Check your ballot!

[Jon8503]

by kos
Sat Oct 23rd, 2004 at 19:19:25 GMT

A cautionary tale:
Yesterday a friend voted early at a polling location in Austin. She voted straight Democratic. When she did the final check, lo and behold every vote was for the Democratic candidates except that it showed that she had voted for Bush/Cheney for president/vice pres.

She immediately got a poll official. On her vote, it was corrected.

She called the Travis County Democratic headquarters. They took all her information. They told her that she wasn't the first to report a similar incident and that they are looking into it.

So, check before you leave the polling booth, and if anything is wrong, get it corrected immediately.

Report any irregularities to your local Democratic headquarters.
We must be vigilant everywhere.

[zaj]

1. Has there been a single report of this happening in Kerry's favor???

Where someone tries to vote Bush and it shows up Kerry?

Law of averages says that it would happen somewhere, sometime, if this is just random chance.

[whirlygigspin]

2. Election Protection lawyer hotline toll free: 1-866-OUR-VOTE

Texas Voter's Bill of Rights
You have the right to vote — it’s the law, and you have the proof in your hands! You’ll notice letters and numbers after each of your rights listed below — those codes tell lawyers and poll-workers where to find the actual Texas statute that protects your right to vote! These rights are guaranteed to properly registered and qualified voters.

If you feel your rights have been violated, please call the Election Protection lawyer hotline toll free: 1-866-OUR-VOTE

download & print

http://www.lawyerscomm.org/ep04/ep0920/vbr.html

[Davion]

3. Just out of curiosity

Is it possible in states with paperless electronic voting to request a paper ballot instead? If so that would probably be the best route to go.