Lou Dobbs: What We Feared: Early Voters From Amarillo Saying Votes Were Changed

twitter.com ^ | October 24

[Helicondelta]

Just saw this:

Hey everyone, just a heads up! I had a family member that voted this morning and she voted straight Republican. She checked before she submitted and the vote had changed to Clinton! She reported it and made sure her vote was changed back. They commented that It had been happening. She is trying to get the word out and asked that we post and share. Just want everyone’s vote to be accurate and count. Check your vote before you submit! Mary Sims-Beckham and Bradina Benson do y’all know how to report this?
Edit: this happened this morning In Arlington TX. Mon, Oct 24, 2016, which is also when I posted!

https://www.facebook.com/shandy.clark.1/posts/781098258694741

[Cobra64]

I agree except with the hanging part. A firing squad gets more people involved while archieving the same goal.

[Cboldt]

-- where I vote here in Missouri we use a black marker to note our choices, then it gets scanned into a black box when we drop the paper into it. How do I know my vote isn't being switched right there? --

You don't. One of the ways some of these scanners can be hacked it to preprogram some votes into the memory card that holds and transfers the count. Preprogram negative votes for the loser, and an equal number of positive votes for the winner so the card shows "zero votes" when inserted to and checked by the scanner.

[xzins]

Because they had to call attention to it.

Our not so old electronic touch machines at our precinct had trouble when I was there during the primary. I tapped on Trump’s name a few times before it finally took. If I hadn’t paid attention, it could well have been a non-vote. It didn’t change it to another name, but it flashed a bit, but no mark went next to his name.

I’m told they’re just old, and that may be, but they were installed a few years after the Bush/Gore election, so they can’t be that old.

Now, I intentionally vote absentee, so that I get a paper ballot to mark.

[wastedyears]

Should change it from “What we feared” to “what we expected.”

[FamiliarFace]

Do they count the paper ballots by hand or is it a machine that does it? The machine can easily be hacked.

[TexasFreeper2009]

Yes, the voting machines show you a review of all your votes before you finally “Cast” them

[ThinkingBuddha]

Should change it from “What we feared” to “what we expected.”

Both are correct. Fear and Expected.

[MNDude]

That video shows it changing on the interface, but the number that would change in the background could be any thing!

[cgbg]

Thanks for explaining that for us non-Texans.

Sounds like a good system at the local level.

I am worried about state level hacks, but that is a separate topic.

[mad_as_he$$]

Try this. It will make you feel so much better:

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

[BigpapaBo]

We’ve got the same here in Wisco.
Our only weapon to counter that is, comparing the digital readout # when your ballot is scanned. We plan on being some of the last few people through the door on election night.
We will compare what the state election website shows for turnout at our polling location and our #. If it’s off by 5% or more. We start calling BS.

[daler]

I couldn't believe as incompetent and flawed a president as Obama could've been re-elected in 2012.

Perhaps my instincts were on target.

[DarthVader]

Yes but those paper votes can be hand recounted and would prove that something as you said took place.

[\/\/ayne]

The fact that this is getting out is good. Every instance makes the next fraud person a little more worried they may be caught and convicted. Amarillo voters need to call their Attorney General and demand legal actions.

Why do you think liberal news media is trying to bring down the pressure by pretending no election fraud? If they want to bring it down, we need to pump it up. Big league.

[Wallace T.]

I have to be skeptical of this report. Were it Fort Lauderdale, Denver, Cleveland, or some other city in a battleground state, I might and likely will be true. But Amarillo is in the most conservative region of a Republican state. The courthouse in both Potter and Randall Counties are GOP controlled. If there is fraud in Texas, it will be in the large cities and South Texas.

[Wallace T.]

I have to be skeptical of this report. Were it Fort Lauderdale, Denver, Cleveland, or some other city in a battleground state, I might and likely will be true. But Amarillo is in the most conservative region of a Republican state. The courthouse in both Potter and Randall Counties are GOP controlled. If there is fraud in Texas, it will be in the large cities and South Texas.

[Paine in the Neck]

Pardon any possible ignorance here, but is there any way after the fact to check and see who you voted for?

Nope. If you can then someone else can also. Then it's no longer a secret ballot. Problem is, it has never been a secure ballot. There are some encryption/blockchain ideas percolating to address both issues but they will be a long time coming - never, if Illary wins this time.

[Cboldt]

-- Yes but those paper votes can be hand recounted and would prove that something as you said took place. --

If the magin of victory is big enough, there is no incentive to recount. Otherwise, yes, I agree. In a close election the paper ballots override the "equipment malfunction."