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NYT: BE PREPARED FOR CHAOS ON ELECTION DAY; NEW MACHINES, LINES, CONFUSION
the drudge report ^ | oct 18, 2006 | drudge

Posted on 10/18/2006 4:50:21 PM PDT by blogblogginaway

Wed Oct 18 2006 19:12:07 ET

With an unusually large number of tight races and dozens of states shifting to new electronic voting systems, election officials across the country are bracing for long lines and heightened confusion at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 7, the NEW YORK TIMES will front on Thursday.

"North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mississippi and Missouri are among the states considered most likely to experience difficulties, according to voting experts who have been tracking the new technology and other election changes.

Developing...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; vote
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To: AZ GOPher
I heard a Hannity caller today presented a really interesting perspective on "Election Polls".

She said that whole media world loved the Dixie Chicks and put them forefront on magazines, interviews and airtime stories.

Unfortunately, the overlooked truth is, the DCs can't sell tickets or albums to Americans.

The caller then questioned if the same practices were being used in the polls regarding election preferences.

41 posted on 10/18/2006 6:02:54 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: blogblogginaway

Consider the source, particularly in the case of the New York Times.


42 posted on 10/18/2006 6:06:21 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: blogblogginaway

Same old samo samo. In the meantime I am making a fortune on my investment in Diebold voting machines. Karl Rove you magnificant bastard!LOL!


43 posted on 10/18/2006 6:08:35 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: pfflier

I agree fully with that analogy. The MSM is hell-bent to demonize the GOP, even more than usual, this election cycle. You can almost see them metaphorically swinging the shiny pocket watch saying, "You like DEMOCRATS. DEMOCRATS are good. You want to vote DEMOCRATIC. GOP is evil and out of the mainstream. . ." Then they support their watch-swinging with specious polls and even less valid inferences therefrom (e.g., "GOP in Freefall", "Democrats surging, clear preference for vast majority of voters").

It really is laughable -- and highly transparent if you look and think closely enough.


44 posted on 10/18/2006 6:10:27 PM PDT by AZ GOPher
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To: blogblogginaway

I tell every democrat I know that there's no sense in their voting. The machines are rigged for the republicans to win anyway so they might as well stay home. Heh. They don't know quite how to react since their own people are saying the same thing. lol


45 posted on 10/18/2006 6:20:24 PM PDT by MNnice (Da ma Dakota)
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To: blogblogginaway
IOW, the dems haven't figured out how to rig the electronic voting machines they themselves demanded. So the lawyers are lined up ready to challenge every single republican victory.

The election will be settled by middle of January if we're lucky.

A POX ON THE DEMS

46 posted on 10/18/2006 6:29:15 PM PDT by OldFriend (ANNOY THE MEDIA ~ VOTE REPUBLICAN)
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To: MayflowerMadam

"DEAD PEOPLE."

Don't forget slashed tires.


47 posted on 10/18/2006 6:40:01 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: blogblogginaway

The excuses begin.

This time,when they lose yet again, despite what their manufactured polls claim, they are going to go beyond legal challenges. This time they're going to do what the Marxists who lost in Mexico have done and start putting up barricades and taking over cities.

Is anyone checking on leftists stockpiling weapons?


48 posted on 10/18/2006 6:45:06 PM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: blogblogginaway

The Dems - and that includes the New York Times - are absolutely paranoid about this election stuff. No power on Earth can convince them that elections haven't been stolen from them.


49 posted on 10/18/2006 6:46:08 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: blogblogginaway

Any election the Dems lose they will challange and try to overturn. That will be the chaos the article is referring to. That is the planned anarchy that all of Soros' money is funding.


50 posted on 10/18/2006 6:49:27 PM PDT by hubbubhubbub
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To: blogblogginaway

Laying the groundwork for the lawsuits after Democrats lose.


51 posted on 10/18/2006 6:50:30 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of "dependence on government"!)
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To: hubbubhubbub

In Natchez, Mississippi the clerk in charge of the machines has been running ads on TV for a long time inviting citizens to drop by the courthouse and try out a demo machine. The staff will teach any voter anything they need to know. I imagine other areas may offer similar assistance.


52 posted on 10/18/2006 7:22:14 PM PDT by gb63
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To: apillar
Well it look's as if the NY Times is hedging their bets. If the democrats lose, they will blame the "Chaos" at the polls for all the disenfranchised democrat voters. They may also be trying to pave the way for democrat legal challenges in close republican victories.

You nailed it precisely 100% dead-center.

53 posted on 10/18/2006 7:24:09 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
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To: combat_boots

Yes, they are easy to use.


54 posted on 10/18/2006 10:19:07 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: OldFriend
IOW, the dems haven't figured out how to rig the electronic voting machines they themselves demanded.

Bingo. So they come up with wacky cheating conspiracy theories that they pass as truth.

The Dem cheaters love those punch card ballots.

55 posted on 10/18/2006 10:24:51 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Recovering_Democrat
New Laws and Machines May Spell Voting Woes

By IAN URBINA WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — New electronic voting machines have arrived in Yolo County, Calif., but there is one hitch: the audio program for the visually impaired in some of them works only in Vietnamese.

Had to stop there. Of course there are going to be problems if we can not deliver perfectly operating voting machines, with audio systems for the visually impaired, in 157 languages.

The only language that can be not left off the ballot is Vietnamese.

The language of the country that beat us in the last war.

It was part of the treaty.

There are many Democrats proclaiming that voting booths that carry English instructions are a form of harrassment in certain areas. They feel Ebonics is clear enough and likely to be understood by more non Spanish speaking residents.

56 posted on 10/18/2006 10:45:03 PM PDT by mcenedo (lying liberal media - our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
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To: Red Steel
Their demands for a paper trail means they want to be able to bring in some paper with a different result and tie up the final number for weeks or months.

Every close precinct will wind up in Court.

57 posted on 10/19/2006 5:58:55 AM PDT by OldFriend (ANNOY THE MEDIA ~ VOTE REPUBLICAN)
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To: blogblogginaway

Gee, with a 25% lead in the polls why should they be worried?? Excuses??

Pray for W and The Election


58 posted on 10/19/2006 6:00:44 AM PDT by bray (Voting for the Rats is a Death Wish)
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To: blogblogginaway

Dems - already making excuses in case they lose.


59 posted on 10/19/2006 1:57:57 PM PDT by lesko
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