[lizma]

It only happened in one district, the 19th I think. (Bet it's near PG.)

Wouldn't these be programed centrally in one place and then sent out to the districts??? (Where they can then be tampered with)

[Truth Telling Guy]

They can be tampered with by whoever programs the machines or anyone who ties into the modem or phone line or satellite connection that transmits the vote counting. Or any corrupt voting judges.

The problem is with computerized voting we the citizens have no way of independently verifying the vote count or even proving computerized vote fraud.

[Truth Telling Guy]

Check this out:

One woman who attempted to vote at Eaton Elementary School in Northwest said she was told that her precinct had been changed to another site more than a mile away. She said she was able to vote at Eaton by special ballot, but wasn't allowed to vote for an initiative and referendum on the back of the ballot or for advisory neighborhood commissioner seats.

from:

Tight Election Contests Being Decided at Polls Tuesday, November 5, 2002; 3:40 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7798-2002Nov5.html

[Truth Telling Guy]

...30 precincts in the county had a software bug that identified all voters as Democrats. Although the error quickly brought memories of the major problems the voting system experienced in the September primary, election officials said today's difficulty was a simple problem that would not affect the vote.

(And who can they say so positively that this won't affect the vote???
When after all this time they are still have widespread problems?)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7798-2002Nov5.html