Posted on 11/03/2006 7:03:58 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
Edited on 11/03/2006 7:24:58 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
12 SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES
Fri Nov 03 2006 10:09:31 ET
Political insiders have expressed alarm after 12 voter smartcards have gone missing from one Shelby County, TN early vote location!
The cards are used to activate electronic voting machine.
The location at the center of the controversy is Bishop Byrne High School on E. Shelby Drive in Memphis.
The polling place started out with 25 cards. By Wednesday, 11 were missing, says an eyewitness.
The location was given 5 more smartcards on Thursday.
And another card went missing!
As of Friday morning, a total of 12 smartcards had gone missing, out of the 30 give to the location.
Someone possessing a smartcard could use 'off the shelf equipment' [equipment that reprograms the card] and alter it to be used multiple times, and cast multiple votes.
One concerned insider explains: "Shelby County Board of Elections has been notified. They said is was 'not a big deal' because, they said, the cards are deactivated. But the reality is, you can buy the equipment at computer stores to reactivate them. It's on the Internet how to reactivate the cards!"
Meanwhile, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing reports by the Shelby County Election Commission that two people voted twice during early voting in Memphis.
Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons said he's referred the cases to the TBI for investigation along with other matters he declined to discuss.
Poll watchers are expected to turn out Tuesday to observe voting in Tennessee's heated U.S. Senate race between Chattanooga Republican Bob Corker and Memphis Democrat Harold Ford Jr.
Developing...
I knew having the word "Rats" imbedded in the Party name was more than a subliminal message.
In CA at least, the tabulation card out of the back of a voting machine doesn't network itself directly into the big tabulator in the sky. It would need to be accompanied by a voter roster signed by the precinct workers, another sheet confirming that the number of votes is accounted for via the number of signatures, etc. There are about five different forms to sign and send along when the votes go downtown.
I'm certain they'll mysteriously be found Monday night/Tuesday Morning, and be used in the election as if nobody could have done anything untoward. Regardless of which way the affected precincts normally lean, they're suspect now. Break out the paper ballots.
Democrats cheating is a dog bites man story!
You know this a Dem dirty trick. You can bet on it. I hope the voters of Tenn. swamp Ford with yes votes for Corker. This is typical of the frauds the Dems do each election cycle.
OH FOR PETE'S SAKE!! What's the deal in Memphis??
It would be naive to think that somebody STOLE the cards. The Democrats in charge of the polling station simply put them away somewhere safe so they can use them on election day.
It would also be naive to think that the code for these cards can be used to prevent their illegal use. Because the people who plan to use them are the election officials themselves, obviously.
"...Welcome To Tennessee.....The Nicarauga of the South...."
Or as some of us here in the River City call it: Memfrica.
Use paper to vote! They have to provide a paper ballot still if you want one.
(I think so, maybe someone can absolutely verify...).
These stories are meant to "scare" you. The wacky left wants all conservatives to be angry, nervous, scared and depressed before every election. That's what the ups and downs of the polls are done for. First someone is way ahead and then the next day the data is reversed and the other candidate is ahead. This is not rational and all MSM contrived stuff should be taken with a grain of salt. That goes for the TV news pundits too both libs and conservatives. This election is in the hands of the American voter who has been pushed and pulled by the politicians and MSM for the last year and one half. No wonder some say they will sit this one out. I hope they don't but I would rather the educated voter is the one to pull the lever.
I bet King County is already "working" on the mail in ballots. I still can't believe the gas tax failed.
With demoRATS in charge it's a wonder there isn't massive fraud.
any updates?
The MSM is totally silent on this story!
any more information?
Can't the missing cards be deactivated? What a dumb srticle.
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