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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDem's must fix voting machines
trump won by only 11,000 votes in Michigan. Easy to steal when the most Democratic region of the State was fucked by voting machine's failure.... focus, focus, please focus
By Charlotte Alter
December 14, 2016
More than 80 voting machines in Detroit malfunctioned on Election Day, officials say, resulting in ballot discrepancies in 59% of precincts that raise questions about the reliability of future election results in a city dominated by Democratic and minority voters.
This is not the first time, adds Daniel Baxter, elections director for the city. Weve had this problem in nearly every election that we administer in the city of Detroit. Baxter says that the machines were tested for accuracy before election day in accordance with state and federal guidelines, but that sometimes the machines hit up against each other and malfunction as theyre being transported to the precincts.
The machines were optical scanners, meaning they registered and counted the votes marked on paper ballots. Many of the machines jammed over the course of election day, perhaps because Michigan had a two-page ballot this year, which meant that paper ballots were collected but inconsistently recorded by the machines. Michigan does not have early voting, so any mechanical malfunction would necessarily happen on election day, since thats the only day the machines are used. Thats why so many machines malfunctioned at the same time. You dont expect a laptop to last 10 years, and you shouldnt expect a voting machines to last 10 years, says Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey.
December 14, 2016
More than 80 voting machines in Detroit malfunctioned on Election Day, officials say, resulting in ballot discrepancies in 59% of precincts that raise questions about the reliability of future election results in a city dominated by Democratic and minority voters.
This is not the first time, adds Daniel Baxter, elections director for the city. Weve had this problem in nearly every election that we administer in the city of Detroit. Baxter says that the machines were tested for accuracy before election day in accordance with state and federal guidelines, but that sometimes the machines hit up against each other and malfunction as theyre being transported to the precincts.
The machines were optical scanners, meaning they registered and counted the votes marked on paper ballots. Many of the machines jammed over the course of election day, perhaps because Michigan had a two-page ballot this year, which meant that paper ballots were collected but inconsistently recorded by the machines. Michigan does not have early voting, so any mechanical malfunction would necessarily happen on election day, since thats the only day the machines are used. Thats why so many machines malfunctioned at the same time. You dont expect a laptop to last 10 years, and you shouldnt expect a voting machines to last 10 years, says Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey.
https://time.com/4599886/detroit-voting-machine-failures-were-widespread-on-election-day/
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Dem's must fix voting machines (Original Post)
Miigwech
Jun 2019
OP
Dems passed an election security bill months ago--Now languishing in the Senate
librechik
Jun 2019
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librechik
(30,674 posts)1. Dems passed an election security bill months ago--Now languishing in the Senate
forever.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)2. So how does this help?
Dem's must expose, expose, expose ... sounds repetitive but this is what is needed
msongs
(67,406 posts)3. no probs, repubs have already fixed them nt
Emphasis on fixed
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)5. They won't.
It is only possible to address where Republics have no power.
While they're at it, Dems must also fix:
the Opiod Crisis
the Homelessness Crisis
the Climate Crisis
the 9/11 1st Responder Crisis
the Mass Shooting Crisis
the Healthcare Crisis
the Social Security Crisis
the Deficit
the National Debt
the Immigration Crisis
did I miss other crises?