Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
While voting machines in the Kentucky primary seem to have worked fine in early reports, some voters got to the polls to find that they had been purged. The SoS apparently is concerned about the hoards of illegal voters from neighboring states who will cross into Kentucky just to vote in their election. While they worry about that dozens of voters in Clay County are complaining about the possibility of their votes being changed on the voting machines. They were told not to confirm their vote on the machine which left the machine to poll workers to change the votes and do the final confirmation. Meanwhile, over 100 Danaher machines in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had problems at start-up. They sat their and spit out their “write-in paper tape” in a steady stream of paper. …
NAtional: Diebold � Diebold Knew In Early 2004! Did Nothing To Fix Touch-Screen Voting System Security Chasm! LINK
KY: Train Wreck – Some purged voters caught by surprise LINK
KY: Train Wreck – Early voting goes smoothly LINK
KY: Boone County � Train Wreck – Primary voting is slow LINK
KY: Clay County � Train Wreck – State hears allegations of voter tampering in eastern Kentucky LINK
PA: Train Wreck – Despite some glitches, new voting machines work smoothly in Pa. LINK
PA: Train Wreck – Pennsylvanians begin casting ballots using new voting machines LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Train Wreck – Polling Places Report Problems With New Machines (ES&S) LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Train Wreck – Voting machines make debut (ES&S iVotronics) LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Train Wreck – Problems at polls minimal LINK
PA: Cambria County � Train Wreck – Low Turnout, Glitches Make For Tough Morning At Polls LINK
PA: Philadelphia County � Train Wreck � Breaking: Hundreds Of Voting Machines Break Down In Philly! LINK
PA: Philadelphia County � Train Wreck – Voting Problems Reported (Danaher 1242) LINK
PA: Philadelphia County � Train Wreck – 100 voting machines broken (Danaher 1242) LINK
WV: Train Wreck – Secretary of State weighing options against voting machine provider LINK
CO: Denver – Council OKs voting machine purchase (Sequoia) LINK
KY: Warren County – Vote-buying allegations head list of election complaints LINK
MS: Alcorn County – Corinth elections an unexpected expense for city LINK
MS: Jackson County – Compromise reached in June Democratic primary ballot battle LINK
NY: Senator: Give us more voting machines for disabled LINK
OH: Franklin County – Commissioner questions purchase of voting machine storage carts LINK
OH: Franklin County – Ethics aside, were carts for voting devices even needed? LINK
OR: Oregon blazes mail trail LINK
PA: Cambria County � Minor glitches hit voting machines in Cambria County LINK
PA: Lancaster County – New system in a landslide (Hart) LINK
TX: Bexar County – Vote problems change Converse race winner LINK
WI: Winnebago County – County considers touch-screen voting (Diebold) LINK
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While voting machines in the Kentucky primary seem to have worked fine in early reports, some voters got to the polls to find that they had been purged. The SoS apparently is concerned about the hoards of illegal voters from neighboring states who will cross into Kentucky just to vote in their election. While they worry about that dozens of voters in Clay County are complaining about the possibility of their votes being changed on the voting machines. They were told not to confirm their vote on the machine which left the machine to poll workers to change the votes and do the final confirmation. Meanwhile, over 100 Danaher machines in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had problems at start-up. They sat their and spit out their “write-in paper tape” in a steady stream of paper. …
What,….. poll workers telling voters not to confirm
their votes and register (close out) the electronic voting machine to allow their vote to be tabulated,..
the poll worker would perform that entry ?
Those votes can now be changed. Who came up with this nifty idea to allow votes to be changed,..
KKKarl Rove ?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Problems reported with electronic voting machines
The first Allegheny County election with electronic voting machines got off to a somewhat rocky start this morning, when more than 100 machines had problems. Surrounding counties reported almost identical problems.
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato today said 120 machines wouldn’t produce "zero-count" printouts to start the day confirming there were no votes registered in the machines.