Problems with voting already?

[QueenAdrock]

Color me shocked.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15604040/

The voting machines haven't been up to par so some people have actually been forced to use paper ballots. Damn!

[kaiser soze]

problems or rigging the vote?

[Qdrop]

problems or rigging the vote?

desperation is the mother of invention.


be afraid.

[Rock]

So I moved about 5 years ago and wasn't sure if I was still registerd to vote even though I voted in the last presidential election. I called the county that i currently live in and dude said this after getting my info. "You aren't eligible to vote anywhere in Virginia, the county you live in now or the one before that...you have to fill out blah blah blah..." i said, yeah but i voted in the presidentials why can't I now. and he just said the same shit.

so i called the old county that i lived in and they were all like "yes, you are active come vote at this poll place...blah blah blah"

I found it shady.

[QueenAdrock]

That's very shady.

Can I ask what political party you're affiliated with?

[Rock]

That's very shady.

Can I ask what political party you're affiliated with?
You kind of already did. haha?

I'm not affiliated with any party. It varies.....but I have never voted republican.

[Echewta]

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford didn't have his registration card so he was unable to vote.

hahaha (Y)

[Qdrop]

Delaware County, Indiana (Muncie) - A state court ruled that polls must stay open until 8:40 p.m. ET, an hour and 40 minutes later than the scheduled close. Problems this morning with touchscreen machines prevented voters from casting ballots in 75 precincts for several hours this morning. The polls will stay open until 8:40 p.m. to accommodate voters who may have left the polls without voting this morning because of the problems. The problems were caused by faulty voting cards that are used to bring up the ballots on the electronic touch screen voting machines.

Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) - A problem this morning affected all 222 precincts throughout the county. According to County Clerk Doris Ann Sadler: The county uses an optical-scan system - which means that voters use paper ballots and fill in "dots" next to the candidate they want to vote for. All voters were given the normal paper ballot and allowed to vote normally. There was no delay in that process, and many voters didn't realize that any problem was occurring.

The problem occurred with the computer connection to the vote counter in all 222 precincts, which prevented the reading and counting of the ballot in the presence of the voter. Technicians were sent to the precincts and fixed the issue. All machines were up and running by midmorning. The ballots were then fed into machines for the tallying process. This poses one potential problem, in that the voter was no longer present to fix any "overvote" problem with their ballot. (An overvote is when a voter selects more than one candidate). However, Sadler said she has not had any reports of ballots being kicked out because of an overvote problem.

New Jersey - The state's Republican Party had a phone press conference with reporters this afternoon alleging "rigging" of vote machines and widespread voting machine failures. The New Jersey attorney general's office has been investigating the allegations, which include seven counties where they say voters went into the booth and found that Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was "pre-selected" on their electronic ballots.

The attorney general's office said they sent deputies to all of the counties cited by the Republicans, but their investigators have not reported any problems. They've been running tests on the machines (but we haven't heard precisely how many tests have been run).

Also, the New Jersey attorney general's office said investigators could not find any poll workers who witnessed the pre-selection problem that was alleged by the GOP.

As for the allegations by other media outlets that some voters have gone into the booth, selected a candidate's name and then not pressed the final "Vote" button before walking out - the state attorney general's office says that is a "possibility" but has not been confirmed. In any case, that would be voter error, not an instance of machine problems.

[Ali]

I hear that the polling stations are manned by Retards.

Sounds about right.

[Qdrop]

I hear that the polling stations are manned by Retards.

Sounds about right.

no, just the elderly.


forgive me, but it's true. these touch-screen computers are about as foreign to them as sushi.

[QueenAdrock]

You kind of already did. haha?

I'm not affiliated with any party. It varies.....but I have never voted republican.


See, that's what I was thinking, that you may just be independent or unaffiliated. In which case if it was a purposeful confusing call, it wouldn't accomplish much because they don't know which way you'll vote.

However, moveon.org also has a list of people who are registered Democrats and Independents. You can go online, get the numbers, and make phone calls to "get out the vote," but they really have no way of knowing what you said to them because it's not recorded. The Maryland DNC has a program set up for when you call so calls can be logged, moveon does not. Anyways, moveon has been targeting people who voted for John Kerry in 2004, yet did not vote in the midterm elections of 2002 - these are the people we've been calling because they're more likely to vote Democrat and just need some urging to get out and vote. Just the other day I was thinking about how a disgruntled Republican could get the numbers, call them, say stuff like their polling places have been shut down or that they can't vote or something and it would be chaos. They'd be talking to the people that would decide the election in the Democrat's favor.

Hmm.

