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New Voting Systems in CA a Total Shambles
KFI 640am
| March 2, 2004
Posted on 03/02/2004 9:30:20 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
KFI's reporter Eric Leonard was reporting various problems at polling places around CA, this morning. San Diego county, which invested millions in the Diebold touch screen computer system, is having problems with screens freezing up or computers being completely inoperable.
In Westminister and other parts of Orange County, voters are typing in the voting pin numbers and ONLY Democrat ballots are popping up.
Los Angeles County, which could not afford computer touch screen systems at this time (fortunately) is using the Inka system, which marks ballots with an ink mark in a circle. Someone who voted today told me his ink spots were outside the circles and, when shown to poll workers, was told it didn't matter. Does anyone know if these votes will still register?
It really seems that the punch card chad system was fine and good and there was no reason to revamp the system. With a punch card, there is physical evidence of the vote, and the voter can check to see that only the holes are punched out that they want. What was wrong with that?
I'm about to go vote. Please check in with your voting reports.
TOPICS: Announcements; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2004; blackboxvoting; electronicvoting
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To: null and void
My county had a high turnout rate, or so I heard. I think it was around 50%.
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posted on
03/02/2004 9:55:40 PM PST
by
.38sw
To: Andy_Stephenson
Santa Clara County, CA
122
posted on
03/02/2004 9:56:06 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: .38sw
where are you?
To: null and void
With 20% of the precincts reporting. Prop 56 is failing at 62.2%. Prop 55 seems to be catching up. Well, I guess it was too much to hope for that a bond issue would fail.
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posted on
03/02/2004 9:57:36 PM PST
by
.38sw
To: Andy_Stephenson
California, Contra Costa County (East San Francisco Bay area)
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posted on
03/02/2004 9:58:11 PM PST
by
.38sw
To: null and void
Your Using Seqoia machines...They are influenced bu the Democrats. Sequoia machines can be hacked using visio. VBA script and a smart card...Bad news there I am afraid.
To: .38sw
You are using Mark A Vote optical scan. I am not familiar with this brand...but if it feeds into GEMS by Diebold you could potentially have problems. I will check further anad see if that is the case
To: Andy_Stephenson
My county results are up now.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:04:33 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: Andy_Stephenson
Does not feed into GEMS as far as I can tell. So you might be ok for now.
To: Andy_Stephenson
What was it Stalin said?
"He who votes doesn't count, he who counts the votes counts."
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:05:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: null and void
Yes it was...and I for one do not want to live under "Stalin"...do you?
To: Andy_Stephenson
Nope. I'm a card carrying Libertarian. We're not exactly fond of big government...
132
posted on
03/02/2004 10:10:25 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: null and void
Nor am I...nor am I.
To: null and void
Ya know, I've taken the "political test", and I rate out as strongly libertarian, with a tiny little bend to the right, and that was because of my answers on the borders thingy. I don't much care for open borders.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:12:57 PM PST
by
.38sw
To: .38sw
Me neither, under the current situation. I see open boarders as a goal - AFTER we've raised the world's standard of living closer to ours.
I'm also pretty ambivalent about the drugs thing...
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:17:00 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: .38sw
I tend to think we need to close the borders to the ofshoring of jobs.
To: Andy_Stephenson; null and void
That too. It's been fun (or interesting), I've got to hit the hay. I can hardly hold my eyelids up. I hope that when I get up in the morning, that California hasn't slid off into oblivion.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:18:35 PM PST
by
.38sw
To: .38sw
A *little* late to worry about that, isn't it?
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:19:52 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
To: null and void
I have been worried since NAFTA was passed.
To: Andy_Stephenson
That giant sucking sound???
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:28:18 PM PST
by
null and void
(Pay no attention to the ones and zeros behind the curtain, and they'll return the favor...)
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