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...
So is this the Ford machine in Memphis at it again?
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teh dems only carp when they lose, teh whole concept of electronic voting - when there are cheaper and more reliable alternatives, is to provide the means for a challenge - not to ensure accuracy.
He was here last night. NBC had to go around with Corker all afternoon, because the Corker camp said it was biased for them to shoot in Memphis. Nashville would have been nuetral ground.
Yep, Memphis is Ford country. They will steal the election in Tenn. for sure. This guy knows how to use those cards.
Lovely.
Just as corrupt as Washington State.
The Dim Cheating Begins.
Maybe ole Harold had one of the playboy bunnies trade a lewinsky for the cards....
The dims have been doing this for weeks now .. sowing seeds of doubt about the results of the election.
This is just another attempt to make people believe that when the repubs win - the dims will say "the repubs STOLE THE ELECTION". They have nothing else to run on.
Remember, a great many of these polling/elections organizations are run by dems.
Not to worry.......The MSM will call this race for Corker before the polls close in Memphis....Right?
The, ACORN folks are at it again!
True, but consider the location. Ford's hometown --it's bad, very bad.
Vote Fraud in Memphis? Who would have thought?
Is The Ford Machine advising ACORN on how to steal votes in Kansas City and St. Louis as well ?
If not, the Democrats are dropping the ball.
Shelby County = Democrat Fraud. King Willie probably has a hand in it.
Someone call Ford's campaign office.
IIRC, voting Illinois machines were found in somebody's trunk back in 2004.
Looks like Memphis is going to be vote fraud central this year.
This just in: Cards have been found in Hugo Chavez's man-purse.
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