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Check this out. A voter pushes the Obama button and it changes to Romney (Original Post) moobu2 Nov 2012 OP
Saw this Faith9326 Nov 2012 #1
I hope that they complained! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #2
You are the 10th person to post a thread with this fake video scheming daemons Nov 2012 #3
WGAL - led their Noon news with this video...Perry County PA hexola Nov 2012 #13
Lots of people keep posting this, but no one is saying WHERE it is, or if it's NOW, or was codjh9 Nov 2012 #4
I saw it on my hometown news Facebook page moobu2 Nov 2012 #7
why are our lawyers not looking at this now kansasobama Nov 2012 #5
Just stop it. LisaL Nov 2012 #6
How do you know it's not? We should ignore possible vote tempering because Phx_Dem Nov 2012 #12
Because it's been happening all over the Country. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #15
Agreed obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author yardwork Nov 2012 #8
If this is fake I will delete it...anyone know? moobu2 Nov 2012 #9
YOU have to be able to source it's real obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #17
That's not tampering that's equipment failure IDoMath Nov 2012 #10
Did read the description?? it was NOT alignment. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #14
Again, it should be reported to the authorities and Democratic HQ kansasobama Nov 2012 #11
That Machine is in PENNSYLVANIA!!! Industrial-Blue Nov 2012 #18
calm down - machine has been taken offline OKNancy Nov 2012 #19

Faith9326

(304 posts)
1. Saw this
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:15 PM
Nov 2012

Heard CNN contacted him. This shit(excuse my language, this day is making me nervous) is pathetic.

 

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)
3. You are the 10th person to post a thread with this fake video
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

Please look to see if others have posted something first

 

hexola

(4,835 posts)
13. WGAL - led their Noon news with this video...Perry County PA
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:16 PM
Nov 2012

Said the machine was taken offline...

They seemed to be going with it...have they been fooled?

codjh9

(2,781 posts)
4. Lots of people keep posting this, but no one is saying WHERE it is, or if it's NOW, or was
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

just someone testing out a machine. I'm not downplaying its significance; I'm just saying we need more details!

moobu2

(4,822 posts)
7. I saw it on my hometown news Facebook page
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:20 PM
Nov 2012

didn't check to see if anyone else posted here sorry. DId you read what the guy wrote? Here it is if not.

"

My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.

I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.

I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.

There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more.

kansasobama

(609 posts)
5. why are our lawyers not looking at this now
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:18 PM
Nov 2012

Guys:

This needs to go to our HQ ASAP. I emailed them now. Can someone up in the ladder contact them NOW.

This is not funny....It sent shivers....

WE (and I) need Obama to win...

Phx_Dem

(11,198 posts)
12. How do you know it's not? We should ignore possible vote tempering because
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:13 PM
Nov 2012

DUers get the vapors over anything that isn't 100% positive.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
15. Because it's been happening all over the Country.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:18 PM
Nov 2012

And that is not something that can be faked. Look at the video and read the description.

"just stop it" makes you sound like you're talking to first graders. This is something that has been reported in many precincts already this week all over the Country. You trust voting machines?

Response to moobu2 (Original post)

 

IDoMath

(404 posts)
10. That's not tampering that's equipment failure
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:25 PM
Nov 2012

Touch screens are notorious for losing alignment. That machine needs to be decommissioned for the rest of the day or until it can be repaired.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
14. Did read the description?? it was NOT alignment.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:17 PM
Nov 2012

if it was, then going below the Obama area would have selected him. It did not. It was just physically impossible to select him. Read the info a few posts up. The person also thought it was out of alignment, but that was not the case.

It's like a webpage that has "hot" areas that you can click, and some that you can't.

kansasobama

(609 posts)
11. Again, it should be reported to the authorities and Democratic HQ
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:09 PM
Nov 2012

Writing here is fine but it really needs to be reported

Industrial-Blue

(2 posts)
18. That Machine is in PENNSYLVANIA!!!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:17 PM
Nov 2012

I noticed a legible name when the camera panned over to "cast" the ballot. The Name is Betsy Elizabeth Summers


Here is some info from the candidates web site:
Erie County Voter Registration Office
Erie County Courthouse, Room 112 (enter on West Sixth Street)
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone number: (814) 451-6275

Crawford County Voter Services
Crawford County Courthouse
903 Diamond Park, Meadville
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone number, (814) 333-7308

http://elections.goerie.com/candidate/betsysummers

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