Florida early vote totals revised, raising questions

[ProfessionalLeftist]

In Florida, counting votes has been controversial for some time; particularly since the 2000 election. And with early voting underway as of Saturday, there are already questions being raised about the vote count in Broward County.

Broward is a Democratic stronghold that Barack Obama is expected to carry by a large margin. But initial early vote totals reported by the office of the Broward Supervisor of Elections changed on Sunday, in some cases dramatically, causing some to question the numbers.

An analysis of the unofficial totals by early voting location on the Broward Supervisor of Elections website from Saturday, compared to the tallies posted on Sunday, shows that in one location, the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, located on Martin Luther King Blvd. in Pompano Beach, the revised totals showed 1,003 fewer votes.

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http://thegrio.com/2012/10/29/florida-early-vote-totals-revised-raising-questions

[rightsideout]

1. This ticks me off!

A computer glitch? 1,003 votes in a small precinct is alot. What the hell?

Here we go again with the damn voting count nonsense which ultimately benefits the Republicans . . . as usual. We can't afford for this to be happening in places like Florida and Ohio.

We can't let the Republicans steal this.

[Control-Z]

2. Something stinks here. n/t

[Beartracks]

3. To paraphrase some famous politican somewhere, "There they go again." n/t

[defacto7]

4. Glitch? Computer glitch?

Now that is the most ambiguous, meaningless, say-nothing comment anyone could possibly make. Why don't they say the dog ate the votes? How about "transposed numbers on the phone". Yes, our election officials should include as many dyslexics as is humanly possible. Let's use a computerized voting device that has a "glitch", then have our official dyslexic "transpose" the number over the phone.

DO THEY THINK WE ARE THAT STUPID?

[doublethink]

11. Glitch ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021662295

[SoCalDem]

14. Yes, they DO think we are that "stupid"..Look at Bush v Gore

That was their template.. They have just been tweaking it along the way while we file lawsuits.

They have wrested governorships & sec of state positions all over the place and job # 1 was making it harder for US to vote. The will probably have THIRTY THREE states in their pocket after Nov 6..

They know from experience that dems always back off..

[mzmolly]

5. "..the numbers were transposed." ???

Someone is manually inputting the numbers? Shouldn't computers automatically upload vote counts from a paper ballot, ala the opti-scan machines?

http://www.browardsoe.org/content.aspx?id=118#1

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Here they go again.

FLORIDA!! AGAIN!!

[pacalo]

7. That governor's eyes are downright creepy.

How many shifty, unscrupulous thoughts did it take to acquire that look?




The man seems aiming to be this year's Kathryn Harris.

[Unknown Beatle]

10. More Like Bat Boy

[reusrename]

13. ^

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. Recount!

[JDPriestly]

9. A thousand votes different in the Pat Larkins precinct?

How many votes were cast there in 2008?

How many registered voters are there in that area?

That seems really off base one way or the other.

[MaeScott]

12. This is Rmoney can still smile....

...because if you have enough money, you can buy everything to get the results you want .

[Quantess]

15. K & R

[JDPriestly]

16. Any update on this story?

Seems to me that in the Pat Larkin district, people working around the polls would have noticed a difference of 1,003 voters at the polls. Any eyewitness statements on this?

Did a thousand people show up or did 2000 plus people show up?

You would notice 2000 plus people showing up at the various polling stations. How many actual voting booths were available?

[Hannahcares]

18. new article/update on Broward early voting

http://thegrio.com/2012/10/30/broward-elections-supervisor-explains-changed-vote-tallies/

new article explaining discrepancies... E.Pat Larkin precinct doesn't have a Voter Poll Book where you sign in and they compare your signature, address,etc. They have an automated system called EVID...You swipe your drivers license and it electronically checks your signature and other information. Prints out a slip that say what ballot version you should receive,etc. Doesn't really explain whether 2945 folks really came to the precinct that day to vote or only 1942 actually walked through the door. Seems like a pretty big difference

[lobointexas]

17. Do voters have to sign a roll sheet in Florida?

I know in TX and NM (where I previously lived) you had to sign a roll sheet when you voted.
Can't they just go back and count the number of signatures on the roll sheet at that location to see how many people voted on that day?