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Voting machine technicians are SEIU members
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 10.27.2010 | Mark Hemingway

Posted on 10/27/2010 5:34:33 AM PDT by VU4G10

Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada's residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor. Since early voting started, there have been credible reports that voting machines in Clark County, Nevada are automatically checking Harry Reid's name on the ballot: Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.

Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.

"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time -- that's wrong."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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To: Kazooskibum
“The Democrat Party has managed to legalize organized crime.”

Organized crime? Hmmmm...an interesting concept. Lemme talk to Dad about this one...

41 posted on 10/27/2010 7:24:52 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone
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To: Mr. K

Using cellphones in poling locations is illegal in Nevada.


42 posted on 10/27/2010 7:43:30 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: reg45
re: The machines we use (DuPage County, Illinois) create a paper trail that backs up the electronic tabulation with a printed record similar to a grocery store receipt.

The voting machines in Clark County, NV also create a paper trail similar to a grocery store receipt. The voter does not get a copy, but they do get to view their votes before pushing the final button to confirm and cast their ballot.

43 posted on 10/27/2010 7:46:22 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: reg45

Of course, if election officials want to conduct honest elections they can and will do it. It’s not a technology issue; it’s a dishonesty issue.


44 posted on 10/27/2010 7:47:12 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: Nevadan
If a machine is software driven, there is no proof in pressing any "final button to confirm and cast their ballot." Anything at all can still happen within the machine after that step.

Are these the Sequoia voting machines, made in Chavez' Venezuela?

HF

45 posted on 10/27/2010 8:16:02 AM PDT by holden
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“just confirms my fear that computerized voting is potentially MORE fraud and accident prone than paper voting, because there is no audit trail.”

My thoughts from another thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2615463/posts?page=37#37


46 posted on 10/27/2010 8:51:34 AM PDT by Grumplestiltskin (I may look new, but it's only deja vu!)
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To: Nevadan
"Using cellphones in poling locations is illegal in Nevada"

So is voter fraud

47 posted on 10/27/2010 8:52:29 AM PDT by Mr. K (All our candidates suck! The media SAYS SO!!)
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To: luvbach1
The software producers should and could prevent this machine fraud. Such safeguards should be an integral part of the software's design. Programmers and/or software architects please correct me if I'm wrong.

You are absolutely correct. However much government programming is either out-sourced or in-sourced to the cheapest guest workers they can find.

FYI studies have shown that both electronic voting machines and internet voting are open to being hacked. A study in Princeton NJ hacked the electronic machine using a cell phone.
48 posted on 10/27/2010 9:15:26 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I think we all need to go back to paper ballots.

This is one place where ‘technology’ isn’t helping American voters. Too much room for fraud.


49 posted on 10/27/2010 10:31:28 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: cripplecreek

If we can’t use the power of persuasion, we’ll use the persuasion of power. - Andy Stern””””

THUGS-—Every last one of them. Payback is going to be a B____.


50 posted on 10/27/2010 10:35:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles; Clint Williams

“Clint Williams” said he was for a paper ballot with an automated tally... you can always go back to the paper ballots for a manual recount or a chad inspection. With full computerization, you could argue that an encryped signature accompanying the bits would guarantee the same effect, but I don’t believe it. It’s a lot easier to find bits in memory than the more typical shoebox of uncounted ballots in some official’s trunk.


51 posted on 10/27/2010 10:40:42 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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To: Nevadan

“The voter does not get a copy, but they do get to view their votes before pushing the final button “

They get to view how they voted, but they have no idea how the votes are actually recorded.


52 posted on 10/27/2010 10:42:45 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If "Obama" is the answer, how stupid was the question?)
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To: ridesthemiles

In my precinct we use the optically scanned paper ballots. In 08 they had a single touch screen machine but only a couple of people used it and they didn’t bring it back.

Personally I like the idea of a code number on each ballot and a phone number we could call to make sure our vote was counted correctly. That presnts other problems though.


53 posted on 10/27/2010 12:04:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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