Florida ballot terminals favor Republicans

[dogday]

Florida voters using electronic ballot machines are having persistent problems choosing Democrats in early elections, the Miami Herald reports.

The touch-screen gizmos seem strangely attracted to Republican candidates. One voter needed assistance from an election official, and even then, needed three tries to convince the machine that he wanted to vote for Democrat Jim Davis in the gubernatorial race, not his Republican opponent Charlie Crist.

Another voter who went Democrat across the board kept finding Republicans listed in the summary screen. He made repeated attempts until, finally, the machine registered his votes correctly, and he cast his ballot.

Yet another frustrated voter who complained of difficulties selecting a Democrat was told that the machine she was using had been troublesome. Poll workers fiddled with it for a bit, and then it seemed to work properly


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/florida_terminals_dont_cooperate/

As Gomer Pyle used to say... Surprise! Surprise!

[demo dutch]

1. Thanks but old news, happend last week during early voting

[dogday]

5. I think this is important

It is not old news, the article is about early voting, yes, but it is happening today, all over the country.. It is important to remember these things...

[demo dutch]

9. Of course it's important... voting irregularities going on today are an outrage and

the good news is, that everyone is at least talking about it before the election and during the election

[steve2470]

2. best argument for paper ballots I've seen, geez nt

[Webster Green]

3. Nice work Jeb!

You mutherfucker!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. These Are Just Minor Random Glitches....

It's not fair to consider it some conspiracy, only because in EVERY CASE, the default is to the repub.

[zoeb]

6. I'm impressed that the voters have caught the errors

vote fraud awarness will keep the republicans from stealing another election.

[whistle]

7. Of course, the machines have been hacked....

...and the MSM in the state knows this, yet MSM still are silent on the issue and are pushing the republican candidates

[ClintonTyree]

8. Can we shit-can all of these pieces of crap now?

How many elections are we going to let these pieces of crap screw up before we deep six the damned things? :mad:

HAVA - Hack Americans' Votes Act

Take these damned things to Iraq and drop them on Al Qaeda. They've done a hell of a lot of damage in our country, time to try them out on a few terrorists.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

10. I almost voted for Katherine Harris - thought I had touched Nelson's

I was able to correct it on the initial screen. Very very scary. I actually said "Oh my God!"