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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:57 PM
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DOCUMENTED: "Went to vote for Kerry and Bush popped up immediately"
Edited on Fri May-06-05 08:20 PM by TruthIsAll
MACHINE "GLITCHES" FAVORED BUSH 99 TIMES OUT OF 100.


Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Couple voted for Kerry -- when confirmed vote, came out Bush. Called in eleciton poll supervisor, who got same result. Continued to use machine.

Massachusetts Essex Other polling place problem Inside polling place, voter with a "Kerry" button was instructed to remove button. Another voter with a "Bush" button , also inside the polling place, was not similarly instructed. The Kerry-button wearer pointed out the discrepency, and poll workers refused to take action. A dispute ensued, and a police officer became involved. After "about 15 minutes", the poll worker asked the Bush-button wearer to remove her button as well.

Massachusetts Miami-Dade Voter Intimidation; Other polling place problem Bush Campaign People sought to remove Election Protection Volunteer from area 50 - 100 feet in front of polling place saying we were Kerry people and becase people reported EP Volunteers prevented Bush voters from voting and said she was giving out partisan materials (Yvonne). Poll Workers denied request. Volunteer Yvonne LaLyre from Boston admitted giving out partisan material entitled "Florida Voter Bill of Rights" (with Paid for by Florida Democratic Party at the bottom of the door hanger) in because she said she thought it was the EP materials. The door hanger does appear to be non-partisan material until and unless you see the disclaimer at the bottom. She says she was trained in Broward, but is not wearing EP T-shirt and doesn't seem to know rules re: non-partisanship.

Florida Miami-Dade Machine problem Andrea called to pass on anecdotal information that this happened; she has no first-hand information...voter machines would select wrong candidate when voter selected J. Kerry - G. Bush would be selected.

Florida Miami-Dade Machine problem When voter pushed button for Kerry, Bush came up on the screen.

Florida Miami-Dade Machine problem In precinct 249 we are getting reports that voters are pushing Kerry button, but Bush keep's coming up.

Florida Miami-Dade Machine problem Voter attempted to vote for Kerry and ballot showed vote for Bush instead; she left poll; she tried to clear it and it wouldn't clear; so she cast vote with Bush instead showing.

Texas Travis Machine problem Machines are confusing, if you straight Dem, then go back to review or change, a vote for Kerry is changed to a vote for Bush. But there is no paper receipt to verify the problem or if the vote was actually cast for Bush. Voter just received a warning from her precinct chair to that effect.

Florida Indiana River County Voter Intimidation The man was walking down the street when he ran into a group of Bush supporters. He shouted Go KErry and one of the group put a gun to his head. He reported this to the gentleman who called at the Kerry Campaign HQ. Apparently later the same man was travelling home and he passed this same group of people who shouted that they would kill him. This was after he had reported the prior incident to the police and presumably the group had found out about it. {cr}{newline}The man who threatened the caller's friend with a gun was 52 years old.

Florida Bero Beach Voter Intimidation Caller described an incident in which an 18-y-o Democrat male was driving past a main intersection where several Bush demonstrators were. The driver shouted, "Go Kerry," and was subsequently verbally assaulted by one of the demonstrators, and then another demonstrator pulled a gun on him. According to caller, this has been reported in the media inaccurately. The man who pulled the gun was arrested and charged wtih aggravated assault, but then released on his own recognizance. Caller wants to know if we have lawyers who can counsel the 18-y-o in connection with this incident.

Florida Palm Beach County Machine problem Woman went to vote and used electronic voting machine. The two presidential candidates' names came up on the screen, Bush was first and Kerry second. She said she carefully clicked on Kerry but the check mark appeared next to Bush's name. She called someone over to help her and that woman told her to check on the mistaken check mark and it would remove the check mark. Then she could try again and check on Kerry's name. She did and it worked the second time. She was concerned that it took her two times to get her vote right.

