How elections are lost or stolen

[flamin lib]

"When a couple numbers didn't come out right, we tried the double-checks and kept checking," said McKerley, who as GOP chairman is running the recount. "We're having trouble with the electronic equipment."
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/14158481.htm

A couple of numbers? How about a 20% discrepancy between the number of voters and the number of votes? Oh, and the recount? There were no paper ballots, so they’re counting ballots printed by the touch screen machines that are malfunctioning. Yeah, that works! Wasn’t it Einstein who said that doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity?

This story is about the Republican primary in a West Texas county. A few weeks ago I read about the Democratic Primary in Tarrant having a recount because of exactly the same issue--more votes than voters. Stories like this are cropping up all over the state and nation. Some states are outlawing the ballotless machines because of poor performance and security concerns.

May I suggest you all contact the Texas Attorney General and express your concerns over ballotless voting? His name is Greg Abbott and his email is: [email protected] The main switchboard phone number is [phone]. If you prefer snail mail the Postal address is:
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548

Other contacts are:
Governor Rick Perry http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact
Find your state Representative and Senator here: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm
Texas Democratic Party http://www.txdemocrats.org/contact/
Texas Republican Party http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer?pagename=contact_home

Contact them all and let them know of your concerns.