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Texas County Switches to Paper Ballots after Software Glitch
Breitbart ^ | 10/25/2016 | Logan Churchwell

Posted on 10/25/2016 10:21:09 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Chambers County election officials have executed an emergency protocol to remove all electronic voting machines available during early voting until a software update can be completed to correct problems experienced by straight-ticket voters.

Chambers County Clerk Heather Hawthorne told Breitbart Texas Tuesday morning that all electronic voting was temporarily halted until her office completes a “software update” on ES&S machines that otherwise “omit one race” when a straight ticket option is selected for either major party. The Texas 14th Court of Appeals race was reported to be the contest in which voters commonly experienced the glitch.

Hawthorne explained that she expects the technical difficulties to be completely addressed by end of business Tuesday. In the interim, regular paper ballots will be used. The county clerk told Breitbart Texas that before the machines were pulled, poll workers were instructed to alert voters to the glitch and double-check their selections.

Chambers County sits east of Texas’ largest county, Harris, and serves roughly 26,000 registered voters. Hawthorne noted that since polls opened on Monday, only one voter did not have proper photo identification and was required to complete an affidavit to cast a regular ballot. Breitbart Texas recently reported a similar trend in neighboring Harris County where less than 10 out of more than 67,000 ballots cast lacked ID.

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GOOD!!!
1 posted on 10/25/2016 10:21:10 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Everyone should keep their eyes open and have the voting machines removed if any glitches occur.


2 posted on 10/25/2016 10:23:31 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t75xvZ3osFg

How paper ballots are (mis)counted by machine.


3 posted on 10/25/2016 10:24:27 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Will this be reported as “voter suppression” by the M$M?


4 posted on 10/25/2016 10:24:49 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

These ES&S machines have had troubles before in MANY states. Probably how Obama got elected.


5 posted on 10/25/2016 10:25:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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this is only the start.

how many states have already have these reports?


6 posted on 10/25/2016 10:25:57 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yup. Controlled by Dems.


7 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:00 AM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

There’s the plan - crash the machines!

Hey Anonymous, there’s your marching orders!


8 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:00 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Straight paper ballots. More work but stops the easy cheats set in place by Soros, Inc...


9 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:12 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Would be nice if judges start ordering the removal of electronic voting machines NATION WIDE, to be replaced by use of paper ballots.

Ballots are no assurance that fraud can be avoided, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A PHYSICAL DOCUMENT AND AT LEAST SOME PAPER TRAIL in case election results are challenged!!!

10 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:40 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

And this was only because the mistake showed up on the interface. What about all of the voting machines that have “glitches” counting in the background?


11 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:47 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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ES&S machines

BAN THEM NOW!

Run over them with crawlers.

12 posted on 10/25/2016 10:27:58 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Trump: A Bull in a RINO closet.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Paper is the best... Count the ballots by hand with representative from both sides counting and observing and with legal teams and judges available to adjudicate disputes. Computers mean glitches, mistakes and fraud on a massive scale.


13 posted on 10/25/2016 10:28:14 AM PDT by jerod (Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
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Voting ‘machines’ should be banned FROM all FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

MAKE THE DEMS STEAL IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY! STUFFING THE BALLOT BOXES!..................


14 posted on 10/25/2016 10:32:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Whatever happened to Craig Livingstone?..............)
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They are used in Bexar County (San Antonio), TX, and problems were reported in the past.

A study shows they can be tampered with several ways..one of them..

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities are well understood, both practically and in the literature. There is
no doubt that the bugs that allow buffer overflow attacks to occur are present in the iVotronic
firmware


15 posted on 10/25/2016 10:33:12 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Election refotprm:

1. Paper ballots only. Machine scanners can then always be double-checked (and should be!)

2. Eliminate “no excuse early voting”.

3. Voter ID required by federal law.


16 posted on 10/25/2016 10:34:13 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

There’s a job for SWMNBN after she loses. She already knows how to destroy personal devices with a hammer.

BTW, do you know what the sweetest sound in the world is? Listening to her concession speech.


17 posted on 10/25/2016 10:34:33 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: bigbob

bttt


18 posted on 10/25/2016 10:35:03 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: ScaniaBoy
Everyone should keep their eyes open and have the voting machines removed if any glitches occur.

DITTO !

19 posted on 10/25/2016 10:36:28 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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It’s not a glitch of the voting machines...it’s a feature.


20 posted on 10/25/2016 10:42:31 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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