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HomerRamone

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7. "the...newspaper would be coming up with perfectly believable reasons"--THE PROBLEM ALL THE TIME

Reply to BradBlog (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 07:53 PM

Nov 2014

"Had this programming error been a simple flip --- telling the machine to count 'yes' votes from 'no' bubbles and vice-versa --- and not the blatantly obvious error it was, the municipal canvass would almost certainly have certified the results without examining even one actual ballot; the Stoughton newspaper would be coming up with perfectly believable reasons why theirs was the first city ever to vote 75% no instead of 75% yes, and a few referendum backers and election-integrity activists would be saying "That's got to be a miscount" to anyone who would listen --which would not be many."

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WI Paper Ballot Scanners Failed to Count 1000s of Votes in 'Citizens United' Ballot Referendum [View all] BradBlog Nov 2014 OP

*insert rageface* sakabatou Nov 2014 #1

Shouldn't shit like this be enough to require a revote? SoapBox Nov 2014 #2

Why? Igel Nov 2014 #10

Seems like a very convenient "malfunction". cstanleytech Nov 2014 #3

lots of convenient problems in WI in the past couple of years bbgrunt Nov 2014 #4

Those scanners also jam frequently. postulater Nov 2014 #5

ELECTRONIC VOTING IS VOTE-RIGGING! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #6

"the...newspaper would be coming up with perfectly believable reasons"--THE PROBLEM ALL THE TIME HomerRamone Nov 2014 #7

Sounds like the guy that programs the "results" AleksS Nov 2014 #8

This is prob. just the tip of the iceberg. & I'm sick of peeps saying we voted for Walker & get what hue Nov 2014 #9

How many times must this happen before the billionaire media mentions it at all? nt valerief Nov 2014 #11

summary of the likely error - machines are only as good as the people who test them whereisjustice Nov 2014 #12

Living in Florida... CorporatistNation Nov 2014 #13

It's not like this was going to pass without notice. sybylla Nov 2014 #14

Are you kidding? BradBlog Nov 2014 #19

Oh I know you are all over this and constantly throw up the one exception the process sybylla Nov 2014 #26

"One exception"?! You mean "Cascade of Widespread Irregularities" as state Supreme Court Nom said? BradBlog Nov 2014 #29

Sad marions ghost Nov 2014 #23

As a Dem who has worked the polls on several election days. sybylla Nov 2014 #25

What re the "real threats" marions ghost Nov 2014 #27

Brad those machines didn't "fail to count the ballots" but were doing what they were ... Botany Nov 2014 #15

8 darkhorse wins, all GOP. Rex Nov 2014 #20

K&R! snot Nov 2014 #16

This is a perfect opportunity to put to rest the question of digital errors in voting machine tallies Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #17

Would be the right thing to do; a Hand count RobertEarl Nov 2014 #18

It amazes me, they can spend trillions of dollars on the NSA so they can see if each Rex Nov 2014 #21

^^^ marions ghost Nov 2014 #24

Rig The Vote blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #22

There are paper ballots. So count them already! n/t eridani Nov 2014 #28