Texas Bear County Machine problem Checked Kerry and it showed Bush as the person she voted for. Calling for her Aunt.
Washington Snohomish Machine problem caller calling for sister. contact information is for sister who experienced problem. polling place uses automated voting machine. voter selected kerry on ballot and reviewed results; showed a vote for bush. repeated at least 3 times before reults reflected kerry vote. told poll worker who responded that it had been a common occurrence already that morning.

Florida MIami-Dade Machine problem Voters selected Kerry and machine recorded Bush

Florida Miami-Dade Machine problem Says brother told him he voted for Kerry on electronic machine and machine recorded vote for Bush.

Virginia Fairfax County Machine problem Voter went to vote early (Sat.) at county office in Reston. Filled out absentee ballot application and then voted on-site. First time he received a summary report the machine said he voted for Bush. He had not. He voted for Kerry. States pretty anal guy and the buttons are not that close together. Told workers on-site of problem, but they were convinced it was his fault. He was able to correct the problem, but in doing so had to push the Kerry button several times. The new/final summary report showed he voted for Kerry and not Bush, but his concern is that there is a problem with the machine and is concerned about tabulation. Voter reports it was a 10th District machine.



Ohio Other ballot-related problem Concerned about Ohio voting machines where a Kerry vote resulted in the Bush light being lit. Concerned that it is not getting press. Also concerned that there is no link to EIRS database from EP website, nor is it publicized. Database is slow and awkward, not flexible. Caller can't download database. Summary on EP website of election issues is inadequate, not updated.

Florida Dade Machine problem caller, a volunteer poll watcher, reported that three people complained that their vote for Kerry, had shown as a vote for Bush, after they reviewed their ballots.

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Caller voted for a presidential candidate, but when recap showed up it showed the incorrect presidential vote (she voted for Kerry and it showed up as Bush). She got a volunteer to help her, but wanted to file a comlaint.

Florida West Palm Beach Machine problem; Unable to read ballot
Touch Screen Machine issue - Rumor that pressing Kerry registered a vote for Bush.

Ohio Mahoney Machine problem Poland-- Review pages from Kerry to Bush and people may not notice.Person heard it on radio talk show.Alson in PA. Mercer County, Shenago township heard thatv if I wanted to vote party ticket, machine would lock up.ran out of paper ballots, told people to go home and come back later.

Ohio Montgomery Other When he voted George Bush's name was first on the ballot, but when his friend voted in a neighboring precinct in the same county Kerry's name was at the top of the ballot. Is this right? How are the punch cards read?

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Person is reporting that someone he knows voted for Kerry using touch schrren machine but the summary of the vote showed that he voted for Bush.

Florida Brower Machine problem Voter voted for Kerry; when she reviewed the ballot it showed that she voted for Bush. Poll worker said that has been happening to many others.

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Mother woting on electronic machine-pressed Kerry then next page of ballot notices vote recorded for Bush. Has a pollworker reset machine and them voted again for Kerry.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Other polling place problem
Polling place looks like a "Republican headquarters"..there is a lot of Bush/Cheney literature, even within the 50ft restriction, and no Kerry Edwards signs. Caller was told by other voters that the Kerry Edwards signs were taken down. He mentioned the issue to the poll officials and was told "we know how to run a polling site." Caller saw Kerry signs there last night, but now they are gone.

Ohio Trumbull Voter Intimidation; Long lines Man with Kerry shirt told to turn it inside out, women with Bush paraphanalia allowed to walk in. Was able to vote, after waiting in line.

Ohio summit Voter Intimidation vehicle with state of ohio government license plate tags, guy from truck was pulling out all signs of one party (kerry edwards signs); state of elections told caller that person could do this if signs were within x feet/yeards of road, it was okay. Bush/cheney signs were in same location. Called talmidget election officials who were rude; caller claimed her precinct was changed in may or april to rio christian church. then received card changing precinct in late oct 23rd. it changed the name of the location to the latter day saints church but same address. very confusing. can they change the precinct info so close to election day. worried they're trying to confuse voters.

