Trouble in Virginia>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co.

Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County.

News 7 has received calls from several voters in at least four different precincts who say their votes for Tim Kaine were not recorded or took several attempts to go through.

They contend the electronic touch screens repeatedly indicated they were voting for Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore instead of registering their intended vote for his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.

Roanoke Co. Registrar Judy Stokes says she doesn't want to say the problem is operator error on the part of the voters, but she points out the touch screens are sensitive. She says anyone who is having difficulty voting should ask one of the poll workers for assistance.

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http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=4089899

[Christa]

1. I am not even surprised

only very sad.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Same here. Isn't that pathetic?

[Christa]

17. Innocence is lost. nt.

[GreenArrow]

2. well, if the touch screens are "sensitive"

then Kilgore voters should be having the same problems.

[LostinVA]

3. Yup... just like (Pender?) the county in NC that did the same

thing in 2000...

[Lubernaut]

11. "sensitive"

as in it hurts the machines' feelings if a vote is not cast for Kilgore.

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. I think it rubs the software the wrong way.

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. An intelligent person would think that of course.

[oregonindy]

4. go to the warehouses and boston tea party them

[jsamuel]

5. DON'T LET THIS STOP YOU FROM VOTING

Go vote!

[scarlett1]

20. Go Vote Provisional

if necessary. Then there is a paper trail at least. I can't guarantee it won't get thrown out however.

[seabeyond]

6. happened in texas 2004. we dismissed it. we excused it n/t

[RayOfHope]

7. Does this stir up flashbacks of 2004 or what? ARGH! n/t

[paparush]

8. Damnit!! I hope the people in virginia

storm the streets and occupy courthouse in protest of this sh*t!!! It makes me so f#cking mad that decent, taxpaying citizens have had the right to vote ripped from their hands. ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!

[Renew Deal]

9. Why does this always happen against our candidates?

It never goes the other way.

[jsamuel]

13. do you really need to ask that?

:eyes:

[deutsey]

16. Straaaaange coincidence, ain't it?

[deutsey]

14. When the hell are we going to stop this crap?

:banghead:

[WiseButAngrySara]

18. OMG! Not again. .....n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Voting machines should not be sensitive!!!

Voter Verified Paper Ballots Now!

[Chiyo-chichi]

21. My bank's ATMs are sensitive.

They keep giving me money from somebody else's account. :sarcasm:

[annabanana]

22. INTO NIAGARA RESERVOIR WITH THEM!!

They are not legitimate. Your votes are stolen. The lie is so big that people just can't see it

Throw them off the Wasena Bridge!

[RazzleDazzle]

23. Operator error -- how insulting

and maybe racist (depending on the makeup of those precincts).

[newyawker99]

24. kick

:kick:

[Beaverhausen]

25. My god I can't believe this is still happening

[paparush]

26. Kick! eom

[justiceischeap]

27. I voted Diebold today in VA

And on the end screen everything appeared kosher. Who knows what the little Diebold repugs were doing inside the machine but outside all looked well.

[leftofthedial]

28. This is Murka

2000 was a coup

[BlueStateGirl]

29. Whenever their is a voting machine foul up, it always favors

the Republican candidate.

Gee, I wonder why?

Even if one is inclined to believed these were legitimate mechanical errors, one would have to question why it always favors the Republican?

How many Republicans complained that their vote accidental went to the Democratic candidate?