CT: Feds question use of mechanical voting machines

[Wilms]

Ha ha! "QUESTION"? So it ain't settled, is it? What else is going on here? Anyone?

Great video at the link.

Feds question use of mechanical voting machines

by Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis
Hartford-WTNH

Feb. 16, 2006

The U.S. Justice Department is taking aim at Connecticut's voting machines. The state is planning to use the decades-old mechanical machines again this fall because the plan to replace them fell apart last month.

Whether or not Connecticut can still use its 3,300 mechanical lever voting machines this fall is still in doubt after the U.S. Department of Justice sent a warning letter to state officials saying in part, "it remains doubtful ... that the lever machines, such as those that malfunctioned in Middletown, can ever satisfy the requirements of the (Help America Vote Act) statute....

"We propose an agreement ... to achieve replacement of the remaining lever machines in the state by the time of the general election in November."

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"There's no question that the Department of Justice wants to maintain pressure on Connecticut," says Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

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The feds are sending two lawyers from the Department of Justice to Hartford Friday for a face-to-face negotiation over Connecticut's voting machines with Attorney General Blumenthal and Secretary Bysiewicz.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4514612&nav=3YeX

[AX10]

1. The GODDAMN GOP is trying to steal CT too.

The lever machines are working fine.
This is pure bullshit.

[evlbstrd]

2. There it is.

They may as well roll in with the tanks.

[kster]

3. Calling all CT dissidents report for duty!!!

We are taking back this COUNTRY, GODDAMN IT.

[In Truth We Trust]

4. k&r They're trying to fix it for their boy joementum the sellout dino

[Nothing Without Hope]

5. Man, they just never give up on their election fraud machines.

Liebermann would love to keep the Fraud Machines - he may have some trouble in the Primary if they're counted accurately.

[midnight]

6. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

So the federal lawyers are meeting with Conn. lawyers. I wonder how Conn. will work this out? I hope they maintain local control over this. Let us know if you find out anything more.

[Wilms]

7. .

[RazzleDazzle]

8. If I'm not mistaken, they could satisfy HAVA requirements by

having just a single DRE or other HAVA-compatible voting device in each precinct, and use them ONLY for those who "need" them.

[Wilms]

9. That's correct.

But there is an argument going on about levers. HAVA is thought to have excluded them. But arguments against that are brewing.

[FogerRox]

10. Is that the "levers dont produce the right paper tally at the end of the

night?" thoughg neither do DREs then---

KNR

[Wilms]

11. That, as best I can tell, is where the argument centers. n/t