I haven’t completely bought in to the notion that voter fraud alone lost this election for Romney (its always been there, and overcoming it is just part of what a GOP candidate has to face).
However, I do find it astonishing that there weren’t any mistake votes for Romney....considering the adult illiteracy rate in Philadelphia is 22%!
At very least, it suggests that some ‘gatekeeper’ was checking the ballots for mistakes before they were fed into the machine - and who would know whether or not this happened, since the GOP observers were kicked out.
I agree on the gatekeeping. These are voting machines so with a lack of R oversight the gatekeeper would simply stand next to the voter and “help” them press the right buttons. An illiterate person should be able to press the giant button next to Obama. An illiterate person with help would be almost certain to press the right button.