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Caller's father voted on touch screen cmahine - for kerry edwards - when he went to check his vote - the vote had recorded Bush cheney ... he had to try 3 times to get the vote to kerry edwards. He told teh poll worker whose response was simply that the machine was tempermental.

Florida Broward Voter Intimidation; Machine problem - Voting machine problem{cr}{newline}- pushed kerry got bush{cr}{newline}- pushed castro got martinex{cr}{newline}- all othes{cr}{newline}- pushed Parrish got Zella{cr}{newline}- accused of not being able to read{cr}{newline}-intimidation

Florida Pinellas Machine problem Voter selected Kerry and the voting machine showed that they had selected Bush - it took her many tried to correct.

Florida Broward Machine problem - machines switching are switching vote kerry to bush -- this ahappens prior to confirmation screen. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}- other voters complaining about the same thing

Florida Orange Registration-related problem A woman came through the neighborhood wearing a "Kerry" shirt - none of her friends or her war? wanted to register with Bush people who had come by so they all registered with her. Non of them have rec'd anything nor are they registered. She had moved and tried to change her registration with this woman to vote in the new district. I told her to go vote in the old district or get an absentee ballot. But first to go to the polling place locally to make sure she is not registered. She claims noone in her neighborhood was actually registered although they thought they had registered with the woman in the Kerry shirt.

Texas Tarrant Machine problem Voted early around 10/14 electronically, had trouble with voting machine. First screen chose Democrat party, 2nd screen "Bush Edwards State Sen, John Kerry couldn't change or remove vote, then went to proposition, wants to know if her vote was accurately recorded.

Texas Tarrant Voter Intimidation Caller said that Election Protection materials are being circulated which state that Kerry should be elected and that Bush will reinstate the draft. He said that there are "Rock the Vote" MTV banners which are partisan being displayed and at the bottom it states "call 1 866 OUR VOTE" for more information. Caller said he will be taking "action" against Election Protection for purporting to be non-partisan and then smearing the Republican Party.

Texas Harris Machine problem Voter voted on the first early day to vote in Houston (october 18th) by electronic machine. Vother chose Kerry and when she checked her ballot she found that bush was selected. This happened one or two more times. By the third or fourth attempt kerry showed up as selected and voter submitted her vote. No

Illinois DuPage Voter Intimidation; Other polling place problem Polling place where volunteers at the tables "discussing" a candidate out loud. Terrible Bush & great Kerry. Had to yell overwhile in the voting booth to hush them.

New Jersey Unknown. Machine problem Report of machine problems in San Antonio and Austin TX. Voters who voted for Kerry noticed that the machine reported a vote for Bush. When this problem was addressed by the pollworkers, the change toa vote for Kerry locked in a vot for the entire democratic ticket.

Tennessee Shelby Voter Intimidation Bush supporter 20ft from polling location and chasing Kerry supporters.

Illinois Cook Machine problem Punched Kerry Edwards, things chad for Bush-Cheney was punched on the actual card. Punched Obama, and Obama was punched out.

New Hampshire Belkop Voter Intimidation Runner shown poll & Dem. headquarters with woman running headquarters. Heard about pepole in Belkop county calling people Dem. Bush or Kerry way ahead and not worthwhile to vote. Calling people on phone.

Pennsylvania philadelphia Other kerry posters being removed from outside of polling place and street polls while bush posters are being left. firehouse (polling place) states that firehouse does not support any candidate. police are taking down posters as well.

Pennsylvania philadelphia Other kerry posters being removed from outside of polling place and street polls while bush posters are being left. firehouse (polling place) states that firehouse does not support any candidate. police are taking down posters as well.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Other Bush supporters inside building campaigning and handing out literature to voters and Bush and Kerry signs posted on building itself.

