VOTER ALERT: VOTING MACHINE ERRORS ARE BEING REPORTED!

[natsb]

While I'm a fan of OSS, it wouldn't do any good. There'd be no validation that the machines were running the same copy of code that the public inspected. And, in the end, still no validation that the votes were accurately tallied.

Mixing electronics and voting is just a bad idea. I'm certainly no technophobe, but these devices just present far too many opportunities to subvert the voting process.

Anyone want to start a voting machine manufacturing business? No doubt someone smarter than me has figured this out - so why are they still in use?

So what is the answer? Certainly not paper ballots. Paper ballots have been used to steal elections since the times of the Romans. Look at how many dead people used paper ballots to get Mayor Daley elected in Chicago.

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[MDQUSA]

I'm unopposed in this election, for both the primary and in the general election. I was also unopposed in my last election in 2010.

I don't know if it is because everyone likes my voting record or if it's because I carry a 1911 all the time, I don't know but I'll take it.


Also, I had two reports today of people getting the wrong ballot. So once again check your ballot.

 

[Straightshooter]

My sample ballot that came in the mail had me in the wrong legislative and councilmatic districts but the machine was correct when I voted. Balt co board of elections blamed it on an address mixup.

 

[Cyra]

We really should get a little receipt if we vote electronically. With the old punch ballots, it was a pain but your only hick-up was if you didn't insert your ballot correctly.

 

[ShoreShooter]

Ever notice how ALL reports of machine malfunction in every state, every time, always give more votes to the Dems?

If it were as simple as calibration, as is said, the incidence of Dems and Reps benefiting should be about equal.

 

[gamer_jim]

So what is the answer? Certainly not paper ballots. Paper ballots have been used to steal elections since the times of the Romans. Look at how many dead people used paper ballots to get Mayor Daley elected in Chicago.

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I don't mind electronic for reporting but I would love to see a printout that gets generated. Maybe into a secure box underneath the machine and also a receipt the voter gets that has encoded their ballot and some reference ID. That way if there is ever a question the paper printout from the machine could be confirmed with the paper receipt.

 

[Decoy]

‘Calibration issue’ pops up on Maryland voting machines

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/27/calibration-issue-pops-up-on-maryland-voting-machines/

 

[ShallNotInfringe]

Surprise surprise.

I had a bit of trouble getting the R boxes to fill in, but definitely noticed the D box filled every time... Of course I went back and made corrections and triple checked the ballot before casting the vote.

 

[gamer_jim]

The avenues of the will of the People are being eliminated. Are they sure they want to go this route?

 

[WeaponsCollector]

The avenues of the will of the People are being eliminated. Are they sure they want to go this route?

It's natural to all governments. The constitution was supposed to help, but it can only be so effective especially when it's being ignored on such a massive scale.

 

[Mr H]

Surprise surprise.

I had a bit of trouble getting the R boxes to fill in, but definitely noticed the D box filled every time... Of course I went back and made corrections and triple checked the ballot before casting the vote.

Nic Kipke is interested in collecting information on any irregularities.

 

[5.56blaster]

Funny how it only switches to a Dem vote.

 

[Yellowhand]

Mikulski and Cardin are running unopposed...I'll be damned if I put a mark on their ballots.

 

[ShallNotInfringe]

Mikulski and Cardin are running unopposed...I'll be damned if I put a mark on their ballots.

Huh? There's no race for US Senate in Maryland this year.

 

[MdPrep]

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

-Joseph Stalin

Precisely. How easy is it to know if the counters are neutral in any of this? Exactly - what one says vs. does. Unbiased? Highly unlikely.

 

[Cyra]

Just released a couple of hours ago....

http://watchdog.org/179946/maryland-vote-flips-dems/

Learn something new everyday...

Maryland’s Diebold machines — like the ones that misfired in Chicago last month— are programmed and tested primarily “in-house,” with occasional support by Election Systems & Software, Charlson said.

ES&S is also a contracted vendor in Illinois.

 

[pbharvey]

Howard County Reportedly Among Areas with Problematic Voting Machines

 

[rem87062597]

Physically mail out a randomized code that's linked to your name, address, and SSN in a database. Enter your name, address, SSN, and code and then vote electronically. Don't accept the vote unless the identifying info matches with the data linked to the code. If you lose your code, you have to vote in person. If the code is used again in the same election it overwrites the old row in the database.

 

[NAUIdvr1]

When finished right as you are supposed to confirm you voting choices I just used my iPhone to snap two pictures of the voting confirmation screens.

 

[NAUIdvr1]

Hey, does anyone know if there is a way to see what the current results are? Like a weblink or something?