KittyWampus
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 09:49 AM
Original message |
What Kind Of Voting Machines Does Massachusetts Have? |
|
Edited on Sat Jan-16-10 09:53 AM by KittyWampus
hoping someone who lives there can clue me in.
Here is some preliminary googling:
Essex (Marblehead) May 2004 Ballots were miscounted. In one race the machine count was 1,834 to 1,836 but hand recount showed actual tally of 1,831 to 1,830 and election results were overturned. Diebold
Worcester(Uxbridge) April 2004 Voting machines skipped over more than 170 ballots affecting the outcome of at least one election.
Candidates in other races did not request a recount in time and those races could not legally be recounted.
|
NJmaverick
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 09:52 AM
Response to Original message |
1. I saw a post yesterday that said it was the bad type |
|
that can be hacked and manipulated
|
NightWatcher
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 09:53 AM
Response to Original message |
2. BradBlog says you are not going to like it |
Lasher
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 09:55 AM
Response to Original message |
3. Paper ballots to be counted by Diebold op-scan systems |
KittyWampus
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 10:15 AM
Response to Reply #3 |
5. I was afraid of that. Thanks, just bumped that thread |
geckosfeet
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 10:02 AM
Response to Original message |
4. In my town we mark up a ballot and put into an optical scanner. |
|
Edited on Sat Jan-16-10 10:02 AM by geckosfeet
Presumably they save the ballots for recount/verification purposes. Not sure how the scanned data is handled.
|
annabanana
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Jan-16-10 12:16 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's not touch screen vaporvoting... but those scanners aren't secure.. |
|
It is a source of concern to the verified voting community. .
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Thu Apr 25th 2024, 05:55 AM
Response to Original message |