Guest Blogged by John Gideon
As reported by The BRAD BLOG on Tuesday, Hart Intercivic machines being used in Virginia are cutting off the names of candidates when they appear on the review screen. Thus James H. “Jim” Webb shows as James H. “Jim” on the screen.
Well, when a problem is found in one place it is going to be found elsewhere too. Now counties in Texas are reporting the same problem according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 mandates that a voting machine must provide the voter with an ability to review their vote before they finalize the process. These machines may be in violation of that law but that can be left to the attorneys. It might be nice if those attorneys showed up now, instead of after the election when it’ll be too late.
Man these voters make a lot of mistakes. No wonder these elections are so messed up!
The Hart machines not only cut off the last names of some candidates but also the party affiliation.
Election officials in Virginia and Texas have been trying to get Hart to fix this problem for years. Hart seems either unwilling or unable to correct the problem.
It is ironic that Hart also markets an expensive program that claims to “redact” sensitive information from public records. That software has been found to only be partially effective and incapable of removing some of the most personal information.
What I want to know is, what is so sacrosanct about Nov. 7th? How dare the true peoples voice in America be left to a mere deadline! Where is the common sense during this NATIONAL CRISIS! Every legislator and law-maker should join together in view of all the evidence throughout this country as to the irrefutable corruption of our election system and be forced back into emergency session to do the right thing. I don’t know about you but I’ll take patience over instant gradification any day. In 2-4 weeks the real solution for just this election, emergency paper ballots could be printed. Also a letter to each and every registered voter could be sent out letting them know if they are still registered, and where their precinct is. Hell, why not make Election Day a national holiday! Any law-maker who can’t admit to this CRISIS is a disgrace to AMERICAN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then when the balance of power shifts back to WE THE PEOPLE, true independent studies by qualified experts(that are not paid by the vending machine companies)should be done to allow us to get our money back from these ABOMINATIONS.
It just makes much more sense to stop these problems NOW instead of wasting more time and treasure in law suits after the fact or letting Congress or the Supreme Court step in to pick the winners.
Reports are coming out of the San Mateo Logic and accuracy tests ( Hart Intercivic ) that names are similiarly truncated. Official observor Brent Turner filed statements with the Dept of elections and has continued to forward info to the authorities who can’t figure out what to do with the tech info. These L & A results are posted on Black Box Voting
High failure/innacuracy rates and arrogant officials don’t mix…. Mort