The following report, of another Obama vote lost, comes from Nashville (Davidson County, TN), as did the similar one last week. ES&S iVotronic touch-screen voting machines failing again, harming Democrats each time. The same machines are failing in one county and state after another, are still in use, haven’t been impounded, and voters still do not get to vote on paper ballots.
The “thousands of attorneys” from Obama and the DNC are still completely AWOL. [Note: See update at bottom of story.]
“I was robbed,” Hudson said Friday.
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“I hit the button to go to the ballot and there was a flash,” she said, adding that the screen went blank, then returned to the main menu. “I didn’t see the ballot to actually choose anything.”
She asked a poll worker for help, but the person insisted she had voted and told her to “move on.” Hudson said she had been looking forward to voting for Barack Obama.
Have we mentioned that the “thousands of attorneys” from Obama and the DNC are still completely AWOL?
Quick links to our previous coverage, of similar incidents, in at least three other states, follows — along with a quick list from experts about what you need to do (since Obama and the DNC apparently won’t) when/if you have a similar problem with a touch-screen voting machine…
Recent ES&S iVotronic Failures as covered by The BRAD BLOG:
- 10/18/08: ES&S Vote-Flipping Seen in 2 WV Counties
- 10/21/08: Election Filmmaker Sees Own Vote Flipped From Dem in TN
- 10/22/08: Candidate Names Missing on Final Review Screens in SC
- 10/22/08: Votes Reportedly Flip R to D in Decatur Cty, TN
- 10/23/08: Vote Flips 5 Times From D to R in Another WV County
- 10/24/08: Straight-Party Votes Flip D to R in TX
What to do if it happens to you:
- Call poll supervisors to observe the problem.
- Fill out a problem report.
- Refuse to vote on that machine.
- Request that the machine be taken out of service.
- Get a serial number of the machine if possible (may be difficult in many cases).
- Tell other voters in line which machine it was and that they should NOT vote on that machine!
- Report it to county/town election office.
- Report it to the Secretary of State.
- Call local reporters and tell them the story.
- Call voter problem hotlines (eg. 866-MYVOTE1 and 866-OUR-VOTE) and report it.
- Contact bloggers and Election Integrity websites.
- Raise holy hell.
And again, people, please bring a video camera/cell phone camera when you go to vote so you can document these problems on video tape, and then upload them to VideoTheVote.org and YouTube!
(Thanks to VelvetRevolution.us and TrueVote.us for help in compiling these recommendations!)
UPDATE 10/26/08: Alternet found the ‘AWOL’ DNC/Obama attorneys! Turns out they were working in secret! Details now here…
Video is critical. If you don’t have a video, or at least a picture, it’s only an allegation. Document the holy heck out of every voting problem encountered.
Hand out pencils to people before they vote.
Touch screens work better with the eraser end of a pencil, than with fingers. This doesn’t solve the problem, but it may help those who are forced to use touch screens.
Is video allowed in polling places? Would one be able to video ones own selections?
Equally important to capturing vote switching on individual DREs is for citizens to video where the votes are centrally tabulated Even if you are right up next to the tabulator, public observation of our vote count is impossible – and that is a violation of state election laws. This is where millions of votes can be switched with a simple click of the mouse. Go to your County Registrar of Voters headquarters on election night after the polls close and be sure to video this nontransparent leg of the “election process.”
My kid has one of the Sony Walkman I phones, it takes 60+ minutes of 15 fps video w/sound…easy to conceal and upload to the internet. you can put it in your top pocket slid open and shoot without having to hold onto it.
Should have one of those
I am afraid that Obama and the DNC aren’t serious about winning.
I truly hope that I am wrong.
McCain seems to be confident of victory….
I registered to comment at the DNC blog, and tried to ask–did ask, till they took it down–why nothing was being done about vote flipping machines and other voting rights issues by Obama campaign and DNC. I was polite, I did not use obscenities, I did not break any rules for commenting. But shortly after the comments were put up–with examples cited from Bradblog–they were taken down as were *other people’s comments* on the same issue. Why won’t they let us talk about this there? Is it because they’re afraid of discouraging people from trying to vote? Or what?
@ 99
McSame is clearly delusional and suffers from Maverick Personality Disorder.
I smell a rat, (99s link)
(hard time getting on those state servers until everyone goes home, eh John?)
and
(I’m in the tank for McCain, don’t tell anyone, says Zog)
SillyGit
Yes, but Karl Rove wants him to win….
Flo
Yer smelling the same rat I am….
Hey, anybody see this yet?
http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/evp
I think its the best response when they try it this time, but the early voting is already shaved or flipped.
