NC GOP FILES SUIT OVER 'WIDESPREAD' TOUCH-SCREEN FAILURES, VOTE FLIPS TO DEMS

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NC GOP Threaten FILES Lawsuit Over 'Widespread' Touch-screen Failures, Votes Flipping to Dems
GOP attorney: ES&S iVotronic 'systems should have been banned'
Officials: Just 'isolated' probs, 'no different than every election'...


(UPDATED 10/29/10, 12:22pm PT: The North Carolina Republican Party has now filed suit against the State Board of Elections "alleging that touch-screen machines are thwarting efforts by voters to cast Republican ballots"…)

It would have been nice if these guys had spoken up years ago, when the bulk of the Republican Party and their sympathizers were labeling Democrats as "conspiracy theorists" and "sore losers" for their documented complaints of touch-screen voting systems flipping votes on screen to Republican candidates. But better late than never, we suppose.

On Thursday, Legal Counsel for the North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee sent a letter to the NC State Board of Elections threatening legal action if their "demands" were not "immediately" met for taking a number of specific actions to mitigate reported touch-screen voting problems describes as "significantly more widespread than the NC GOP initially understood."

The GOP attorney, John E. Branch III writes that the voting system problems should have been addressed prior to the early voting period "and, to the extend they were not, the touch screen systems should have been been banned"…

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[slackmaster]

1. Conspiracy theories about "rigged" voting machines cut both ways

[MNBrewer]

17. That cat's face speaks volumes

RLLLLY????????

[AtheistCrusader]

31. No matter who wins, we all lose this time.

Both sides ready to start howling. Great.

[rfranklin]

2. Sore losers! Where were you in 2000 and 2004....

oh yeah, you were smirking with Bush in the White House.

[Jamastiene]

3. Even machines hate being touched by Republicans.

Can't say I blame them. Everything the Republicans touch turns to shit.

[Cosmocat]

4. Oh, this is rich ...

seriously ...

[Supersedeas]

53. only this time they are more like to have a more receptive Judicial audience

[Barack_America]

5. Then we're all agreed. Let's get rid of them and go back to paper.

[Downwinder]

6. They know it can be done, because they did it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

55. +1

[Matariki]

7. Whatever it takes to have verifiable voting.

Although it sucks if it's only Republicans that, in the end, were able to get it done.

[librechik]

8. why would they ever complain about illegal Republican votes? It's only wrong if it's Dem

[CountAllVotes]

9. a taste of your own medicine so to speak

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :nopity:

:kick:

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

44. +1

[Hawkeye-X]

10. Lets look at 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 results from NC

so we can determine who is at fault.

[Roland99]

11. Makes me wonder if someone on the left hacked it this way on purpose to finally get something done.

we sure know nothing was going to get done as long as votes flipped TO the GOP

[ProgressiveMajority]

20. Either way it's a win

Fewer votes for Repukes and more votes for Dems, or at least it means the voting machines will get fixed.

[slackmaster]

23. The most likely explanation is a few isolated, unrelated machine malfunctions

Never attribute a problem to software until you have ruled out the possibility of a hardware problem.

[Zhade]

58. My guess? A setup to blame it all on Dems.

I mean, if someone is shown to be behind it, of course.

[Ian David]

12. That's just crazy talk. Those machines are completely reliable.

The GOP has been saying that for YEARS.

[TheEuclideanOne]

30. I sure hope that they are right

I would love for the Democrats to take every seat and it be a clear result of faulty voting machines. That would be a beautiful thing on many levels. But it is probably rigged for the Rethugs and this is a cover.

All I know is that I hope that the guys who have picked the winners this year in each machine are democrats.

[lobodons]

13. NC is on top of things!!

Their voting machines come equipped with a low information voter override feature.

[JuniperLea]

14. Oh, sure! NOW they worry!

I knew this was coming. As soon as they realized there was no "tidal wave" they started framing another way for their "victory" to come to light. I wonder if any of that "conspiracy theorists" and "sore losers" BS is still in the InterTubes. I feel a montage coming on.

Edited to say... I'm waiting for the first recount to be called... I hope Al Franken is watching...

[Iliyah]

37. You got that right

the GOP Tea Bats got wind of the early voting favoring the Dems and now they are frighten that hey they may not win the House, hehehehehehehe

[tabatha]

15. Hahaha

I know a couple Republicans who called Democrats sore-losers because they complained about voting machines, and they could not see how they could be inaccurate.

Very ironic, because voting machines are made by Republicans.

