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Pa. voter charged with smashing touch-screen machine
Phillyburbs.com, AP ^
| November 7, 2006
Posted on 11/07/2006 1:18:42 PM PST by Dane
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A man was arrested at a polling site Tuesday after election workers said he smashed an electronic voting machine with a paperweight, police said.
Michael Young, 43, of Allentown, will face charges of felony criminal mischief and tampering with voting machines, Assistant Police Chief Ronald Manescu said.
Authorities said they did not know the motive for the incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m. at the polling place inside the Good Shepherd Home.
"He came in here very peaceably and showed his ID, then he got on the machine and just snapped," volunteer Gladys Pezoldt told The Morning Call of Allentown.
Witnesses said Young then sat down and waited for police, who arrested him without incident.
The machine's screen was damaged and it was not immediately clear whether the votes recorded on the machine could be retrieved. More than 130 people had voted at the site by the time of the incident.
The machine is valued at more than $5,000, police said.
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2006; elections
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To: Dane
Maybe he was afraid that the machine might develop self realization and cause skynet to go active. He might have just saved mankind.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:30:38 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: Dane
Rage against the Machine! LOL
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:31:01 PM PST
by
vrwcagent0498
(Mark Levin and Ann Coulter are my patron saints.)
To: ozoneliar
If we ban paper weights then only criminals will have paper weights.
To: roostercogburn
My question is if the RATS do not trust this type of voting, do we go back to punch cards? What is next?
My prediction: They will say that the polls for weeks showed the TRUE feelings of the American people and we should vote via polls.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:32:53 PM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(Hey hypoCRATS, POLLS ARE NOT ELECTION RESULTS. GET A CLUE!)
To: John Jorsett
If you switch around the letters in "Election results", you get "Lies! Let's recount!"
To: vrwcagent0498
He must have remembered the many fun voting times when he was given 30 ballots, stacked together, one punch...30 votes!
This cannot happen!!!! I want my F'n Chads back!!!!!!
46
posted on
11/07/2006 1:35:09 PM PST
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(MSM Creed: "Truth has no substance until we give it permission!")
To: Dane
47
posted on
11/07/2006 1:36:01 PM PST
by
Jackknife
( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
To: Dane
He was for the voting machine before he was against it.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:36:41 PM PST
by
Jackknife
( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
To: Izzy Dunne
I was thinking, "Couldn't find Pat Buchanan's name on the ballot."
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:37:16 PM PST
by
dangus
(Pope calls Islam violent; Millions of Moslems demonstrate)
To: Dane
I don't see any reason why the votes would be lost. Most likely just needs a new LCD screen.
Though it dead probably slow down voting at that location for the day a bit...
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:41:47 PM PST
by
FreedomNeocon
(Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
To: Dane
It's unfortunate that he was having a bad day. Just arrest him and charge him with his crime, and then tabulate what a new voting machine costs and MAKE HIM PAY FOR THE DAMAGE.An example needs to be made out of the perp. Then other stupid people will not follow his example.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:44:55 PM PST
by
A WASP
To: EQAndyBuzz
He just snapped? Why did he have a paperweight in the first place? Yup. My thought exactly.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:46:33 PM PST
by
mc5cents
To: smith288
A lot of public schools had today off in PA.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:47:04 PM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: dangus
I was thinking, "Couldn't find Pat Buchanan's name on the ballot." OK, I botched the joke.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:47:18 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Dane
Maybe he intended on voting by write-in but there was no keyboard?
To: dfwgator
WTF does PC LOAD LETTER mean?
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:47:39 PM PST
by
Toby06
(jon carry is a piece of s#it)
To: kcvl
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:47:59 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: Toby06
You don't know how many times in my career I've wished I could recreate that scene.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:48:51 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: mysterio
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:49:03 PM PST
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
To: 2Jedismom
Doubtful its that Michael Young.
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posted on
11/07/2006 1:51:14 PM PST
by
smith288
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