And there’s also this:
http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/
I think people need to start thinking about more than just voting on election day. I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but shit, I’m going to start recruiting people being that I’ll be busy that day. 🙂
This is why it’s a sham: (found this at buzzflash)
Today in Albuquerque: Obama Draws 45,000, plus; McCain, less than 1000.
A right wing radio talk show host (and former gop consultant … that hides behind “libertarian” when it’s convenient) in fear of an Obama win … said “we must now start a movement, we will figure out what to call it later ” In essence he what’s to get started undermining an possibly Obama administration … Hmmm… another . . . movement.
I would like to see a movement that puts truth on track with reality.
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Obama draws well over 100,000 in Denver….
John McCain holds Colorado rallies
McCain spokesman Tom Kise said about 4,000 people were at the Denver event.
40 times more than McCain at the Albuquerque Obama event.
25 times more at the Denver event
And I still keep seeing 5 to 1 for O in early voting?
Who is Shull bitting who here?
The Democracy of America Is On It’s Way Home!
by Sharon Jenson
98% of reason is unconscious. The Democratic Party has always been honest enough to believe that if you present the facts, the American public will reasonably, logically see the sense in their ideals. The Republican party does not waste time presenting honest fact to the American public. They instead use simplified sound bytes and verbiage that appeal to and can be easily recognized by simple and sometimes vacant conscience minds. Therefore, the American public must work harder to concentrate on logic and ignore their natural tendency to be somewhat lazy. They must remember reason and logic are unconscious. Corporations have researched this theory for years with the help from psychological professors who have studied the brain and clever advertising. Corporations have invested in various levels of expertise and adjusted their marketing strategies accordingly. …
[Ed Note: Paragraphs deleted. Please read our rules for commenting. –99]
Wilburrr… ~ so when can we start calling the Anne Pressley murder a m$m media cover up for the fact they OMITTED she was in the movie “w”. . .
Think it is time to throw all those voting machines in the parking lot, and run them over with the roller…smash them all, because they are #1) Unreliable!!
Here we see, in Georgia, the goal set for blacks voting is 30% if whites make up 30%.
In early voting it is already at 36%…
Link
Obama will fight for the blacks and muslims but McCain and Palin will fight for all Americans.
Obama does not have enough experience to lead in the difficult time that we are facing. We need McCain for foreign affairs and Palin for economy. Palin is smart and McCain is experienced, they are a good combination!
Hokay, enough.
Brad, 99, Most-Highest Des… would a moratorium on outright campaign ads in the comments be appropriate until after the election?
If yer late to the conversation, the point we’re trying to make is that There is no horserace !
It’s a bunch of crap put up by the CMSM Venezuelan IRI style
serious voter ~ are you experienced . . .
Thx Ed, good link
Well, uhm, where are those early voting #’s posted Flo? I would love to see the #’s so far… posted! Until then, I’m skeptical.
People better be careful what thkey vote for because I don’t think that they will be happy with Obama, McCain might not be the greatest but he is better than Obama any dayk of the week.
Mona Wilhite
Did somebody just fart. Proprietary source code is like making the Constitution and the laws of the land secrets…
Hey Zappakitty, symphonies later we’re still compromised by what? Again?
Ancient, That’s another problem, they don’t run the early total votes as they’re happening for some reason, maybe so people don’t stay home figuring it’s in the bag for candidate so and so.
I see miscellaneous reports of people/reporters walking down the lines polling voters, but that’s about it.
The proof is in what you see around all of that.
As far as rally turn out goes, I believe that voter enthusiasm does turn into real votes percentage wise.
And you don’t think the one percenters would treat us like this?…nah, couldn’t happen here
If it wasn’t for right wing media manipulation of the normal thought processes that tells you that it’s bad to help the poor and downtrodden and it’s all about me, there wouldn’t be a soul following any Republicanaanite (aka nimrod) candidate around
I was referring to the comments that say “vote so-and-so!”… and nothing else… sometimes at considerable length…
I cannot believe people are saying that McCain and Palin are the better choice. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! Senator McCain is 72 yrs old with a history of cancer and it is scary to think if something happens to him that Palin will be running America. We need change for all of America no matter what race, and that is what Obama/Biden will do!! Obama/Biden 2008!!
… Sandra said on 10/27/2008 @ 3:51 pm PT…
(snip unsolicited ad)
Y’see… it’s not the discussion of the varied unsubtleties of the pre-theft propaganda that sparked my comment but the fact that hereabouts is probably going to get deluged real soon with “ads” from both sides while actual election issues rain down on us… 🙂