WV recounts showing serious machine/paper discrepancies, Dems have no faith in the machines!

[Stevepol]

RECOUNT UNDERWAY IN TAYLOR COUNTY ELECTION
Karen Kiley

Dave Gobel, the Dem incumbent, lost his election by over 300 votes and asked for a recount. Could this be a case where the machines are seen to be seriously flawed, and perhaps seriously engaged in stealing elections? Gobel is determined to find out what the real vote was. But I think I can already say what the comclusion of the matter will be: just a glitch. Move along. Fuggidaboudit. Here's a bit from the article:

Gobel, along with Diane Parker, the head of the Taylor County Democratic Executive Committee, says the recount is not about finding the votes to make Gobel win.

"Our goal is to make sure every vote cast is counted. And its apparent already today to me, that's not happening with these machines," said Diane Parker.

Parker says she does not have faith that the electronic voting machines accurately count votes.

"Again, today we've looked at one precinct, 2 tapes and the numbers just aren't adding up," said Parker.

With over 6,000 votes to go, the counting is not going quickly.

"We've had a recount in the past, but we were always using the paper ballot in the past when we had a re-count. This is our first recount using the electronic," said Taylor County Clerk Nancy Fowler.

Parker says her intention is to count ballots until she feels there is enough evidence of mistakes in the electronic machines, to return to paper ballots.

"I think that already there appears to be, to me, evidence enough that should be persuasive to the county commissioners to replace these machines, and to present it to the Secretary of State," said Parker.

Link: http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=48125