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Technical Issues With Dominion Voting Machines Force Voters To Temporarily Use Paper Ballots In Columbia County, Georgia
Conservative Brief ^ | 01/05/2021 | Martin Walsh

Posted on 01/05/2021 2:55:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind

All eyes are on Georgia and there are already issues.

A new report alleges that on Tuesday morning, a programming error affected some Dominion Voting Systems voting machines in Columbia County, Georgia, requiring voters to use emergency paper ballots for a short time.

Georgia voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling reported the error on social media at 8:28 a.m. Tuesday, announcing that voting would continue on emergency handwritten ballots until the problem was resolved.

He said that the programming error had to do with security keys and poll worker cards for the voting machines. He indicated that law enforcement was working to deliver new keys and cards to the locations that were experiencing technical difficulties.

Some issues in Columbia Co. There was a programming error on security keys for some locations scanners & pollworker cards. Voting continues on backup emergency ballots. Newly programmed keys&cards are being taken to locations via law enforcement.

— Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 5, 2021

According to WRDW-TV, by 10 a.m. the problem was resolved and voters were able to use the voting machines again.

A poll manager for a voting location at Stevens Creek Church in Columbia County explained that poll workers are given a code that gives them access to the voting system at the start of Election Day.

However, the code was wrong Tuesday morning. When there’s a problem, poll workers report the issue to the elections office, which will then work to reset the code and get the machines working again.

WRDW reported that the voting system currently in place in Georgia has been used for less than a year. When it works properly, voters receive a key card to activate the voting machine and then will use a touch screen to cast their ballots.

The machine prints a paper ballot with their selections, which voters will review before taking the printed ballots to a scanning station where their votes will be recorded.

The programming error caused the key cards not to work, so voters were provided with written ballots to fill out by hand. The written ballots were inserted into a slotted lockbox attached to the ballot scanner. The polling manager who spoke to WRDW said that the election staff works very hard to protect those written ballots and ensure they are counted.

Polling locations where handwritten ballots were filled out include West Acres Baptist Church, Kiokee Baptist Church, Stevens Creek, Augusta Christian, and River Island voting sites.

President Donald Trump commented on reports of the errors on Twitter, saying, “Ballots are being left in lock boxes, hopefully, they count them.”

Reports are coming out of the 12th Congressional District of Georgia that Dominion Machines are not working in certain Republican Strongholds for over an hour. Ballots are being left in lock boxes, hopefully they count them. Thank you Congressman @RickAllen!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2021

Georgia’s 12th Congressional District comprises parts of Columbia County, where the errors were reported.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: candyfromastupidbaby; dominion; georgia; senaterunoff; votingmachines
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1 posted on 01/05/2021 2:55:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

How is it that they are still using these voting systems... knowing that they produce fraudulent results?


2 posted on 01/05/2021 2:57:10 PM PST by kellymcneill
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeh something wrong with the code that switches the votes from Republican to Democrat.


3 posted on 01/05/2021 2:57:17 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

Technical Issues


4 posted on 01/05/2021 2:57:39 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s going to be funny if that screw up caused the Dems to win places that Trump won...causing even more scrutiny


5 posted on 01/05/2021 2:58:14 PM PST by RummyChick (1. I blame Kushner. 2. Pence and the firing squad tweet is my favorite absurdity of the election)
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To: SeekAndFind

DOMINION MACHINES ARE JUNK......STICK WITH THE PAPER BALLOTS PERMANENTLY.............


6 posted on 01/05/2021 2:58:56 PM PST by chopperk (Warnocdrk doesn't have a chance if Stacy sits on him.)
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To: kellymcneill

RE: How is it that they are still using these voting systems... knowing that they produce fraudulent results?

Believe me, you’ll still be asking the same questions two years from now because COWARDLY REPUBLICANS AT THE STATE and FEDERAL LEVEL refuse to act to decertify the voting results of these problem states.


7 posted on 01/05/2021 2:58:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Every voting machine should have a technical malfunction, if voters bring a hammer with them.


8 posted on 01/05/2021 2:59:20 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: SeekAndFind

Internet go down?


9 posted on 01/05/2021 2:59:28 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: RummyChick

where is the live GA Run Off Election thread?

have we just given up at this point?


10 posted on 01/05/2021 2:59:30 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: SeekAndFind

A clogged toilet brought the voting system down statewide, once again. But don’t worry, they will find all the Democrat votes - 200% of them! The media reports that there were no irregularities other than the person who used too much toilet paper.


11 posted on 01/05/2021 3:01:32 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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“Internet go down?”

Maybe someone had a cell signal jammer?

(DVS scanners have a USB cellular dongle for internet access without Cat5 cabling to the building’s router.)


12 posted on 01/05/2021 3:02:26 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

I wonder if Dems will be stupid enough to send everyone home again and find 80000 Biden votes at 3 am


13 posted on 01/05/2021 3:05:22 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: snarkytart

given up:

Heather Mullins - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV)
@TalkMullins

FULTON COUNTY, GA!: No Republican observers are present at Georgia World Congress Center where single individuals are scanning & adjudicating ballots. I was told they are not #Dominion reps. No dual control. No observers. @RealAmVoice


14 posted on 01/05/2021 3:11:16 PM PST by RummyChick (1. I blame Kushner. 2. Pence and the firing squad tweet is my favorite absurdity of the election)
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To: SeekAndFind

Who’d a thunk it, they forgot to change some of the settings and both Georgia Senate races have been won by Joe Biden.


15 posted on 01/05/2021 3:14:27 PM PST by Colinsky
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To: Georgia Girl 2
"It's like taking candy from a stupid baby..."
16 posted on 01/05/2021 3:16:32 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kellymcneill
How is it that they are still using these voting systems... knowing that they produce fraudulent results?

That's not a bug, it's a feature.

17 posted on 01/05/2021 3:16:50 PM PST by Flick Lives (#resist)
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To: SeekAndFind

Georgia elections are hilarious now. Tammany Hall is reborn in Georgia.


18 posted on 01/05/2021 3:17:26 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The internet connection to Beijing probably lagged.


19 posted on 01/05/2021 3:17:37 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Blue Highway
I wonder if Dems will be stupid enough to send everyone home again and find 80000 Biden votes at 3 am

Why not?

"baseless", "unproven", "without evidence" etc., etc.

20 posted on 01/05/2021 3:18:44 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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