{"id":9103,"date":"2012-02-03T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2012-02-03T12:25:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:25:37","slug":"hoosier-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9103","title":{"rendered":"‘Hoosier’ Vendor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are at least a dozen things in this story out of Indiana<\/a> that make my head wanna explode. I don’t have time to really detail any of them in depth for the moment, so check it out in full if you’re inclined and might like your head to explode too.<\/p>\n

But one graf in the piece is begging me<\/i> to highlight it.<\/p>\n

The story, as I say, is about Indiana where, apparently, votes cast during the Early Voting period are considered to be Absentee Votes for some reason. Voting during the Early Voting period takes place on 100% unverifiable touch-screen voting machines (head, explode<\/i>) in Indiana at Vote Centers. State law requires that Absentee Votes be identifiable<\/i> — in other words, that they can be tied to the person who cast them — so that if a voter should die between the time they cast his\/her vote and Election Day, officials are able to go in and remove the vote (kapow<\/i>).<\/p>\n

That is done — with the Early\/Absentee Votes cast on touch-screen machines — by including an ID Number on each ballot which, some might accurately point out, robs the voter of a secret vote in the bargain (boom<\/i>).<\/p>\n

That’s the background for the story. But then comes this remarkable comment, included as part of the explanation of what happens when\/if a person dies before Election Day and their ballot must be removed [emphasis added<\/i>]:<\/p>\n

“There are checks and balances. The bipartisan [election] board would tell the vendor to cancel a number,” [Wayne County Clerk Jo Ann] Stewart said. “The clerk can’t individually go in and cancel a vote. I don’t have the password. Only the vendor has it to protect the integrity of the election.<\/i><\/b>“<\/div>\n

KABOOM!<\/b><\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

My suggestion for a new Indiana state motto: “In Vendors We Trust”.<\/p>\n

What could possibly<\/i> go wrong?<\/p>\n

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