Voting Machines Changing Dem to Rep right here in Mineral Wells Tx

mourningdove92

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:04 PM
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Voting Machines Changing Dem to Rep right here in Mineral Wells Tx

Yep, thats what the local paper said. In early voting at least two people complained because when they touch screened for straight Democratic ticket, it somehow came up Republican. Complained to the workers and was allowed to vote on another machine. No comment in the paper about what happened to the machine they originally voted on.

My sig other and I cast our early votes today for Obama....keeping a very sharp eye on our results.

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still_one

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:08 PM
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1. I think people who are voting on machines better vote one by one

rather then press the straight party button to be sure

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mourningdove92

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:09 PM
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2. Yeah, I agree. Thats what I did.

My other half does the straight ticket thing.

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still_one

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:14 PM
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3. Good for you. I voted absentee, but I am in California /nt

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Trajan

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:16 PM
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4. IF you select 'straight ticket' ...

Can you not go back and edit individual selections ?

I would vote straight ticket, alright, but I would do so by voting DEM individually, just to make sure ...

I trust no one ...

The Voting Machine racket is amoral ....

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mourningdove92

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Sat Oct-25-08 05:28 PM
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5. Here is the article

At least two Palo Pinto County residents say they experienced early voting problems when the touch-screen voting machines they used kept switching their straight-party vote from Democratic to Republican.

�When I cast an early vote at Palo Pinto County Courthouse, my vote was switched from Democrat to Republican right in front of my face - twice!� reported Lona Jones, a Precinct 1 county resident.

Intending to vote straight party on the Democratic ticket, Jones said she was surprised Wednesday when the electronic voting machine �on the left as you face the machines� in the courthouse basement asked her if she wanted to cast her vote for a straight Republican ticket.

Thinking she had pushed the wrong button the first time the machine �came up Republican,� Jones said she repeated her intended straight-party vote.

�The second time I was sure to just touch the Democratic button,� she said, further reporting that the machine responded to her selection, ��Do you want to change your Republican straight ticket vote to a Democratic vote?� I pressed, �Yes,� then it came back up and it was a total Republican ticket again.�

http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/local/local_story_298161535.html

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