A Local Media Report of Velusia Happenings...

Sorry if this is a duplicate post...

I just found this on Google.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Politics/Headlines/03PoliticsPOL03111704.htm

And something else possibly related...

http://www.wftv.com/news/3879449/detail.html

"VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A computer chip is getting the blame for some voter problems in Volusia County. Those ballots will have to be re-fed. The defective chip was found Monday morning as poll workers fired up the machine for the last day of early voting.

More than a thousand voters are expected Monday. An election worker said he received an error message Monday morning before the polls were opened. He quickly called for a replacement chip from DeLand.

The chip was escorted by deputies to Daytona Beach and is in use right now. The ballots will be re-fed Tuesday at the supervisor's office in DeLand."

a chip? what, CPU? memory? Those are the only things that can be replaced, but you wouldnt think that they would be allowed to do maintenance on their own machines. And if it were the CPU, you wouldn't get an error message.

It just sounds like an explanation for people who know nothing about computers. Just blame a "chip" and it seems plausible.

Duer's write a letter to the editor and tell them original machine tapes were found in the trash and the stuff is under lockdown
kathleen.casey@news-jrnl.com <kathleen.casey@news-jrnl.com>

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THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF VOLUSIA & FLAGLER COUNTIES

Vote fraud investigators visit Volusia


Staff Report

Last update: November 17, 2004

For those who thought the 2004 election was over: Surprise.

Representatives of a Seattle-based organization investigating possible election fraud visited the Volusia County elections department Tuesday after being provided reprints of voting machine records instead of originals.

The activist group, Black Box Voting, is conducting investigations of voting records throughout the United States, said Bev Harris, its executive director. Volusia County is its first Florida stop.

"We just look at it as an audit," she said Tuesday afternoon as a British documentary crew filmed officials securing records for review today.

Harris said the group requested the receipt-like records, known as polling place tapes, late last week, but on Monday, Supervisor of Elections Deanie Lowe provided newly printed tapes. Depending on its inquiry, the group could request hand recounts in selected precincts or try to contest the election, Harris said.

County attorney Daniel Eckert said Lowe had reprinted records because she believed poll workers' signatures on originals were protected under public records law. He said the county is providing the records as requested.