Posted on 10/20/2014 4:58:28 PM PDT by knak
Problems were reported in the Northwest suburbs of Cook County on the first day of early voting Monday -- including one case of a Republican candidate being unable to vote for himself or other members of his party on a touch screen.
The other issue, which occurred at Arlington Heights village hall and a few other locations, involved the wrong signatures popping up for voters who came in to cast ballots.
Both issues were addressed as soon as election judges were made aware of them, and they did not interfere with voters being able to cast ballots in the way they chose Monday, said Jim Scalzitti, deputy communications director for the Cook County clerk's office.
Representatives of the Cook County state's attorney's office said they received no reports or requests to look into polling place irregularities.
Republican Jim Moynihan, who's challenging Democratic incumbent state Rep. Michelle Mussman in the 56th District House race, said his initial attempts to vote for himself Monday at the Schaumburg Township District Library ended up registering votes for his opponent.
And when he tried to vote for fellow Republican Larry Kaifesh in the 8th Congressional District race, his screen registered a vote for Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth.
When he pointed it out to a judge, it was determined that the machine hadn't been calibrated correctly, he said. He ultimately was able to vote for the candidates he chose by pressing the very bottom right hand corner of the screen. Pressing the center of each button resulted in the opposite candidate's name registering.
Scalzitti said the machine in question was removed from service to be recalibrated immediately and that there were no other reports of voters having similar problems.
The other problem of the day affected more people in the northwest corner of the county, Scalzitti said.
Tony Novak, who's lived in his Arlington Heights condominium for 31 years, said another name he's never heard of came up as the registered voter at his address when he went to the polls at Arlington Heights village hall.
Scalzitti said there apparently were misnamed signature files that would cause the wrong signature to come up for a voter at several Northwest suburban polling places.
The problem was addressed by replacing the misnamed signature files with the correct files, Scalzitti said. There did not appear to be a problem with either the voting hardware or the software, just the naming of the files themselves, he said.
Affected voters had to sign an extra ballot label to be able to cast their votes, Scalzitti said. The problem was believed to be taken care of in a way that would prevent voters on Tuesday from being affected, he said.
Novak agreed that the discrepancy was fixed immediately and it did not compromise his ability to vote.
And when he tried to vote for fellow Republican Larry Kaifesh in the 8th Congressional District race, his screen registered a vote for Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth.
In an ideal world, Mr. Moynihan would be screaming from the top of his lungs about the cheating engaged in by the 'Rats and won't stop until more Republican politicos do the same thing until the election fraud issue rises to the top of the national consciousness.
What we see here is the vulnerability for electronic voting devices to be rigged by technically astute Democrat hacks.
Until the public wakes up and better policing of these criminal activities is demanded, we're going to see more and more of this type of cheating as election districts move toward more "technologically advanced" voting devices.
Imagine voting.....by way of the internet.....
...and so it begins.
You forgot my favorite:
Democrat "volunteers" who drive to the polling place in a van filled with Alzheimer's patients in wheel chairs, developmentally disabled people and others who are still alive, but who cannot communicate on their own.
The "volunteers" wheel, or walk, the disabled "voters" into the polling place and cast votes for them.
Amazingly, none of them ever cast a Republican vote!
Thanks for the ping!
And how many times before he called it to their attention did it cast RAT votes erroneously? Huh? Bet they can't be bothered to go back and check. Bet the machines got miscalibrated five seconds after he walked out the door. Evil.
Yes, the state of Illinois has a 'Rat state administration, and has had one for quite some time now.
But much more important than that, you are dealing here with Cook County, half of whose population is Chicago, and which has a long history of corruption and crookedness. I believe this election is under the supervision of Cook County.
Yes, the state of Illinois has a 'Rat state administration, and has had one for quite some time now.
But much more important than that, you are dealing here with Cook County, half of whose population is Chicago, and which has a long history of corruption and crookedness. I believe this election is under the supervision of Cook County.
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I don’t like early voting.
We need to ban early voting. If you can’t take time to vote on election day, I bet you don’t know the issues...
>> And when he tried to vote for fellow Republican Larry Kaifesh in the 8th Congressional District race, his screen registered a vote for Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth. <<
>> A “calibration” error. <<
Nah, there's no vote fraud in Crook County. Back in 2010, a bunch of Mark Kirk cheerleaders have assured me the numbers are totally legit and Bill Brady magically got less votes here than John McCain got in 2008. Quinn also magically won pcts. in various places like Orland Park where the lawn signs were filled with Brady signs on every household with no Quinn signs anywhere in sight. And even though he was polling far BEHIND Brady, Mark Kirk magically got more votes in suburban Crook because he "worked harder". He was probably campaigning day and night throughout my township in an invisibility cloak. Shame on me for assuming he never lifted a finger to "work" the area.
I’d like an explanation of just exactly what was “calibrated”.
That goes without saying. Quite a number of them do vote illegally. They should be deported back to where they came from if they even attempt to vote in American elections! But not according Obama's executive order which contradicts current immigration law.
Agreed. The number one reason is that the longer the polls are open, the greater the opportunities for election fraud and cheating.
Early voting is one of those Clinton-era "innovations" in election procedure that was calculated to help the Democrats in their cheating schemes.
The question involved in banning early voting is very simple. Would you rather have more election integrity or more voter convenience for some? I would favor integrity over convenience, and it's a no-brainer for me.
Recalibrated....right.
Not calibrated my ASS!! VOTE FRAUD!!!!
...and jail time for ANYONE caught 'screwing around'...
Thanks-—will add.
I've heard of this being done without having to go through the trouble of driving the Alzheimer's patients to the polling place. The "compassionate volunteers" simply set up makeshift polling places at nursing homes and do their thing right there.
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