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SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (Drudge)
drudge ^ | 10/3/06 | Drudge

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...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demfraud; shelbycounty
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Democrats .......looking toward the future realized suddenly, "We don't have to dig up the vote anymore. We'll just invent the vote."

I knew having the word "Rats" imbedded in the Party name was more than a subliminal message.

101 posted on 11/03/2006 8:10:53 AM PST by thingumbob (Dead terrorists don't make more terrorists!)
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To: DCPatriot
"If somebody 'borrowed' a dozen voting machines around the State....and then sat and used the "missing" cards, they could vote over and over and over and over and over....and over."

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.

102 posted on 11/03/2006 8:10:59 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

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.


103 posted on 11/03/2006 8:12:33 AM PST by BritExPatInFla
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Democrats cheating is a dog bites man story!


104 posted on 11/03/2006 8:13:14 AM PST by Suzy Quzy
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

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.


105 posted on 11/03/2006 8:13:57 AM PST by phillyfanatic
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To: 6ppc
Looks like Memphis is going to be vote fraud central this year.

Just like last election... and the one before... and the one before...
106 posted on 11/03/2006 8:16:45 AM PST by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el inglés)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

OH FOR PETE'S SAKE!! What's the deal in Memphis??


107 posted on 11/03/2006 8:19:34 AM PST by pnz1 (Halp!)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
You still have a record of how people voted from the check list of register votes in the area. And the machines will have a record of how ballots were cast. These should be equal. So you know if fraud has taken place or not.
108 posted on 11/03/2006 8:21:25 AM PST by ThomasThomas (Red is good)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

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.


109 posted on 11/03/2006 8:33:22 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: colonel mosby

"...Welcome To Tennessee.....The Nicarauga of the South...."

Or as some of us here in the River City call it: Memfrica.


110 posted on 11/03/2006 8:34:48 AM PST by NCC-1701 (To boldy go where no FReeper has gone before. Live long and prosper.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Use paper to vote! They have to provide a paper ballot still if you want one.

(I think so, maybe someone can absolutely verify...).


111 posted on 11/03/2006 10:03:19 AM PST by Cedar
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To: pnz1
Memphis was run for decades by Boss Crump. Crump taught the DemonRats and the Daily political machine in Chicago everything about how to rig and election. Boss Crump is also rumored to be Harold Ford Jr.'s illegitimate great-grandson.
112 posted on 11/03/2006 10:45:18 AM PST by TennTuxedo
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To: Pete

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.


113 posted on 11/03/2006 11:44:41 AM PST by conservative blonde (Conservative Blonde)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

I bet King County is already "working" on the mail in ballots. I still can't believe the gas tax failed.


114 posted on 11/03/2006 11:51:44 AM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents or anyone just passing through)
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To: Pete
In Memphis several were indited for voter fraud when Harold Ford Jr's Aunt Ophelia ran for (Uncle) John Fords seat after his indictment on the Tennessee Waltz. Supposedly she won by 13 votes only to find out that several that voted had indeed died several months earlier, some were out of District and some were felons. There were many more than 13 that were not valid legal votes
The ones that were found guilty of Voters fraud were (if I remember correctly) were also employees of Harold Ford Sr's Funeral Home.
There have also been reports today that there have been several voters that have placed more than one vote.
Normally I would say you are correct but Memphis needs to be watched closely.
115 posted on 11/03/2006 1:44:27 PM PST by angelsonmyside (Why won't Nancy talk now?)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Some Smartass stole 'em?
116 posted on 11/03/2006 2:06:35 PM PST by b4its2late (John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: SmithL

With demoRATS in charge it's a wonder there isn't massive fraud.


117 posted on 11/03/2006 9:06:51 PM PST by GailA (Proud to admit I'm a quilt-a-holic.)
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To: All

any updates?

The MSM is totally silent on this story!


118 posted on 11/04/2006 5:28:49 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

any more information?


119 posted on 11/04/2006 6:42:42 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Can't the missing cards be deactivated? What a dumb srticle.


120 posted on 11/04/2006 6:46:04 AM PST by ShandaLear (Perfect People Need Support, too.)
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