Vote machine fraud & straight Dem glitch in South Carolina & Virginia &etc

[berniew1]

043610 11/02/04, 2:13 PM PST Machine problem
White Oaks Elementary Shippard Blvd, Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia
Kerry/Democratic vote became Republican. Tried to make it work all day; Mom & Dad went reopened; heard them say broken all day. Machines left to right - 1st machine on left - machine # 1175.

013536 10/21/04, 11:59 AM PST Machine problem Great Falls, Fairfax County County, Virginia Voter went to vote early (Sat.) at county office in Reston. Filled out absentee ballot application and then voted on-site. First time he received a summary report the machine said he voted for Bush. He had not. He voted for Kerry. States pretty anal guy and the buttons are not that close together. Told workers on-site of problem, but they were convinced it was his fault. He was able to correct the problem, but in doing so had to push the Kerry button several times. The new/final summary report showed he voted for Kerry and not Bush, but his concern is that there is a problem with the machine and is concerned about tabulation. Voter reports it was a 10th District machine.

042752 11/02/04, 1:44 PM PST Other ballot-related problem Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Couldn't vote straight ballot; Democratic buttons wouldn't push, and was only allowed 3 minutes to vote. Poll worker said she had voted, that the machines were "very good," and that she needed to leave.

040147 11/02/04, 12:02 PM PST Machine problem W.A. Perry Middle School, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Micro voting machine: hit independent; blinking lights started flashing; he could not change the vote; he ended up voting for Nader, but wanted to vote for Kerry.

031813 11/02/04, 6:46 AM PST Machine problem City Hall, on Paris Avenue, Fort Royal, Buford County, South Carolina Optical scan machine- rejected card until voter voted on every issue, including things she did not want to vote on. Other machine problems too, poll voters didn't know how to fix it. Party Line voting rejected

032624 11/02/04, 7:16 AM PST Other ballot-related problem Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina E-voting machine, if vote straight party, does not include vote for President
047571 11/02/04, 4:41 PM PST Machine problem Maple Park, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina Electronic machine problem: Choice of straight ticket or individual offices. I wanted to do individual voting. I voted for locals, referendum. Poll worker explained when you get to the end, hit vote. There was never an opportunity to voite for president. I am computer literate. There was no summary given to me at the end. No paper trail. I had read the pamphlet.

032765 11/02/04, 7:25 AM PST Machine problem; Late opening 119, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina machines are unclear and officals are not being helpful; she was not able to vote for Pres or VP b/c the machine was not working; there was a pamphlet to read and seh did still had questions; machines broke repeatedly; techs cam in to fix it again and again; polls opened 1/2 late because of tech problems; people giving up leaving.

038151 11/02/04, 10:48 AM PST Machine problem Pepperhill Elementary School, North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Voted today, when pressed 1 party democratic choice Kerry did not light up, but others did on ticket. Did not report to anyone at polling place, but heard on radio that people were having problem

020005 11/01/04, 7:11 AM PST Other ballot-related problem
dirty tricks conway elementary school, conway, conway County, South Carolina concerned that elderly and minority voters won't be aware of change in ballot: sample ballot shown in church; straight democrat vote - not count presidential vote; have to vote for president and straight democrat. before if you just push button for straight ticket, counted presidential vote.

047715 11/02/04, 4:41 PM PST Voter Intimidation Benedict College (Hardin and Blaudin Street), Richland County, South Carolina Students from Benedict College being turned away... being told they don't have "proper ID" even though they have their voter registration card and student ID.

049908 11/02/04, 6:12 PM PST Machine problem Columbus, Richland County, South Carolina Party line casting problem eliminated presidential vote.


050074 11/02/04, 6:26 PM PST, Provisional ballot problem, Welcome Elementary School , Greenville , Greenville County, Denied provisional ballot, Kim?
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019972 11/01/04, 7:05 AM PST Other ballot-related problem columbia, spartanburg/orangeburg County, South Carolina concerned about straight voting for one party, then you have to vote for president/vice president separately;
023408 11/01/04, 12:32 PM PST Voter Intimidation, dirty tricks (this same thing
happened lots of states) Spartanburg, SC Area, Gilbert, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Her son's girlfriend received a copy of a flyer saying that people who were behind in their child support would be arrested if they tried to vote. She wanted to know if that was true.
049528 11/02/04, 5:52 PM PST Early closing Methodist Church accorss the street from Hendricks Elementary School, Boiling Springs, Spartenburg County, South Carolina arrived at 6:40-6:50pm at the polling place and was standing in line @ 7pm when a poll worker turned you away & told you poll was closed; about 50 people turned away; also tried to vote at 8am but the line was too long and they wouldn't let him move to empty line. minority precinct
031148 11/02/04, 6:18 AM PST Other ballot-related problem City Hall in Rock Hill, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina Poll workers are telling voters that if they vote a straight party ticket they are voting for president (not true)
032058 11/02/04, 6:56 AM PST Other ballot-related problem City Hall Rockville Boyd Hill, Rockville, York County County, South Carolina Poll worker is telling people that straight ballot is president vote.
038181 11/02/04, 10:50 AM PST Voter Intimidation Boyd Recreation Center, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina Black students not allowed to cast a ballot while a white student were allowed to cast "fail safe", challenge ballot vote.
041604 11/02/04, 12:59 PM PST Voter Intimidation; Identification-related problem Boyd Hill Commumnity Center, 11658 Constitution Blvd. , Rock Hill, York County County, South Carolina Witnessed enforcing rules regarding identification inconsistently. African-American voter asked for identification, but a White voter not asked for identification.
032142 11/02/04, 7:02 AM PST Other 630 Blue Ridge Ave., National Guard Armory, Belton, Anderson County, South Carolina Went to vote at 7:55 am. Electronic balloting system. Saw two bills to vote on, last page had no summary. Only confirmation of last bill. Is not sure his other votes were counted
046133 11/02/04, 3:45 PM PST Registration-related problem; Voter Intimidation Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina Went to vote was turned away because wanted to vote Democratic. Told he was not listed and told him to go to main office to get new paperwork. Then went to second polling place in his county and was told to go back to first polling place and fill out a provisional ballot. Went back to first polling place and was told he could not have a provisional ballot. Filed complaint with NAACP.


EIRS reports Fairfax County Virginia www.voteprotect.org
http://www.flcv.com/fairfax.html
http://www.flcv.com/southcar.html

[GetTheRightVote]

1. As a poll volunteer in Florida, I saw alot of these kind of situations

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[berniew1]

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[dbDESIGN]

3. This visible vote switching business puzzles me

in that a well executed electronic vote fraud scheme shouldn't be waving flags and shouting,"Hey I switched your vote!" The electronic switching of votes from one candidate to another would be done without a trace. The machine would merrily indicate that, indeed, you voted for who you thought you did while quietly recording the vote as it was programmed to do. Isn't that what black-box, touchscreen machines were designed for? So why the noticeable switching problems with touch-screens?

Greed. The hardware/software is crap, cobbled together to exploit an outflow of money to 'modernize' voting in the absence of any decent performance criteria and certification process.

These touchscreen problems are a golden opportunity to break open the whole voting machine scam from the shoddy products to the outright election theft. Even those who will not consider fraud could understand not getting value for money.

Now if there were just someone with some clout to investigate......