Do yesterday's results restore your faith in the election process?

The reason I ask this, is before the polls even opened, allegations were flying that this election had been or was going to be stolen.

For an example, see this thread

So, given yesterday's favorable results, has your faith in the election process been restored?

Had to convince people that their machines aren't rigged.

day yesterday.Everyone seems so thrilled with the day's victories (as well they SHOULD be); but there is still the inescapable fact that the last Presidential election was stolen; and if they did it once, they'll certainly do it again...when the stakes are really high. Those machines MUST GO, and they MUST GO before the 2006 mid-terms.

It's too easily corrupted and coopted.

My faith, however, in the good minds and hearts of people was never shaken. Yesterday just affirmed it.

Of course, there are those morons - the 35% - who still think Fuckface is doing a good job.

But, my fear, of course, is that they're saving what they've got to steal the next Presidential election.

guard down!

if we give me a satisfied answer i will feel better. for two weeks i watched different part of of texas and new mexico experience this same phenomenon in the 2004 election early voting. dems and repug alike have shrugged it off. i dont. i want to know why, it is the dem vote that is so challenging to get registered

answer me, and i will be a step closer to trusting

people were entering the dem candidate and wouldnt reg, would go to repug. took three four five tries.

the same thing happened in areas of texas and new mexico starting 2 weeks prior in early election. 2004. we were hearing vote straight dem and would put bush as pres, would take people three four five times to get kerry and sometimes it just didnt take. no followups. no fixing this for two weeks, still continued on election day

bothers me. people tell me just a glicht. i am tired of these little oooopes that take from dem

this was from early yesterday!!
http://www.wdbj7.com/global/story.asp?s=4089899&ClientT...


November 8, 2005
Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co.

Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County.

News 7 has received calls from several voters in at least four different precincts who say their votes for Tim Kaine were not recorded or took several attempts to go through.

They contend the electronic touch screens repeatedly indicated they were voting for Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore instead of registering their intended vote for his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.

Roanoke Co. Registrar Judy Stokes says she doesn't want to say the problem is operator error on the part of the voters, but she points out the touch screens are sensitive. She says anyone who is having difficulty voting should ask one of the poll workers for assistance.

State election officials have been told of the problem. They believe if there is a problem, it could have been caused by the way the machines were stored.

The Kaine compaign is reportedly watching the situation in Roanoke County.

I was just saying, that the powers that be have turned against Bush.

The failure of the Ohio reforms indicates to me that they still reserve the right to tip the scales if need be.

It may be that the force manipulating elections is not entirely partisan. That doesn't make it just.

in the first place.

"All" we need to do to allow the majority to win is to produce a supermajority.

n WILL follow. SOOOOO, electoral fraud has it's limitations.

That NJ and VA might be able to secure machines with voter verified paper ballots before the '06 race. Decisions are being made NOW about what kind of machines will be purchased by each state.

It is still the #1 issue in my book.

I worked the polls.

People had their polling places moved with 2 days notice.

The CA Ballot would take a brain scientist to figure it out -that was intentional.

Thank God the public REALLY wanted to understand it and got lots of help from the Democratic Reps. that sent flyers to the homes.

Just matching your vote to the right machine process was so tricky.

So many seniors , many more than in our history, can't get to the polls.
They also CAN't possibly cut through the tiny print to Absentee.
So, some of our best voters ,can't vote.

etc.
etc.

Too many voter reforms were voted down. People wanted certain Republicans out, but they didn't vote to make elections any cleaner.

Gov.

Just because we won doesn't mean there isn't major problems with the way the voting system is designed.

These weren't seen as having a major impact and threat to power at the federal level.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?s=4089899

there were problems, just on a much smaller scale.

I don't trust these fucking traitors at all.

I'm not 100% sure things are okay, but at least, it appears they can't make huge reversals.

The faith that's at least partially restored is in the American voter.

It would be naive to think that the election process has greatly improved.

My faith in the election process was lost in the 90's when I worked an election and really started to see what goes on. There are both masterminds and "elves" at work behind the scenes. The system is wide open for corruption and that's just fine with Republicans.