Pennsylvania Northampton Voter Intimidation 2 Bush supporters standing outside polls with a German shepherd dog that had a Bush/Cheney sign on its back. She felt the owner would have let the dog go had he known she was a Democrat. No Kerry signs there.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Voter Intimidation At polls, people told caller that she must vote row 1 (for Kerry) when she wanted to vote row 2 (for Bush). They would not let her vote.Says same thing happened to at least one other person. She said it was a man standing by the computer who did this. Yes

Pennsylvania Indiana County Voter Intimidation Polling location is bubble-style paper ballots. Caller said that when she got the ballot, John Kerry's bubble was already filled in "pretty dark" She was told by the election officials that this was an "ink error". She said she had voted for Bush and filled in the Bush bubble in pencil but she is worried that the ballot will be rejected because it will appear she voted for two candidates.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}She says her husband had the same problem

Pennsylvania Langhorne Voter Intimidation Republican Party operatives inside polling location handing out literature; trying to pursuade people into voting for Bush; bad-mouthing Kerry; were insisting that a local union was backing the GOP, but voter knows for a fact that particular union was not No

Pennsylvania allegheny Other polling place problem individual outside polling location asking people if they support bush/cheney, and then hands them kerry/edwards literature.

Florida Miami Voter Intimidation Voter is a Kerry voter and Cubans who are Bush supporters are acting as officials/ secuirty and intimidating anyone who wants to Kerry

Utah Utah County Voter Intimidation needs immediate follow up; woman wore anti-bush shirt and kerry button to polling place, and was kicked out. went into the polling place and woman said she needed to button shirt and remove button; before she could, a guy (poll worker) pushed her out the door, with her child. the woman hung up abruptly because she said "the police were on the other line." so i wasn't able to get all the details about whether or not she was able to cast a vote.

California Sacramento Machine problem Voter at polling place: Benvenito's Restaurant in Boynton Beach, FL, reported that electronic ballot erred in selecting Bush when she clicked Kerry. Advise election official who addressed issue. Evidently fixed.



Ohio Franklin County Voter Intimidation; Other polling place problem Anti-Kerry, anti-homosexual, pro-Bush, pro-Christian propaganda within 10 feet of a polling place

California Ventura Other Many ballots were not sealed including hers, her mothers and her fathers. Also felt like the presidential candidates were in a strange order with Bush at the top and Kerry down near the bottom.

Washington Snohomish Machine problem Both caller and her husband said when they pulled up their electronic ballots, Bush was already checked. When they tried to switch it to vote for Kerry, had very difficult time unchecking the Bush box. Ultimately were successful.

Washington Snohomish Machine problem Machine would enter incorrect candidates repeatedly. Kerry votes changed to Bush and others. Other voters reported similar problem. No

New Mexico Bernalillo Voter Intimidation Poll workers are asking voters to remove Kerry stickers, but are allowing their own children to sit with them wearing Bush hats.

Colorado Pueblo Voter Intimidation; Other polling place problem Caller indicates that polling officials made her sister move her car from the polling place parking lot. The official indicated that she must move the car because they had Bush signs displayed. Caller noted that many other cars with Kerry signs were not asked to leave the parking lot. Polling official used curse words forcefully in demanding that she move the car. Caller called back to amend report: election judges yelled at her, pounded on her car, and threatened to call police. Cars with Kerry signs were closer to polling entrance than her car. Church had Kerry signs on fence--caller isn't sure if they were outside 100' limit or not. Yes

Georgia Clayton Machine problem Upon filling out her ballot (on touch-screen system), voter selected "Kerry" as part of a straight-Democrat ticket, but it displayed "Bush" instead. She called poll worker over to look at it, who reset her ballot and had her re-do it entirely. This was successful. Upon hearing her make a commotion in line about it, another voter ahead of her reported the same problem.{cr}{newline}

Georgia Douglas Machine problem Every time hit "John Kerry" name "x" would jump to "George Bush" happened two times

Georgia Douglas Machine problem Pushed Kerry Edwards, the x went to Bush/Cheney, she tried this three times, went to next page, went back to Kerry page, then re-entered Kerry and the X went to Kerry. Also, message says need picture ID.

