He was just the first on his block to have one!:)
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.
Not really anymore. Although a co-worker(R) voted at that location. The turnout seems kind of light, hopefully a good sign for us.
He was just the first on his block to have one!:)
I wonder if they'll count his vote as a hanging chad.
While I don't know about Allentown proper, I know that Reading has an enormous population of lower-income Puerto Rican and Mexican residents. I would be inclined to think they have a large number of Democratic voters. Contrast this with the nearby Bucks County and Lancaster County areas which probably have a decent number of conservatives. Keep your fingers crossed for the Republican candidates in the great state of Pennsylvania.
~ Blue Jays ~
It is interesting though that they are concerned about the previous votes.
We had to fill in the circles. I joked that next time we would be dipping our fingers into the ink bottle.
He did it?!
Heh heh! I have no idea.
Ha I was watching that last night. So much like my disfunctional office. It's good to be a gangsta'
Speaking of (dis)dysfunctional. That was my gangsta slippin out, yo.
That scene was so funny! What made it even funnier was the music being played in the background fit the scene so perfectly("DIE MOTHER@#%#ER, DIE MOTHER@#%#ER, DIE!").
Ya know, I would be happy to dip my finger into the ink bottle and wave it at those who don't vote. (Long as I get to choose the finger!)
Michael Young, Custodial SupervisorCorrect on BOTH COUNTS.
Parkland School District, PA
He should be charged with a hate crime.
I long for the good old days, when voting was solemn and peaceful. Of course, there was a lot of fraud going on then, too.
ping
The Republicans drove the poor man mad!
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