Equipment counted straight-party Dem votes as Libertarian

BROOKVILLE, Ind. - Election equipment counted straight-party votes for Democratic candidates as Libertarian votes, an error that could affect election outcomes in as many as nine counties, the Richmond Palladium-Item reported today.

Democrats discovered the error in Franklin County, where ballots will be counted again tonight.

The county's election equipment vendor, Fidlar, notified officials Wednesday of the error.

Libertarian candidates received 7 to 8 percent of the votes in Franklin County, which is about 30 miles south of Richmond.


http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/193880-4433-093.html

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... seems to have favored Bush/Reps?

hmmmm

Someone should write about this interesting "patttern."

benefiting rethugs.

Sure, it's not.

Damn the media for just keep sticking their whoring heads in the sand.

the next democratic nominee needs a last name starting with A.

Could this matter?

... or some large percentage of that number, it should certainly open some eyes to the fact that a similar -- possibly yet to be uncovered -- problem in Ohio could flip the entire election.

At a minimum, it should help with election reforms prior to the next cycle.

but I am just as suspicious about everyone else that inserted a ballot into an optical scan machine without knowing if the vote was properly tabulated.

Silly. Why would any "glitch" affect Repugnant votes?

The touch screen voting is beyond creepy. No way to recount at all. I can't believe we were all stupid enough to allow black box voting to happen.

Where can I buy it?

Jes like deudda-one...

Can't have the "lemmings" thinking there's something wrong with the voting MACHINES.

God this is such an obvious pattern....

Repeat after me

THEY STOLE IT

:evilfrown:

NT!

Unbelievable.

Someone want to post this in the Report Voting Problems forum? Please?

went to repukes as well. They ceratinly don't seem to be able to make it into the D column.

Call those who insist that there is no pattern here "Coincidence Theorists".

I am just surprised they did not end the story with what they usually do here in NC Thank Goodness it didn't affect the Presidential Election.

Amazing people are convicted with a preponderance of the evidence but the News Media keeps insisting that allllllllll these voting problems are one of a kind random occurrences. Wake The Hell Up Already. << that was to the Media!

name one other coincidnce that has favored Bush...:eyes:

My man and I voted Straight Democratic in Hendricks County, Indiana. I wonder if that's one of the 9 counties.

The must have been some small counties.

this is what the article said:

Fidlar has optical scan machines in nine Indiana counties, including two in the 9th Congressional District, where Democrat Baron Hill was narrowly defeated.

Flashpohler said Fidlar officials have said Franklin County is the only county where a database error occurred.


Rather speculative (there were machines in the district) but not specific as to whether the errors that have been detected were in the ninth district where the results were a surprise to many.

Are all the votes going to be challenged in all the counties that were affected?

While they're at it they might as well just count the whole damn state.

I can believe in errors, but when all happen one direction that is just too Fucking much to keep buying!

the media will be ALL OVER this story about how the Dems just keep rigging elections to try to overcome the odds.

-- it was just a little corner shop -- that used to always get the price per pound wrong for my fruits and vegetables.

Guess what? NOT ONCE was it an error in my favor. I used to never buy more things than I could remeber the prices of, and would always correct them every time they got it wrong. After a while I thought they'd realize that I was always correcting them and would start charging me the right price. The frequency of error never changed. (Which was once per visit.) So I stopped shopping there.

But, man. If they just didn't no the prices of the stuff they sold, they would have undercharged me as often as they overcharged me.

and they do over-charge much more often than they undercharge.

When there is a sale, they post the lower-price at the shelves right away.

When they raise prices, they take their time in marking it on the shelves.

Wow! This could be a major break in the dike.

Voting machines suck.

I heard a lady call in to a local radio station here in Texas on election day. She said she voted on touch screen and voted a straight Democratic ticket. When the machine showed who she voted for, it included DeLay, who is republican. She brought it to the attention of the poll workers and they tried it and it did the same thing again. She said she reported it to the Morrison headquarters (who was running against DeLay).

I have a feeling all kind of games were being played inside those machines every time anyone voted a straight Democratic ticket.

:kick:

just a coincidence, I'm sure

Purpose One - Obviously to win the electoral college, thus the greater variance between exit polls and the "final count" in these battleground states.

Purpose Two - To put chimp's popular vote a few points over 50%, so that the election was less likely to be contested, on the assumption that the advantage in the popular vote conferred legitimacy anyway. Thus, the odd inflating of chimp's vote (and/or deflating of Kerry's vote) in states where the race wasn't expected to be close.

smaller states might be unable to generate the 110K without arousing suspicion, but you can bet that Texas and lots of other states cheerfully made up the difference..

Yay..he's got a mandate..now he can screw the country with a smile on his face..because he's got a mandate :(

how many times do u see people fuckin up and end up voting democratic??....ummm never

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Please -- somebody post this as a new thread! I'm brand new today -- came on the forum to report this. (But I've been a member of the John Kerry forum since February). Read the article first -- it is devastating against those who claim the exit polls were flawed.

http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/04/11/The_unexplained_exit_poll_discrepancy_v00k.pdf

thanks!

All and every "glitch" that I've read about seem to be favoring repubs everywhere and they dare call it coincidence!
This is a subtle scam consisting of hundreds of "little" irregularities that, combined, create a massive fraud.

Have you ever experienced that when you input data into your computer, that the result is wrong?

Never happens.

Ever experienced your calculator to add wrong? Never.

This whole glitch thing is a sham. Either the program add right or not. And if not, it was programmed that way!

Ignorance is Bliss in Wally World!!!

move along, these machines work fine.

The common thread in all of these programming/vote machine failure stories is a company spokesperson who says there is absolutely, positively, with 100% certitude, no reason to suspect that this error impacted vote counts with other machines in other areas.

A snafu here, missed and missing votes there... Nothing to worry about... Go see America's great destinations... Continue to practice your love of women...

If this were an infectious disease popping up here, in Ohio, in New Mexico, in Florida, the CDC would be going ape-shit. There needs to be an accounting of all the machines, of all the programs. Something went seriously wrong on Nov. 2 and we deserve some answers.

I am so disgusted with our voting system. I saw a report on voting in India. Even they have a better, secure, and cheaper election system. They have e-voting:

Electronic Voting Is More Efficient in India

http://www.computerworld.com/news/2004/story/0,11280,96315,00.html

"OCTOBER 04, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - As an Indian, I was mildly amused by the article "Effort Afoot to Address E-voting at Convention" .
As you may be aware, India has just had an election in which all votes were cast using electronic voting machines (EVM).

The election was hailed by everyone as being free and fair, and voting went off smoothly, with hardly a glitch in the equipment. The effectiveness and efficiency of EVMs was clearly apparent, since the results could be announced much faster and administration was also easier."

I guess it is best for Republicans to keep our system as unreliable as it is. This way nobody will notice a little bit of turning Democrats' votes into votes for Republicans here and there. Just enough to keep the WH, Congress, and Senate in their hands.

What a coincidence!

When things go well for Republicans it's a coincidence or a left wing conspiracy theory according to the media. But Bill Clinton had to be investigated for everything he did when he was 19 years old by that same media who know kisses Bush's ass ever single day. :(

From the article:

Republican Chairman Bob Jewell said he has concerns about the procedures used when the error was discovered.
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All those finding election fraud and errors will be dealt with accordingly. Guantanamo?

This much is clear: These neofascists are ruthless bastards.