Georgia Gwinnett Voter Intimidation Campaign materials inside precinct she asked about it and materials were removed (picture of Bush approved/Kerry opposed)

Georgia Liberty Machine problem Voted Kerry -- pushed that button, jumped to Bush. Called for help; was able to remedy 2nd time also went to option above, not the one voter selected, but she was able to vote as she wanted in the end.

Kansas Johnson County Machine problem pushed Kerry/Edwards and it selected Bush/Cheney No

North Carolina Union Voter Intimidation; Other polling place problem Republican campaign workers much less than 50 feet from polling area. They are also intimidating voters by mocking John Kerry and praising George Bush

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Other polling place problem; Other Polling place being run by first time poll officials. One machine set up for Kerry. One machine set up for Bush.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Voter Intimidation The Kerry and Bush attorney poll monitors are fighting about challenges, and the Bush attorneys gave the County poll watcher a list of first time voters to challenge. The election judge is making up rules about challenges that bear no relation to the law.

Georgia Fulton Machine problem He thinks that someone at church told his wife that voting machine entered vote for wrong candidate (tried to vote for Kerry, the machine registered a vote for Bush). He does not know any of the details or where the polling place is located.

Florida Pinellas Voter Intimidation Went to early voting polling place; wearing a Bush shirt and was vocal about support for Bush; told by polling place worker wearing Kerry/Edwards pin that they were too busy for him to vote; was not able to vote No

Florida Orange Other Lives on same street as Republican Mayor; mayor has placed Bush signs all over his yard and neighboring yards; caller placed a Kerry sign in his own yard; sign was stolen; reported theft to the police; wanted us to know

Florida Broward Machine problem Voted for Kerry but machine showed Bush.

Florida unknown Other polling place problem Caller was canvassing in FL for Emily's List. Spoke with people who had voted early by machine; voted for Kerry, were prompted to review ballot but at end of voting, Bush's name showed up as their choice.

Florida Palm Beach Co. Machine problem Two voters, voting early, used electronic voting machine. They chose John Kerry for president but when they reviewed their choices before submitting their ballots, they found that George Bush was selected instead and they couldn't change the choice.

Florida Broward Co Machine problem Two unrelated people (taxi driver & store clerk told our volunteer they had voted on touch screens this week and screen showed they had voted for Bush when they know they voted for Kerry -- they got someone to change it before their vote was filed.

Florida Broward Machine problem At review screen, selection changed from Kerry to Bush "before my eyes" as voter pushed red button just before. Voter filed complaint with Kerry lawyer in polling place and told poll worker of problem, who said, "nothing could be done." No

Florida Broward Machine problem 3 or more women told person they voted "down the street" (precinct 39V) from the post office at 4429 Hollywood Blvd. They voted for Kerry but the name Bush came up on the sceen at the end, when they voted, when vote was processed

Florida Broward Voter Intimidation A US veteran began yelling his support for Bush. Eventually he began to tell voters they were in danger if they voted for Kerry & began threatening voters w/ his cane if they said they were voting for Kerry. He also called a voter fat & toild many voters they were traitors. After speaking w/ 2 of the 3 precinct officials we decided to place a call to theh Pembroke Pines Pd.

Florida Broward Machine problem Upon reviewing her ballot before casting her vote, the voter noticed that "Bush/Cheney" appeared even though she had chosen "Kerry/Edwards".

