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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: *UPDATE* Voted in NC and machine kept flipping my Senate vote from Ross to Burr. 4 times. [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)148. They tried to flip the WRONG voter!
So glad you are on this. Do keep us updated. Let me know if there is media coverage so I can push it out through other social media outlets too. This sounds like a job for Twitter!
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*UPDATE* Voted in NC and machine kept flipping my Senate vote from Ross to Burr. 4 times. [View all]
blm
Oct 2016
OP
This is a retiree area. I'm 61 and I was one of the youngest in line. Most looked to be in 70s, 80s
blm
Oct 2016
#25
We can ensure that a $2 checkout stand transaction is secure and auditable.
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#137
Tried getting through to NCDP main office, no luck. Contacted Asheville Citizen Times.
blm
Oct 2016
#23
If that happened to me I'd stand outside the polling station all day every day telling everyone!
apcalc
Oct 2016
#33
there should be a bounty, just like at the grocery store, if the register scans the barcode and give
putitinD
Oct 2016
#35
Aren't they supposed to calibrate the screens? Did they take the machine offline ...
NurseJackie
Oct 2016
#44
They don't have those machines where I vote, so admittedly I don't know much about them.. but
-Steph-
Oct 2016
#82
I hope you made a recording of it happening as well assuming you have a cellphone with
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#72
I didn't, but, my husband was with me and I made sure to voice my concern loudly in front
blm
Oct 2016
#75
In Buncombe Co NC, we use paper ballots that are scanned and also hand counted for accuracy
wishstar
Oct 2016
#76
My county Buncombe NC has had paper ballots and paper auditing going back years
wishstar
Oct 2016
#94
Did they retire the machine after you demonstrated that it wasn't working properly?
pnwmom
Oct 2016
#84
No. They put another voter into it even when I was reporting it to desk officials about 6ft away.
blm
Oct 2016
#87
But it's not illegal to 'accidentally' set the machines to flip someones vote
nolabels
Oct 2016
#107
seems like bad programming if a imperfect touch on candidate A produces a vote for candidate B.
Bill USA
Oct 2016
#124
Paper ballots. That's why I will only vote mail in. I have my ballot in my hand.
Feeling the Bern
Oct 2016
#140