EVIDENCE: 2012 Voting Machine Switching (updated)
Last edited Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:51 PM - Edit history (3)
Source: Daily Kos
"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"
"EDIT: 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.
EDIT2: I have been contacted by NBC Universal and BBC News.
EDIT3: A lot of news agencies are now messaging me here. Please email centralpavote@gmail.com instead"
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/12q6wu/2012_voting_mach
Update: "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."
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/06/machine-turns-vote-for-obama-into-one-for-romney/
Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/06/1156736/-EVIDENCE-2012-Voting-Machine-Switching-Obama-vote-to-Romney
I've probably posted this all wrong and you've my apologies for that but this video is both convincing and disturbing.
Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)edited to add to Original Poster: You posted it perfectly! Thank you for helping to get the word out.
AND, if people are Reddit users, please vote the story up, to help to keep it on the front page.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)garybeck
(9,942 posts)the editing cuts are to take out the time where he resets the vote (erases the romney check).
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)And any "fooling around" with a citizen's vote, should be a federal crime.
kansasobama
(609 posts)call Election Office, Dem Party HQ and authorities. Otherwise, this will stand and we would be in trouble tonight...
Rock Democratic HQ with calls if true. Where is this happening? We need proof and location/precinct.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)It's one thing to read about it--just words on a page or computer screen--another thing to see it with your own eyes.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)I would withhold judgment until more is known.
kansasobama
(609 posts)Or to divert attention from the real tragedy - Husted
blackspade
(10,056 posts)In fact the voter should have called over a supervisor.
randome
(34,845 posts)Where else is someone going to be able to make video available to a large number of people?
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Machines are operating as they were programmed to do.
Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)BadgerKid
(4,553 posts)Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)this is more than just evidence.
randome
(34,845 posts)mecherosegarden
(745 posts)Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)how is it that the Romney button lit up when this man's finger was no where near it? Hmmmmm?
randome
(34,845 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)So, does election stealing still fall under the category of "tinfoil hat" conspiracies?
randome
(34,845 posts)Out of the millions of voters using other machines, why would no one else have noticed this?
Absent evidence to the contrary, it's a malfunction.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Just saying.
fasttense
(17,301 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)triplepoint
(431 posts)The DOJ doesn't get involved. All due to:
Supreme Court's 2000 Bush vs Gore Decision
This is what happens when our election process is privatized. Welcome to Orwell's 1984.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)just saw the teaser.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)Nothing to see here
randome
(34,845 posts)It doesn't do us any good to cry foul without being in possession of the facts.
You are truly a HERO!! Thank You!!!
Tab
(11,093 posts)Good capture job!
On edit: They said the machine was pulled out of service for changing votes, then showed your video.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)But since I live in Florida I have acquired a lot of healthy, skeptical cynicism since 2000!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)CaliGal
(37 posts)I hope to God that other peoples Obama votes didn't go to Romney because they didn't notice or were in a hurry, etc.
Scary.
8 track mind
(1,638 posts)This is entirely possible. I had to maintain a touch screen system for roughly 6 years (not a voting system ) and screens CAN be calibrated wrong. He followed the exact same steps I would have in order to trouble shoot the problem, so that end of it seems quite legit to me. Only a real investigation into this matter will reveal if it was an accident in its setup/damaged in transport, or
if this was done with intent. 50/50 in my book.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)Prove that votes are flipping; that is. We now have a format for proving the machine is flipping votes.
Of course I expect most flipping is done with the voter not knowing that it is being flipped.
While this is one example of vote flipping and the calibration could be off; if it's happening all over, it wouldn't be hard to prove with a lot of videos like this.
Flatulo
(5,005 posts)This makes no sense whatsoever.
schrodinger_I
(706 posts)What you see on that screen is controlled by software. Who's to say that your vote inside the machine matches the display?
Sancho
(9,070 posts)I'm glad for the video, but it's been happening for years.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)If there's no accountability there's nothing to deter future behavior.