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Went to vote for Kerry and Bush popped up immediately. I called for help. Woman/precinct worker told him to touch screen for Bush and it popped up again for Kerry. Successfully voted for Kerry on second time trying. No

Florida Palm Beach Registration-related problem; Machine problem 1. Wanted to vote for refunds - came up as against refunds{cr}{newline}2. Daughter was registered as newly registered, not 18 until 11/28/04.{cr}{newline}3. Husband voted for Kerry came up for next person not Bush - was ask to change it{cr}{newline}



Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Selected John Kerry/ green check came up in George Bush's name. Called over poll worker and they got creen to read John Kerry. She stated "it made me wonder if the machines are rigged." No

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem While voting for Presidential candidate Kerry - had problems with accessing his name. Bush's name kept popping and taking "priority". On the review however it showed Kerry so voter completed vote. No

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Voter touched "Kerry" and Bush's name registered. I called poll worker and she told me how to erase Bush's name. We know of three today - maybe more!

Florida Palm Beach Machine problem Went to vote for Kerry and Bush popped up. Immediately called for help. Woman/precinct worker told him to touch screen on Bush and it popped up again for Kerry. Sucessfully voted for Kerry on second time. No

Florida Palm Beach Other Wanted to vote for referenda - came up against referenda. Daughter was registered. She's not 18 until 11-28-04. Husband voted for Kerry came up for next person (not Bush). He was able to change it.



Florida W. Palm Beach Machine problem Some people vote Bush instead of Kerry - concept of callabration - okay understand - works on second time. Democratic poll watcher inside aware of the prolbem.

Ohio Franklin Unable to read ballot; Other ballot-related problem It was difficult to read the ballot with the flashing lights and confusing because Kerry was the top choice on the sample ballot but Bush was the top choice on the ballot where I voted. No

Florida Duval Other A man drove up and entered the polling place and later exited. His car contained proBush and antiKerry signs. Later a woman came out of polling place. This guy represented himself as an Republican board of elections representative.

Ohio Hamilton Other Order of candidates is inconsistent, i.e., sometimes Kerry Edwards appear first other times Bush Cheney No

Ohio Hamilton Absentee-ballot related problem; Other ballot-related problem Holes on Absentee Ballot are Reversed from Holes on voting booth ballot. Absentee 7 = Bush; on the machine 7 = Kerry.

Ohio Franklin Other ballot-related problem Voter had only 2 choices for president (Bush/Kerry) but friends and family had 3-4 choices of candidates (2 he hadn't heard of). No uniformity precinct by precinct

Ohio Hamilton Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem; Other - Kerry was 3 (1st for Presidential Candidate){cr}{newline}- Kerry, Blank, Libertarian, , Bush{cr}{newline}- girl friend Bush and Kerry swapped

Minnesota Twin Cities Other polling place problem Woman's mother lives in a nursing home. Someone has gone through this nursing home gathering votes for Bush. mother has alzheimer's & didn't even know that Kerry was running. She is a lifelong DFLer.

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Pressed Kerry button, another candidate came up (not Bush)! Second try, it worked.

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Selected Kerry and Bush's name came up. Selected Kerry a second time and only then did it remain Kerry. Her sister also had the same problem, and once she selected Kerry the second time it stayed. No

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Attempted vote for Kerry, responed as Bush/Cheney. Upon verification, went back and changed to Kerry/Edwards. Verified as OK, submitted.

Ohio Mahoning Machine problem Voted Kerry and Bush came up.
Florida Broward Machine problem; Other voted early at main libraty in broward county. Using electronic machine voted for Kerry and at review screen vote came up for Bush

Florida broward Other man was coming door to door registering people to vote. He pretended to be a Kerry supported, but she thinks man is a Bush supporter who sabataged her and her husband. first Time she has registered in Florida ( moved here 15 years ago) she told him she was planning to vote for kerry.

Massachusetts Broward Other Caller has friends in Pembroke Pines; when voting for Kerry on teh machine, the next screen asked to confirm vote for Bush. Voters tried 3 times and poll worker tried as well. Eventually, switched to paper ballot.

Florida broward Machine problem voter hit kerry button and check mark appeared next to bush. voter contacted poll worker to correct problem but the same thing happened whe she vote the rest of the ballot. she had help and was able to fix ballot before she left, but was concerned.

