Monday, October 20th, 2008
Crock the Vote
Oh great. Just what I need to hear as I am about to go exercise my civic duty:
WINFIELD, W.Va. — Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week.
This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, three voters in Jackson County told The Charleston Gazette their electronic vote for “Barack Obama” kept flipping to “John McCain”.
Yep. The answer to early voting has apparently been found — EARLY CHEATING! *sigh*
And how have the local Rethugs responded to claims of malware disguised as voting machines? Blaming the victim, natch:
In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections. Both county clerks said the problem is isolated.
They also blamed voters for not being more careful.
“People make mistakes more than machines,” said Jackson County Clerk Jeff Waybright.
What a crock of shit! Have these idiots even seen the long list of problems with electronic voting machines? Hell, just eSlate, the system we use around here, is chock full of its own problems.
Naturally, we won’t hear much more than a peep out of the “librul” media about this. To them, we’re the tinfoil-hatters — the real problem is ACORN’s Grand Conspiracy to Fluoridate the Water Supply Steal the Election With Votes From Illegal Immigrants™, doncha’ know?
But don’t take my word for it, educate yourself!
*groan* Touch screens! I can’t believe touch screens get used for voting, they’re so easy to calibrate to be *off*.
Arrggh, and that’s just the beginning. Nov. 4 is going to be a long day.
Comment by JJ — October 20, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
Yeah, it’s things like this that make me wish we had y’all’s election system. *sigh*
Comment by J. A. Baker — October 20, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Hey, JA, I read somewhere that early voting started in your neck of the woods. Anything to report?
Comment by JJ — October 21, 2008 @ 1:31 am
Well, I voted yesterday after I got off work. I didn’t have too many problems — then again, I’m white. *rolls eyes* Even though I was expecting huge lines, I only had to wait maybe a minute to vote.
I pretty much voted straight Dem, except for the races where there was no Dem, then I voted Libertarian. Interestingly, though probably not surprising since Travis County is pretty solidly liberal, there were several races where the Dem candidate was completely unopposed.
Comment by J. A. Baker — October 21, 2008 @ 1:30 pm