $5,000, police said.
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2006; elections
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Probably a DUmmie.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:18:44 PM PST
by
Dane
To: Dane
He couldn't find Al Gore's name on the ballot.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:20:42 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Dane
I suggested a hammer a few days ago. The night is young.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:20:44 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: Dane
To: Dane
The screen's probably broke but the tallied voted should be able to be retrieved.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:20:48 PM PST
by
smith288
To: Dane; PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson
Has to be a DUmmie--coincidence?
To: Dane
It was a dem and he didn't get his $10 after voting...
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:20:56 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Dane
Yup!
"SMASH THE DIEBOLDS - FREE THE PEOPLE!"
To: smith288
it's a mad,mad,mad,mad world. obviously we need Jimmah Carter here.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:20:59 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
To: Dane
I'll bet a thousand dollars it's a lib.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:21:08 PM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: Dane
or at least a kindred spirit.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:21:17 PM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: Dane
The machine is valued at more than $5,000, police saidWhich is more than the perp will make in a lifetime
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:21:19 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: Dane
I concur, isnt Allentown a republican area? The DUmmie probably thought it would cost us votes.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:21:22 PM PST
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: Dane
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:21:36 PM PST
by
debg
To: Dane
A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight, poll volunteers said.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:22:30 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Why won't Diebold talk about RYMB.DLL?)
To: Dane
Authorities said they did not know the motive for the incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m. Just a guess .. but could it have been to stop other from voting?????
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:22:47 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Get out and Vote ~ Say No To Democrats !!)
To: Mo1
Authorities said they did not know the motive for the incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m.DIEBOLD DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:23:27 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Why won't Diebold talk about RYMB.DLL?)
To: 2banana
TEN BUCKS! All I got was a bottle of 'Bird and a lousy pack of Salems!
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:23:45 PM PST
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: Dane
A clear case of voter suppression.
To: Dane
I found a Michael Young from Parkland School district as the Custodial Supervisor in Allentown. Not sure if its the same dude or not.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:24:10 PM PST
by
smith288
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