Florida Broward Machine problem A person informed me of a friend who voted. The completed screen (precinct unknown) on the "review ballot" page wrongly stated that the voter had voted for Bush when the voter had selected Kerry. The voter reported this to an election official who responded, "Yes, that machine has been doing that all day."

Florida Broward Machine problem She had to select presidential choice 2x before correct choice was reflected. Got help from poll worker; successfully voted. Voted Bush, Kerry got highlighted. Can't remember which machine, maybe 2nd/3rd from right.

Arizona maricopa Other polling place problem voter had kerry shirt on and was asked to change before voting; voter with bush shirts were not asked to take theirs off

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Other polling place problem Caller was approached by attorney for Bush-Cheney campaign, who inidicated someone had been hired to challenge voters. Kerry campaign sent a lawyer there to check it out, found no illegal activity.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Registration-related problem Voting place just got a completed supplemental voter list. The list they were using up to now was supplied by a Bush lawyer, according to a Kerry lawyer.

Ohio Cuyahoga Other Absentee ballot and precinct ballot not the same numbers beside the candidates. For example: Bush 2 Kerry 2; Bush 4 Kerry 4

Florida Broward Machine problem Voter touched Kerry on screen, got Bush.{cr}{newline}(secondhand report from observer, no contact info for voter)

Florida Broward Machine problem; Other polling place problem touchscreen calibration problem:{cr}{newline}Tried to vote for Kerry multiple times, kept getting candidate below Kerry. Asked poll worker for assistance, got no help. Finally was able to vote for Kerry by touching towards the Bush button.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3rd or 4th machine from the right.

Florida Broward Machine problem Tried repeatedly to vote for kerry, got candidate underneath. Was able to vote for Kerry by touching more toward the Bush button.{cr}{newline}machine against back wall, somewhere around the 4th or 5th from the right{cr}{newline} No

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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:16 PM
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1. jesus christ.
so why are these machines still being used? being promoted?

fuckers.

has anyone got this info out there? has anyone actually tried to get this covered?
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rdmccur Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 10:02 PM
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14. Don't bother contacting the msm
It won't get any recognition from them.
Sometimes the international media picks up on some of this;
I think bloggers are the critical link here and anything to elevate the pedigree of the sources from bloggers is very important. Other ideas?
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:23 PM
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2. Thanks, TIA
we need this, there is an attempt at marginalizing what happened, it's on this site lately, it was on the Hardball segment on "election fraud." Yes, there were problems but it was basically an honest election. No, it wasn't. Last week, I start a thread on fraudulent incidents since 2000, the list went on and on and on,
I never remember anything like this ever happening before. It now
has been clearly demonstrated that GWB and his administration openly plotted to invade Iraq and looked for ways to justify it by deliberately promulgating false information; is it so hard to believe then that the 04 election was rigged as well.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:35 PM
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3. Now I feel like crying. Thanks TIA. Really.
Thanks for continuing to post this stuff. It helps keep me pissed and motivated. What an amazing pile of crap.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 09:12 PM
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4. Random Chance!
TIA,

When I went to testify about what I saw in Columbus, Ohio I heard a
Dr in his 50s .... long time democrat in a repug area say ....... "When I
went to vote I was told I was no longer registered" ...... he had lived in the
same house for 20 years .......... somebody had to have pulled his registration
..... that was not a random act.

Stay at it at least you & I think the "fix was in."

Good data 20% of Americans thought election dirty 11/04
35% of Americans " " 4/05

funny how polls now mirror exit polls

thank you
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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 02:28 AM
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5. source? EIRS?
Edited on Sat May-07-05 02:29 AM by garybeck
EIRS is a smoking gun in itself, even without the exit polls. We need more reports like this. I'll republish this ASAP for safe keeping.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 02:40 AM
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7. Yes, that's where I got - all 37,000 incidents in Excel auto filter
.
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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 06:23 PM
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8. questions about filtering EIRS
what term(s) did you use to filter? Was it a simple filter on one word or were there multiple "or" searches? Do you think this is most of the vote switching records within EIRS?