[LiberalArkie]

16. I will bet that there are some college kids out there having fun

[indimuse]

18. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!! YOU! RW!! BS!!LIARSSSS!

get in line... ;)~

[Wilber_Stool]

19. They just want to tie up

the machines so that they can't be used for voting. There'll be long lines on Tuesday.

[Blue Owl]

21. suuuuuure they are

:eyes:

[auburngrad82]

22. Let me guess. The machines in question are in Democratic leaning precincts nt

[RoccoR5955]

24. They only know, because they did it

Back in 2000, and 2004.

[L. Coyote]

25. False Flag. We must address the code counting the votes instead.

No black boxes, no paperless voting, no un-audited counting of paper, no to secret counting by corporations.

[slackmaster]

27. You have to check the hardware first, otherwise checking the code is pointless

I debug data processing equipment every day.

[Wilms]

45. I understand, but if you got an unexpected result while using MS Excel, would you suspect hardware?

I doubt you would. You'd probably check the formula.

In this case, without ruling out hardware trouble, they might start with the ballot definition file. Wouldn't be the first time that was the culprit.

[slackmaster]

46. I always check the hardware first

The first two questions I ask are "Is it plugged in?" and "Is it turned on?".

Pretty much every problem with a voting machine that I've heard about sounds like it could be a failure of a touch screen or some other piece of hardware.

[Wilms]

48. Plugged in, turned on. Very funny.

Obviously it would have to be to give an anomalous result.

Care to address my specific examples?

[slackmaster]

49. The ballot definition files would certainly be a good thing to check

That would be quick and easy. If that checked out OK I'd want to run low-level tests on the input device, memory, etc.

[Wilms]

52. That's how it looks to me too.

:toast:

[Zorra]

26. First time *ever* that I agreed with a republican. Let's get rid of the damn pieces of shit.

Everyone lives happily ever after.

End of story.

[bullimiami]

28. Great we all agree. Lets toss them out and vote on paper.

[penndragon69]

29. Finally, a wakeup call for the bobble head idiots.

We should join with Europe who have already banned touch screen voting
Fraud and have returned to paper ballots...Damned Socialists!

[RTBerry]

32. Just setting the groundwork, in case things don't go well for them... n/t

[slackmaster]

34. It's like a Star Trek episode where an alien thrives on human fear and conflict

It did things that caused humans and Klingons to suspect each other of nefarious plots and such. The more angry and frightened people on both sides became, the stronger the alien got.

The cure was to have Dr. McCoy shoot everyone on the Enterprise up with mind-altering drugs to put the crew in a state of euphoria.

[fascisthunter]

33. we warned them, but they didn't give a damn when it helped them gain votes

fucking hypocrites

* get rid of private interests that are controlling the way our votes are counted. The conflict of interest is too stark to ignore...

[curlyred]

35. are they polling badly?

I guess touch screens are only OK when they flip for Rs....

[mcollins]

36. They couldn't wait until after the election? nt

[musette_sf]

38. my theory is that it's a Puke inside job

because Puke operating principle #1 is "Whatever dirty tricks you are doing, accuse the other side of doing."

[sofa king]

39. Taste our pain, mofos!

Now seeing as you're evil and all, you might get your lawsuits past the "dismissed with prejudice" stage.

But you probably won't.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

40. Yep, Karma's a bitch.

[goforit]

50. love it!!! The time has come. LOL!!!

[defendandprotect]

41. K&R ... kick

[defendandprotect]

42. kick --

[DLine]

43. I have no doubt they are setting themselves up for an "out"

If republicans win big, voting machines are fine. If not, you will hear these claims from all over the country. It's coming and i feel it.

[ileus]

47. The fix is in....this time the machines are on our side.

ain't that a bitch....LOL we will win.

[Winterblues]

51. Bush* in 2001 during the election debacle "I Trust the Machines"

After running on the meme "I Trust the People" He changed his tune and no one even noticed...

[defendandprotect]

54. Not a stunt by any chance to counter claims of a reverse switch to GOP .... or ...

is it just ironic that their programming might have boomeranged on them???

funny --

[gkhouston]

56. Republicans, this is what happens when you outsource your illegal hacking.

Try hiring qualified domestic criminals next time, 'k?

[RayOfHope]

57. While the bigger part of me hates vote flipping either way, part of me wants to yell

"HOW DO YOU LIKE IT NOW, SUCKERS" right in their ugly GOP faces.

[Devil_Fish]

59. they are just conspiracy theorist. This thread should be moved to the dungeon. NT