E-Voting Returns Mixed Results

[seemslikeadream]

By Caron Carlson
November 8, 2004

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And while the problems were not great enough to affect the outcome of the presidential race, they could affect some state and local elections. More than 40 million voters cast ballots on about 175,000 electronic voting machines made by Diebold Election Systems, Sequoia Voting Systems Inc., Elections Systems & Software Inc. and others, who claimed minimal disruptions.

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The National Committee for Voting Integrity, comprising computer scientists and other elections experts, was not as satisfied, however. The Election Incident Reporting System, run by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Verified Voting Foundation, recorded more than 30,000 complaints, according to Will Doherty, executive director of the Verified Voting Foundation in San Francisco.

Some voting machines in Louisiana and Pennsylvania failed to operate when powered up, causing long lines and voter frustration. In New Orleans, some polling places ran out of backup ballots when machines failed.

"I think New Orleans is going to be a really big question," Doherty said. "I believe there will be litigation in New Orleans on this problem."

In Florida, technical glitches and insufficient backup power caused such long waits in some places that e-vote cards had expired by the time many voters had reached the machines.

Elsewhere in Florida and in Ohio, some machines went dark during the balloting.

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[MinneapolisMatt]

1. Wow. What a smashing success.

n/t

[Brundle_Fly]

2. I just got off the phone with a reliable source....

if you have it....

dump your diebold stock NOW>

[Barrett808]

4. Can you post details? This sounds very interesting.... n/t

[Fleshdancer]

6. Can someone go to FR and tell them to buy???

:evilgrin:

[54anickel]

8. If this is true, it may not be the only stock to dump. Your post raises a

lot of questions and concern due to the lack of details. Is there an upcoming investigation? Spitzer? Fraud or incompetence? Lots of questions.

If it would somehow call the election results into question, all of Wall Street will be unhappy. Remember their concern was a long, drawn out close to the election. Also, most of the rallying the past week has been based on future * policies. The sectors that would most benefit from his idiotic policies rallied strong - oil, pharmaceuticals, banks. If his "reign" risks being called into question, there maybe a run of profit taking.

Don't suppose you can elaborate.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi MinneapolisMatt!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[daleo]

3. 30,000 complaints

It is doubtful that more than 10% or so of people who had a problem even noticed it, or bothered to lodge a formal complaint. And many of these complaints probably encompassed multiple votes. So, it doesn't take long until hundreds of thousands (or more) of votes are in question.

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. KICK!

Kick for the evening crowd. This could build and be big.

:kick:

[intheflow]

7. kick'd

:kick:

[54anickel]

9. Last 2 paragraphs are the best part -

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Had the presidential election been closer and recounts necessary in precincts using e-voting machines, it "would have been a pretty ugly situation," said David Dill, a computer science professor at Stanford University, in Stanford, Calif., NCVI member and founder of the Verified Voting Foundation.

"In this election, we dodged a bullet," Dill said.