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19. Are you kidding?

Reply to sybylla (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 02:46 AM

Nov 2014

We are never going to have an error free election day. Shit happens. The question is whether or not we have in place a process that corrects for shit. And in Wisconsin we do.

You are correct. Shit happens and the question is does it get noticed? Don't know if you read to the bottom of the article and/or checked out this story from Palm Beach within it: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9221 ... but we are LUCKY when this kind of stuff is noticed. Happily, it was so obviously absurd it had to be noticed in this case.

But, then again, we've had similarly obvious absurdities in Wisconsin that neither election officials nor media seemed to give a damn about. Here's one or two, and you can let me know about the process in Wisconsin that corrected for it:

EXCLUSIVE: CITY OF BROOKFIELD BALLOT BAGS FOUND 'WIDE OPEN' IN WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI

If you're wondering what ever came of that (and much more), here ya go:

EXCLUSIVE: WI State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes from Waukesha County 'Recount' Before Certifying Supreme Court Election Results

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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