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Topic: How Faulty and Outdated Voting Machines Contributed to Voter Lines and Frustration |
How Faulty and Outdated Voting Machines Contributed to Voter Lines and Frustration
ABC News, by Joanna Stern
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Posted By:Rumblehog, 11/7/2012 9:37:52 PM
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| "By the way, we have to fix that," President Obama said in his acceptance speech last night. No, he wasn't referring to a specific economic, social or policy issue. He was referring to the issue of voting lines. Long, long voting lines. Across the nation yesterday, and then subsequently across Twitter and Facebook, U.S. citizens shared frustrations, photos and information about voting lines. The images of the long queues were a dime a dozen, especially when you looked at the #stayinline hashtag on Twitter. People in states like Florida and Ohio waited up to seven hours.
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Comments: Since Obama and ABC are pushing this, it's what Democrats will use to remain in power. Similar to Soviet era voting methods.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
pickle1, 11/7/2012 9:41:01 PM (No. 8998307)
This yo yo should know it was a lot more.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
dittohead, 11/7/2012 9:58:57 PM (No. 8998344)
We fixed that - marked ballots in car trunks, dictatorship with no need to vote again? Tell us how you fixed that, Dear Leader.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
KTWO, 11/7/2012 10:08:17 PM (No. 8998370)
By 2016 all US voting machines will run perfectly and record 99.9% for the Democrats.
No electrical power will be needed. Rain or shine on election day the number will never change.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
fireman28, 11/7/2012 10:11:11 PM (No. 8998378)
Sorry Joanna - we don't care.
ABC is part of the problem, not the solution.
Don't recall you worrying about it during the primaries.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Daisymay, 11/7/2012 10:12:32 PM (No. 8998382)
Baloney! There are more than enough early voting days for people to get the job done. Problem is, they wait until the last minute, then they complain that the lines are long. Too darn bad.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 11/7/2012 10:12:34 PM (No. 8998383)
Follow up article will be
How Obsession over Voter Identification Contributed to Voter Suppression.
then
How Forgetful Elections Administrator Contributed to Votes Being Left in his Car Trunk For Days.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 11/8/2012 3:58:16 AM (No. 8998634)
Gee, maybe Barry can open polls for the next election 4 or 6 months earlier.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
saryden, 11/8/2012 5:15:01 AM (No. 8998669)
Perhaps state legislators could reconsider placing many, long and difficult-to-understand Amendments on the ballot.(Florida) Hard-working, no-time-for-politics constituents as well as placid, non-reading ones came up against a "test" with which they could not cope. They froze and tried to read and understand... holding up the lines and coming away frustrated.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
BarryNo, 11/8/2012 6:53:00 AM (No. 8998735)
And yet Drudge is showing a lower turnout than for McCain. Doesn't anyone pay attention? Is the Republican Victory Missing in Action, because of vote manipulation?
We know these people can lie and manipulate - 'Benghazi', 'Fast and Furious' - They don't care if people die.
Why would they are if millions are disenfranchised if it feeds their power? If we permit this, we do not have Freedom. What is the point of voting, if the result is painted over to fit what our 'Dear Leaders' want as an outcome? Do we deserve our Country?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Judith, 11/8/2012 7:26:28 AM (No. 8998785)
I watched the video of the poll person trying to teach the smartest man in the world, how to vote. It took a LOOOOONG time and an obvious look of incomprehension on the potus' face. The poll worker almost had to execute the vote for the smartest man in the world.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MOBeef4u, 11/8/2012 7:34:27 AM (No. 8998804)
Leaving vote fraud aside, I think a lot of the blame for long lines can be laid at the feet of touch screen machines. Paper ballots can be worked on by dozens of people at a time without impacting the flow through the tally machine. Touch screen-type machines are terribly slow to use and lead to back-ups. Apparently either type can be manipulated so better, I say, to use the kind that at least limits the massive delays.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
globalwarmer, 11/8/2012 8:25:11 AM (No. 8998927)
Same story, different year. Bottom line: the voting machines will always be outdated and rigged.
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