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In reply to the discussion: Florida Election software Flips Vote: Losers Certified as Winners [View all]Baitball Blogger
(46,570 posts)10. That is not a software error. That's an intentional program!
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Republicans care about every conceivable security breech except for e-voting
Tom Rinaldo
Oct 2012
#2
He was "supposed to be" investigating election fraud in Florida, but citizens found it instead.
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#52
Plus it teaches them they can't really trust 'grown-ups' to always do the right thing.
hootinholler
Oct 2012
#90
Thanks. I could write an essay on the idiocy of claiming such behavior is a "bug."
TahitiNut
Oct 2012
#151
Please do. You can start by disassembling the vendor "explanations" at this link
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#158
Not necessary: From the article:"In other words, it wasn't a bug, it was a feature."
TahitiNut
Oct 2012
#180
Well, if the voter receipt matches the rolling paper in the machine (through a window),...
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#94
The sad thing is that they COULD be accurate AND trustworthy. They just aren't.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#137
Hand counted paper ballots, in and of themselves, ARE trustworthy, but more is...
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#138
True (with regard to computerized vote counting, which is inherently secret vote counting)
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#142
Well, I posted this elsewhere, but I'll post it again. I think we need at least a 2-week window.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#175
DUers need to read this and get it up high on the greatest page. This is what will determine the re
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#13
DECADES! Ohio was solid BLUE before punch card voting made it too easy to fix elections
Coyotl
Oct 2012
#132
Audits must be ANNOUNCED b/c they're legal requirements, so fraudsters can always work around
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#157
in theory, local election boards are responsible and should want to make sure they are counting the
NoMoreWarNow
Oct 2012
#36
The reality is that if we stop one form of election fraud, the GOP will always invent another one.
factsarenotfair
Oct 2012
#37
May I add that the federal program which oversees the federal cerification is staffed
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#61
more support than I have ever seen for a US president since John Kennedy. How's that?
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#119
Thousands, literally, see their vote flipped, but they seem reassured b/c thinking they "Caught it"
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#155
and don't forget, for a few months in there, Diebold/Premier was owned by ESS.
garybeck
Oct 2012
#164
This IS the ticking time bomb. Also 19 States now NOT doing EXIT POLLS??? WTF?
99th_Monkey
Oct 2012
#100
These kind of reports make me sick to my stomach and causes sleep problems.
Auntie Bush
Oct 2012
#115
Way past time to make voting machines as secure as ATM's...it's a joke passing as democracy. nt
mother earth
Oct 2012
#144
There has to be an audit trail, but certainly the paper ballots are best, the polls are tools,
mother earth
Oct 2012
#178
if you want to change it, pay attention to your Secretary of State elections.
NuttyFluffers
Oct 2012
#145
Problem is, SOS Bowen exposed many (not all) problems, AND KEPT THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#193
DREs are only for disabled voters who explicitly choose to vote that way
NuttyFluffers
Oct 2012
#197
Sequoia (now Dominion) optical scan systems, 2% audits (officials sure all errors NOT caught)
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#152
thanks. so let me get this straight.... Diebold, ESS, Premier, Dominion..... all the same....?
garybeck
Oct 2012
#159
After a flurry of recent mergers/divestitures, Dominion dominates as follows
Land Shark
Oct 2012
#163
during the brief period that ESS owned Diebold/Permier, don't you think they would have
garybeck
Oct 2012
#196
I could have detected this problem with statistics BEFORE the election was certified.
fchoquette
Oct 2012
#174
Cameras and cell phones cant take a picture of the vote counting when it takes place
garybeck
Oct 2012
#191