Programming error miscounts votes in south Texas - official catches electronic voting problem

AP via Houston Chronicle ^ | Nov. 8, 2006, 4:24PM | By JEFF CARLTON

[calljack]

You would think that they would test these things before they put the future of the free world in it's hands.

[oceanview]

what programmer - can code addition.

[ConservativeMind]

Well, how many machines had the bad software nationwide?

[oceanview]

can = can't

[decal]

"The county's top election official discovered the mistake when early voting results in House District 28 put long-shot Constitution Party candidate Ron Avery ahead of popular Democratic incumbent Henry Cuellar by almost 2,000 votes with roughly 2,200 tabulated."

I was wondering about that; I was using Yahoo's running-total election board all last night to refer to and saw that early on. Figgered it was all the early-voting snowbirds or something.

[kalee]

ping

[Sir Gawain]

"We knew there was no way that could be correct," said Teresa Navarro, Hidalgo County elections administrator. "The voters aren't that smart!"

[F-117A]

Back when I was in college, there was a student vote for or against the Vietnam war. When the results came in, the computer results said that the Liberal Arts College students were in favor of the war and the Ag school students were against it.

The Professor in charge said there must be a mistake in the program and changed the "for" votes to "against" votes and vice-versa without bothering to check the program. I just shook my head!

I can't remember if input was by punch card or optical paper ballots.

[Liberty Valance]

"appears to be isolated to Hidalgo County in South Texas"

[Mind-numbed Robot]

After shouting that the Republicans were going to do this, and noting the left's propensity of blaming the Republicans for what they themselves are planning, the Democrats are awfully quit about voter fraud now that they have won.

Hmmmmm. I wonder if ......

[CindyDawg]

Where ever the software was....This needs to be looked into. I hate to feel this way but something just doesn't seem right about this election.

[concerned about politics]

The county's top election official discovered the mistake ......... by almost 2,000 votes

The machines gave 1,900 of Allen's votes to Webb. Luckily, they caught it today and corrected it. At least the numbers got a lot closer for the unofficial recount.

[lesser_satan]

bump

[concerned about politics]

Well, how many machines had the bad software nationwide?

The 14 missing smart cards were never found as far as I know. I haven't seen a thread on it.

[dr_lew]

I'm sure he messed up some mundane detail.

[proudCArepublican]

dont see the dems worry about what voter problems please no that the dems won who cares it is only if a republican wins that all of a sudden it is a big deal

[concerned about politics]

What?

[sockmonkey]

I was wondering about that; I was using Yahoo's running-total election board all last night to refer to and saw that early on. Figgered it was all the early-voting snowbirds or something.

LOL! I thought that too..Snowbird friends of Jesse Ventura or something.

[concerned about politics]

Where ever the software was....This needs to be looked into. I hate to feel this way but something just doesn't seem right about this election.

That's what I told my husband. It's like up was down, and down was up. It doesn't "smell" right. Now is not the time to vote democrat, no matter what the issue. It's economical, immigrant, and terror suicide.

My husband isn't a political buff. He listens to NPR on the way home from work. Sometimes he even watches MSNBC. He also listens to a little Rush at lunch. He's a good indicator of current trends because he stands back from it all. He's usually right, too. He said the Republicans will keep both House and Senate. I easily agreed.