Reply #148: somebody posted that really old computers did need the batteries to

[KoKo]

run the DOS stuff.. And, that "resetting" the computers after battery change was common...However, I sort of wonder about that. Not being an oldie Computer User..how would I know?

It sounded logical to me and that many of the computers in these polling places ARE VERY OLD! How do they count votes being that old? Why didn't they upgrade...as Jesse Jackson, jr. said. there are as many voting machines as "Precincts" in the US...I thought he exaggerated, but I wonder know if he didn't get to the truth of it. If you add in age of machines all over US some back to 88 according to DU Poster I trust...then how many versions of software and how many different Operating Systems are out there in the US...How many need "batteries" to run at all...and how many only use batteries for the "Date and Time Functions?"

I don't know...as a "non-techie" but it all sounds like there are many ways to "FIX" an election given what we know.