"US Gov warned on messed up e-voting systems"

The Register ^ | 10 March 2007 | Lucy Sherriff

[lifelong_republican]

"...acknowledges wider concerns about the security and reliability of machine voting, saying that the concerns are legitimate, and "merit the combined and focused attention of federal, state, and local authorities responsible for election administration"..."

[lifelong_republican]

American votes should be made in America, by Americans, and counted by Americans supervised by Americans so that all Americans can be confident in the accuracy of the process.

[csvset]

Here in Virginia Beach,VA., we switched from punchcards to electronic voting. The first election that I used it, the damn thing didn't work. The poll worker was in a bit of a huff about it, (obviously thinking I didn't know what I was doing). They had to " reprogram " the card. There were other machines that were down.

I have no confidence in those machines at all.

[muawiyah]

The first use of electronic voting machines in Northern Virginia led to the establishment of the Republican party as a viable political entity.

Without these machines the Dems would have continued to have manipulated elections in their favor into the indefinite future.

[lifelong_republican]

Thank you for writing this! There were problems where I vote, too. The electronics failed and people had to wait in line, unable to vote at all, because they were denied the right to complete their own ballots on paper.

[lifelong_republican]

It's actually much easier for the corrupt Democrats to get away with subverting elections with the electronics.

[csvset]

I wouldn't be surprised that the data is manipulated. Nowadays it's be to expected. With the dead and illegals voting, I suppose I should welcome this new technological twist in the game. /s

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

People are so used to having everything instant.
They want voting to be as easy as dialing a number and "voting" in a fake popularity contest.
Our elections are becoming fake popularity contests similar to a survivor or other fake idol TV show.

[DB]

And how does "reprogramming" the machine affect the votes already placed on that machine. How does anyone know if they were still counted.

[Eclectica]

"...The first use of electronic voting machines in Northern Virginia led to the establishment of the Republican party as a viable political entity...."

That doesn't mean it was legitimate: somebody screwed up.

I'd like to get a tear-off receipt with a randomized code, so's I can verify my vote at my home desktop PC.

[muawiyah]

Actually the corrupt Democrats used paper ballots to manipulate and corrupt the election process in Virginia. They kept Republicans from even winning their own primaries.

[JimRed]

Concerned conservative or seminar poster? You decide!

[lifelong_republican]

You are so right. I totally agree with you.

[lifelong_republican]

The corrupt Democrats will find it far easier to commit mass vote fraud and get away with it with the electronics.

[lifelong_republican]

Real Americans care about the voting and election processes. We do so because our predecessors fought and died for such things.

You won't be able to 'decide' anything without your vote.