Voter Fraud in Nevada?
October 26, 2010 11:34 A.M. By Daniel Foster
Voters might be split in Nevada, but the machines seem to be leaning Democrat. The local Fox affiliate reports from Boulder City:
Some voters in Boulder City said they are concerned about fraud at the electronic ballot box.
Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid?s name was already checked.Ferrara said she wasn?t alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.
?Something?s not right,? Ferrara said. ?One person that?s a fluke. Two, that?s strange. But several within a five minute period of time ? that?s wrong.?
Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the screens are sensitive. For that reason, a person may not want to have their fingers linger too long on the screen after they make a selection at any time.
?Especially in a community with elderly citizens (they have) difficulty in (casting their) ballot,? Lomax said. ?Team leaders said there were complaints (and the) race filled in.?
Lomax said voters need to have faith in the system.
?This election, I think, more than ever,? he said. ?The two sides are very fractured and each side is suspicious and we?re caught in the middle.?
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Beach FanaticAuthor
SWGB
What's interesting is that it was conservative Republicans, after the 2000 election, that wanted these touch screen machines implemented. You reap what you sow huh?
The fact that the article states a lean toward democrat is interesting. In Florida there's no way to know until the results are in. Is Nevada already counting ballots?
I wonder how old those touch screens are. they do break down with age. Those old mammoth machines worked for decades without much of a problem and the scantrons seem to be working fine. Rock it Diebold.
The fact that the article states a lean toward democrat is interesting. In Florida there's no way to know until the results are in. Is Nevada already counting ballots?
I wonder how old those touch screens are. they do break down with age. Those old mammoth machines worked for decades without much of a problem and the scantrons seem to be working fine. Rock it Diebold.
Beach FanaticAuthor
What's interesting is that it was conservative Republicans, after the 2000 election, that wanted these touch screen machines implemented. You reap what you sow huh?Interesting fact: Rory Reid is over seeing the election and SEIU takes care of the voting machines.
The fact that the article states a lean toward democrat is interesting. In Florida there's no way to know until the results are in. Is Nevada already counting ballots?
I wonder how old those touch screens are. they do break down with age. Those old mammoth machines worked for decades without much of a problem and the scantrons seem to be working fine. Rock it Diebold.
You have to love the arrogance.
SWGB
Interesting fact: Rory Reid is over seeing the election and SEIU takes care of the voting machines.
You have to love the arrogance.
Well if there's impropriety then prove it. Tea Baggers love the constitution and bill of rights, yet seem to have forgotten the burden of proof and innocent until proven guilty.
Beach FanaticAuthor
Well if there's impropriety then prove it. Tea Baggers love the constitution and bill of rights, yet seem to have forgotten the burden of proof and innocent until proven guilty.You obviously have missed the "conflict of interest" here...
Would you still be tooting the same horn if Jeb Bush was over seeing the G.W. election?? Be honest.
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This will be very interesting. I don't think the Republican gains will be as massive as they expect, which will prompt them to cry foul, without any proof of course. This will lead to a couple of years, of allegations and investigations.:trainwreck:
SoWal Expert
People too stupid to vote properly is not a fraud issue. :roll:
Beach Fanatic
You obviously have missed the "conflict of interest" here...
Would you still be tooting the same horn if Jeb Bush was over seeing the G.W. election?? Be honest.
Um....he did, didn't he? And there were lawsuits, in which the people claiming conflict of interest and voter fraud lost? I am one of those who thought the process actually worked there. It was long and ponderous, but no one can say they didn't get a hearing. I didn't agree with the decision, I thought the Florida election was sort of bogus, but at least we walked through the process instead of everybody just crying in their beer and feeling like a big old victim.
Beach Fanatic
Interestingly, the group of people most opposed to electronic voting machines are Information Technology Professionals.
From the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
As a long time IT person I can tell you that I equate voting on an electronic voting machine with either not voting at all (best case) or having my vote stolen (expected case.)
From the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
"Considering the difficulty of making touchscreen-type voting systems even tolerably trustworthy, it's worth asking if they are actually the best system available for voting. CPSR concludes that these machines are not the best elections systems available, even with the addition of a voter-verifiable paper trail. A voter-verifiable paper trail transforms a dangerous voting system into a mediocre one. America's voting needs can be better met by systems
As a long time IT person I can tell you that I equate voting on an electronic voting machine with either not voting at all (best case) or having my vote stolen (expected case.)
SoWal Expert
I like voting on a paper ballot with its paper trail that requires a great deal of effort to screw with.
I know paper ballots aren't perfect, but my Luddite self likes my vote to be something tangible that will be there until a human makes a conscious decision to discard it.
I know paper ballots aren't perfect, but my Luddite self likes my vote to be something tangible that will be there until a human makes a conscious decision to discard it.
Beach Lover
This will be very interesting. I don't think the Republican gains will be as massive as they expect, which will prompt them to cry foul, without any proof of course. This will lead to a couple of years, of allegations and investigations.:trainwreck:
And what do you think the Dems will do when they lose both houses? There aren't any chads to blame this time.:sarc:
Just mad as hell voters!!!!!!
Beach Lover
People too stupid to vote properly is not a fraud issue. :roll:
Be careful who you call Stupid my friend, we all aren't as bright and bushy tailed as you.
SWGB
You obviously have missed the "conflict of interest" here...
Would you still be tooting the same horn if Jeb Bush was over seeing the G.W. election?? Be honest.
Yep, Jeb was actually far removed from the process. Granted he could have found someone better than Secretary Barbie to run everything, but I don't hold that against him at all. In fact on the Florida 2000 election I'm more bitter at the Supreme Court than anybody.
Beach Fanatic
There were many Democrats complaining about hackable electronic voting machines in the 2004 and 2008 elections and the Republicans brushed off those allegations that the system could not be hacked, even when it was pretty easy to show exactly how it could be tampered with.
The Dems were also not happy about how Diebold, the biggest player in voting machines that had no real paper trail, was very cozy with the Republican party.
Funny how the same people who were claiming how the system couldn't be corrupted back then are the ones all whining now about that same issue.
The Dems were also not happy about how Diebold, the biggest player in voting machines that had no real paper trail, was very cozy with the Republican party.
Funny how the same people who were claiming how the system couldn't be corrupted back then are the ones all whining now about that same issue.
Beach Fanatic
Bad apples cheating on each side cancel each other out. We're left with the right result. Carry on...
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