Which states had straight party ticket voting & electronic voting machines

[GingerSnaps]

Are most of the machines located in the straight party voting ticket areas?

Did any Democrats win in the areas that * won in that had straight party ticket voting on computerized machines?

How many newly elected republicans are from an area that has straight party ticket voting that uses electronic voting machines?

[Syrinx]

1. are you including optical scan machines?

Alabama has those. ES&S. Pretty much the status quo here as far as winners go, but Bush and other Republicans increased their margins significantly.

[GingerSnaps]

4. Thanks

We need to find this out it's very important. :hug:

[Eloriel]

2. That's a good question

You can find out which states had which machines by county here --

ElectionLine.org Interactive Map:
http://electionline.org/interactiveMap.jsp?page=Interactive+Map

Select "voting system used" from the drop down menu and click on the state you want to view.

But I don't know of any way to find out which states had straight party voting.

[GingerSnaps]

3. I wonder what the exit polls were for the states

That had the combination of electronic voting machines, straight party tickets and * winning.

Thanks for posting the link :hug:

[skids]

5. Texas had em. And lists them too.

They break the votes out in the online canvas.

[GingerSnaps]

8. Arizona & Michigan

:kick:

[dzika]

6. North Carolina has semi-straight ticket voting...

NC voted on the National races individually and then could vote a straight party ticket for the NC State offices. Except Judges. Elections for Judges were non-partisan races for the first time this year.

[GingerSnaps]

7. I have another question

We need to look at the amount that the exit poll showed and then look at the totals that are being given out. Next, we should check the totals for Bush, Senators & Congressman and add them up. Then add the democrat, republican and independent votes together to see if they balance out to the total of voters that voted that day.

I use to be an auditor and I am having trouble explaining this but each total should add up to the amount of voters that voted that day.

I don't think that Repugs voted for Kerry so I think that we could find a voting pattern that changed.

[MarkusQ]

16. It's called cross totaling (n/t)

[GingerSnaps]

9. This explains how it works & it says that you can do a split ticket

Voting Machine

Voting Machine Once the electronic voting machine has been activated for the voter by the precinct official, blinking lights will appear in the title block of all offices/issues for which the voter is eligible to vote. In order to cast a ballot the voter must

* Press the candidate/issue button of choice for each office or issue. A red light will appear beside these choices.
* After all selections have been made, the voter must press the green vote button in the bottom right hand corner of the machine.

Until the green vote button is pressed, the voter may change a selection by pressing the button beside the candidate/issue that previously had been selected and then pressing the button beside the new choice.

When straight ticket voting is allowed, the voter may press the straight ticket button to vote for all candidates of one party. (exception: President of the United States. This office must be voted separately from all other offices).

Split Ticket (Cross over ) voting, when voting by straight ticket, is accomplished by pressing the button beside the name of the candidate(s) of the voter's choice of another party.

[GingerSnaps]

10. Can someone help us with this issue

:kick:

[kk897]

11. I'd like to know myself.

It relates to a kind of a pet theory of mine that I've been kicking around inside my head.

[GingerSnaps]

12. I think that might have been a way of

Stealing the election for *, the senators and the congressmen through BBV.

[MarkusQ]

13. kick

[GingerSnaps]

14. Are you a software developer?

You know what I am getting at right?

[MarkusQ]

15. Yes and yes. It's all about paterns, isn't is? (n/t)

[karlrschneider]

17. If you're compiling a database, I can give you some Okla info:

I -think- we are the only state that uses the exact system in every precinct in the state...the "Optek" scanning counting machines (I THINK they're made by ES&S) but if I'm wrong about that, I at least do know
there is most assuredly a 'paper trail'...although not sure how long, or where, or how they are stored and maintained. I need to find this out.
And I have no illusions that there was any mass fraud, knowing the proclivities of OK voters, but I do have some reservations about the Senate race.

There are, on our ballots, an available choice for "straight party voting" which is normally at the top of whatever columns define a particular race but I never use them...I always choose each race independently (but usually all DEM),* and it occured to me to wonder last month what would happen if someone had picked 'straight' and then went on to select sub-choices. I should have asked...but I will.

Not that Kerry had a snowball's chance here, but I am going to look into some of these questions.

* It can be confusing because there are other sections on the ballot that are not partisan, such as State Questions (e.g. the "marriage amendment") and "retention of Judges" which wouldn't or shouldn't be affected either way by 'straight party voting'...