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A Pennsylvania electronic voting machine has been taken out of service after being captured on video changing a vote for President Obama into one for Mitt Romney, NBC News has confirmed.
The video was first posted on Youtube by user centralpavoter. It shows a voters finger repeatedly pressing the button for Obama, but a check mark coming up next to Romneys name:
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 Romneys name and started tapping very closely together to find the active areas. From the top of Romneys button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obamas 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. Steins 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 Its 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. Im not a video guy, but if its 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.
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/06/machine-turns-vote-for-obama-into-one-for-romney/
It's been taken off line as of now.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)BouzoukiKing
(163 posts)Tagg! You're it...
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)(I don't believe for a moment this was an isolated problem.)
whathehell
(29,067 posts)This REALLY needs to get straigtened out...I don't know if you remember, but there was
WIDESPREAD instances of electronic voting machines being pushed for "Kerry" and coming up "Bush".
Funny thing, it never happened the other way around.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)goes from Dem to repuke?
Naaa, these machines ain't fixed.
marlakay
(11,473 posts)before they pulled the machine!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)It seems to me that software has always had right wing bias. Those damned electrons!
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)it's just the calibration on this one....
But what about when it happens deeper in the electronics and you can't see that your vote hase been changed?
No, these machines must go.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)Soon this story will have its own forum.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240163147