I've heard a lot of talk about how all the voteswitching went in one direction, but it's good to have it documented like this.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 03:02 PM
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9. One search. Use CUSTOM filter option. For example, "contains" Bush
Edited on Sun May-08-05 03:05 PM by TruthIsAll
You can easily filter by state (select from the drop-down list) and then filter by incident type or name (using a string of characters).
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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 08:33 PM
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10. What I'm looking for is
an analysis of EIRS focusing on vote switcthing (flipping, etc...) nationwide. I want to know how many vote switching incidents are recorded and how many of them went in which direction. Is this thread the answer? If so, without reading through all of them, can you tell me how many of the went in which direction?

much appreciated. the answer will be published, promoted, etc... I think its a good "factoid" to promote.

In other words, I want to fill in the blanks in this sentence, with factual information:

In the national Election Incident Reporting System, a total of _____ vote switching incidents were registered, and _______ of them switched from Kerry to Bush.

thanks,
Gary

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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-05 05:58 PM
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17. Here is a similar thread I did a while back..
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Carolab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-05 02:37 AM
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6. My 80-year-old uncle in Indiana.
Said he went to vote "straight ticket Dem" and when he pulled the lever his votes "vanished".
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 09:00 PM
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11. this freaks me out a little
this method of persuasion, I mean.

I wonder if it works. If it does, that's scary.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 09:12 PM
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12. Cocoa, freaked out by the facts or the telling of the facts?
Edited on Sun May-08-05 09:19 PM by TruthIsAll
The facts don't bother you, do they?
Just the telling does.

Very telling.
Then again, not surprised.

Know this:
If you don't want facts, just entertainment, go to CNN or FOX.
If you want facts, read DU.

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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 09:56 PM
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13. Some may not believe it...but I saw it happen...
I finished voting on my first touch machine in Pinellas Florida and was on the way out when my wife started complaining loudly across the room, "All I want to do is vote for Betty Castor and it won't let me!"

She voted about 10 pages of candidates and was checking on the review screen (which I'm sure most didn't bother to do) and she complained that many votes were changed back to Republicans and she couldn't get back to the president and senate screen. After some fussing where everyone looked at her like she was crazy, the poll workers rebooted the machine, gave her another "computer card" so she could revote and continued using the machine.

One fellow kept saying he'd explain how to vote on the sample machine if she wanted an explanation. I was not able to "reenter" but I heard her say that she had five college degrees and she wished he'd shut up and fix the machine. I think they were pretty peeved at her.

There was a little (young) business-looking computer tech who was doing the computer stuff - not really a poll worker. I didn't see any lawyers or DNC observers. Nothing but retired folks checking for voter registration.

We honestly didn't think about the consequences or a rigged election at the time - and with a long line waiting for a limited number of machines, it seemed socially difficult to raise hell and call the cops to impound the machine - but I'd do exactly that now...
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kster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 02:01 AM
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15. kick.nt
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Land Shark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-05 02:14 AM
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16. TIA, you only got 10% of the Washington state records in a single
county (Snohomish). The county admits to twenty, I say there's way over 30 since the county didn't even check EIRS as far as can be determined.

www.votersunite.org/info/SnohomishElectionFraudInvestigation.pdf

Of Sequoia machines taken out of service because they malfunctioned so badly and thus had less than 30 votes on them, in the closes gubernatorial election in United States history, the following result:

Democrat 101
Republican 155

i.e. the Republican managed a gain of more than 50% over the Democrat, all on machines that were indisputably malfunctioning.

There's only one single report of a republican vote changing to a democratic vote in EIRS for Washington state, where partisan labels are provided. BUt it's about two weeks after the election in its original report, long after media coverage and internet discussion here locally. If you're talking about election day reports, it's 100%.
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