Looks like they found some.
Posted on 10/29/2010 10:38:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's Republican Party has sued the State Board of Elections, alleging that touch-screen machines are thwarting efforts by voters to cast Republican ballots.
A complaint filed in federal court Friday accuses election officials of failing to take action to ensure votes are accurately counted. Election officials have said there have only been a few isolated problems with voting machines and that officials were able to quickly fix the problems.
Republican Party officials say they have heard problems in a number of counties. They are demanding that election officials provide notice to all voters about problems, preserve all data and track all complaints.
Looks like they found some.
First response was in sarcasm. The GOP is concerned about the early voting irregularities in Craven County.
“Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff.
“They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,” Laughinghouse said. “That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.”
http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/machine-91656-screen-voter.html
Oh, I’m sure Eric Holder will get right on it....NOT!
They were in Nancy Pelosi’s desk. They found them as she was cleaning it out last week.
Any isolated incidents where errors favored Republicans? I thought not.
North Carolina's Republican Party has sued the State Board of Elections, alleging that touch-screen machines are thwarting efforts by voters to cast Republican ballots. A complaint filed in federal court Friday accuses election officials of failing to take action to ensure votes are accurately counted. Election officials have said there have only been a few isolated problems with voting machines and that officials were able to quickly fix the problems.Republican Party officials say they have heard problems in a number of counties. They are demanding that election officials provide notice to all voters about problems, preserve all data and track all complaints.
NC ping, please!
It’s about time the NC GOP does something about this. The elections board has been corrupt for a long time.
I am sick of this damn crap!
Hah.
ANY incidents at all, anywhere, where ANY “error” has favored ANY republican?
None of the errors have favored Republican. NC is so corrupt they’re starting to make Illinois look good.
** Any isolated incidents where errors favored Republicans? I thought not. **
My thoughts exactly. Seems like it defies the law of probabilities that malfunction/cheating always favors the Democrats?
VOTING IRREGULARITIES The North Carolina Republican Party has been diligently investigating problems associated with voting machines, in particular iVotronic touch-screen voting machines in our state. These types of machines are in use in 35 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Reports began to surface last week of voter’s intentions not being properly registered by these machines. The specific incidents that first came to our attention were those who were attempting to cast a straight-ticket Republican vote but the machine was verifying that a straight-ticket Democratic vote had been registered. Fortunately, these initial voters were diligent in the verification process and after repeated attempts, called the problem to the attention of poll workers who assisted in making sure that the voter’s intentions were properly tallied.Reports of similar problems began to come in from other parts of the state and at the time of this correspondence, (5pm October 28) we now have complaints from the counties New Hanover, Craven, Cumberland, Rutherford, Lenoir and Mecklenburg. I want to stress that there may indeed be similar issues in other counties using these same machines. To date, all documented voter issues involve attempts to cast votes for Republicans and at least one voter was a registered Democrat who was attempting to vote a straight-ticket Republican ballot.
Attorneys working on behalf of the NCGOP have been in contact with the State Board of Elections as early as last week in hopes of rectifying this issue and clarifying the causes of these problems. To date, it is our opinion that sufficient effort or progress has not been made by the State Board of Elections to ensure the integrity of the voting process.
For example, on Wednesday, October 27 the State Board of Elections conducted a informational session to instill voter confidence in Craven County, one of the first to report these problems. Concerned citizens came to hear information on the documented reports of machines engaging in what is known as “vote flipping”, registering for the opposite party or candidate than the voters intention. Instead they were given a remedial demonstration as to the operation of the touch-screen machine.
When one citizen expressed frustration about the lack of answers to the obvious concerns of the majority in the room, he was told by the State Board of Elections official that she was only there to demonstrate the machine and if he didn’t like that, he could leave.
Just today in Craven County, two republican poll workers were fired for talking to the media about the voting irregularities and what they claim was elections officials failure to properly address the issue. Additional skepticism surrounds this situation due to the fact that the company responsible for the sale, distribution and maintenance of these machines has made headlines recently for questionable dealings in obtaining state contracts. Knowing that the ownership of the company in question, Printelect, has strong ties to the North Carolina Democratic Party and that the company itself holds a virtual monopoly on ballot printing and equipment maintenance for the state has only fueled suspicions. This morning, NCGOP attorneys delivered a letter to the State Board of Elections demanding corrective action be taken immediately. (a copy of that letter can be viewed here.)
Appearing that the State Board of Elections has no intentions of taking corrective action, the NCGOP is contemplating proceeding to Federal Court on Friday to seek appropriate action to ensure the validity of the voting process in North Carolina. A total of 65 counties in our state use paper ballots tabulated by optical scanners; universally considered to be highly accurate and efficient. It is not equitable that those voters leave the polling place with a higher level of confidence that the votes have been accurately recorded than those using touch-screen machines.
Make no mistake; the NCGOP will not stand idly by and watch one of the most important rights we hold as Americans become subject to at best, a random game of electronic chance and at worst, an effort to subvert the political process.
Just today in Craven County, two Republican poll workers were fired for talking to the media about the voting irregularities and what they claim was elections officials' failure to properly address the issue.
Additional skepticism surrounds this situation due to the fact that the company responsible for the sale, distribution and maintenance of these machines has made headlines recently for questionable dealings in obtaining state contracts. Knowing that the ownership of the company in question, Printelect, has strong ties to the North Carolina Democratic Party and that the company itself holds a virtual monopoly on ballot printing and equipment maintenance for the state has only fueled suspicions.
This morning, NCGOP attorneys delivered a letter to the State Board of Elections demanding corrective action be taken immediately. (a copy of that letter can be viewed here.)
I thought these were Hitleries after she lost the nomination in '08.
Printelect Of New Bern: Is It A Monopoly?
A local business owner is speaking out about a newspaper article that claims his company has a monopoly on ballot printing in North Carolina.
Printelect owner Owen Andrews says every county in our state has the opportunity to buy from a competitor.
Printelect is part of the Owen G. Dunn Company in New Bern.
It handles election ballot printing for 86 counties in the state.
An article in the News & Observer reports printelect charges more for the work than other companies used by other counties.
The article states Printelect is the only "agent" in the state for a Nebraska company that got a 2006 concession for North Carolina's voting machines and claims the arrangement gives printelect "a big advantage in getting printing jobs."
State Board of Elections Director Gary Bartlett is quoted in the newspaper article as saying the arrangement could be considered a monopoly.
Printelect owner Owen Andrews says that's just not the case.
We spoke with Governor Bev Perdue about this and she said contracts like these are available at the State Department of Administration website.
Voter Fraud Is Treason!
And here I thought they were in Hillary’s desk. Silly me. sd
Cheers!
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