[sam i am]

^^^^

Have you been reading our playbook, Queen? Or, coming undercover to our "secret" meetings......you know....the ones where we all (Republicans) conspire to ensure the minimum number of Democrats get out and vote?

[QueenAdrock]

You mean the secret meetings where you all refer to each other by numbers and not names and drink lamb's blood after sacrificing said lamb to Karl Rove?

I, mean, ahh...no. No I don't know anything.

please don't kill me :(

[sam i am]

Hehehehehe.

We stopped drinking lamb's blood and started drinking kitten blood!:p

Don't worry, Queen....we're each allowed a few exemptions to the eventual plot to round up all Democrats and incarcerate them in "Relocation" camps. I picked you, my best friend, my wife, DS, QDrop, and a few others to "save" for posterity's sake (see.....you're all Democrats : LOL)

[QueenAdrock]

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!(y)

[sam i am]

Guess nothing happened to trip the media whirlwind over hanging chads, etc.

Interesting.

[QueenAdrock]

Well, I do know that Republicans care about how accurate Diebold is now. They didn't care when it was in their favor, so maybe they'll take the Democratic victories as fuel into looking into overturning the system and wanting paper ballots. Not saying that the election results are wrong; I don't know, but I haven't heard anything about voter fraud. Regardless if there was or was not voter fraud, I really hope that the Republicans start caring about how accurate electronic machines are now.

[sam i am]

That's my point exactly.

Republicans are far more willing to trust the system and accept results without all the drama.

[QueenAdrock]

Republicans are far more willing to trust the system

So they're sheep? ;)

The Republicans I've talked to knew that the country wanted change, but they didn't expect to lose, either. There's commentary in The Express (free daily paper compliments of the Washington Post) that says basically says the election has proven that voting machines are fradulent. I hope they do keep up with it and do demand accountability for voting. There's nothing sadder than seeing people just roll over and accept results if there's obvious implications of fraud. But like I've said, I've heard nothing about fraud so their rolling over and dying may be well-justified, too.

[sam i am]

I'm sure you'll hear ALL about fraud again in '08...only Dems are sore losers:p ;)

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah! If there's evidence of fraud and you're against it, you totally are sore losers. Just accept the results, no matter how skewed they may be. Cuz hell, we live in America and the government and authority should never be questioned, right?

[sam i am]

Yeah! If there's evidence of fraud and you're against it, you totally are sore losers. Just accept the results, no matter how skewed they may be. Cuz hell, we live in America and the government and authority should never be questioned, right?

Question all you want, but be gracious about it instead of shrill and deranged.

[QueenAdrock]

So if questioning's okay, then I'm taking it Republicans whole-heartedly agree and accept that this country is blue right now? That's amazing, because the Republicans I've talked to said there has to be something messed up with the system and the machines. But if you agree that majority of this country wants Democrats in power, then hey. That's a great thing. :)

But I'd like to know what you mean by "shrill and deranged." I know I've heard individual people get very angry over electronic voting to the point of being "shrill and deranged" from BOTH sides, not just Democrats. Who are you referring to as being "shrill and deranged", exactly?

[sam i am]

So if questioning's okay, then I'm taking it Republicans whole-heartedly agree and accept that this country is blue right now? That's amazing, because the Republicans I've talked to said there has to be something messed up with the system and the machines. But if you agree that majority of this country wants Democrats in power, then hey. That's a great thing. :)

But I'd like to know what you mean by "shrill and deranged." I know I've heard individual people get very angry over electronic voting to the point of being "shrill and deranged" from BOTH sides, not just Democrats. Who are you referring to as being "shrill and deranged", exactly?

I was thinking more along the lines of voter fraud, disenfranchisement, tinkering with voting machines, etc. et al that we heard from the "gracious opposition" after the past few election cycles.

How sad that your Republican friends are unwilling to accept the reality of a change in control of Congress in this past cycle as good sports. Being a loyal opposition is far more an American tradition than the hysterics of the post-election Democrats after the 2000, 2002, & 2004 elections.

[QueenAdrock]

voter fraud, disenfranchisement, tinkering with voting machines

the hysterics of the post-election Democrats after the 2000, 2002, & 2004 elections.

You seem to be saying these are one in the same? I still fail to see how pointing out troubles arising from voter fraud and voting machine malfunctions equate "hysterics."

[sam i am]

You seem to be saying these are one in the same? I still fail to see how pointing out troubles arising from voter fraud and voting machine malfunctions equate "hysterics."

I wasn't equating them....I was referring to the histrionics ABOUT them....like it was the end of the world or something....which....in a way....I guess it was for those who were losing long-sought power.....

Hmmm