Reply #53: I'm with you; I can't stand Joe, but I'll defer if he wins.

[Atman]

I've worked elections here too many times, and I've seen the insides of the lever machines and how they function. I cannot fathom a way to rig those machines. There are redundant counters and key locks, and every vote is recorded on a piano-roll type paper for counting and archiving. It would be monumentally complicated to pull off a Bush style fraud at the machine level. I simply cannot speak for the counting of the votes; that's something I've never been involved in. But if Joe wins, I've seen enough from the inside to say "Okay, Joe, you pulled it off." I wouldn't be so generous in a Diebold state.