Video of Voting Machine Altering Vote THIS MORNING!!!
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Share this far and wide.
Edited to add: I don't know if this is real or not. I've seen claims that it's been debunked. I've also seen a claim that this machine has been taken out of service. It's getting enough attention so if it's real I imagine we'll hear about it.
Edited a second time to add that MSNBC is reporting that this machine has been taken out of service:
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/06/machine-turns-vote-for-obama-into-one-for-romney
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more
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This place gets so squirrelly sometimes. One day you're laughed at for worrying about tabulators and GOP plans to squelch voting, and the next everybody's all OMG about it. I don't post half as often as I'd like to because I'm nervous about the response I'd get.
I believed the video when I saw it (if it's been debunked, I'm relieved) and I believed that the results in Ohio were funky in 2004 and I believe that the GOPers who own the companies that produce and maintain these machines are bad people who are not honest brokers of the vote. Thank you. 
But you know what they say, 'No good deed goes unpunished'.
Thanks for posting it though. I know I'm not the only one to appreciate it. 
