Alan Grier of Comedy Central’s new Chocolate News show has a funny video about problems with electronic voting machines. As Brad Friedman (one of the best election integrity advocates) of the Brad Blog comments, “Not that we’d ever advocate the way Grier resolves the problem. (Though we admit it was quite satisfying to watch. Like pornography for election integrity geeks.)” Take about two minutes and watch this video.
There have been several reports of problems with electronic voting machines. The posting about David Earnhardt Election Integrity Filmmaker Sees Own Vote Flipped on ESS Touch-Screens in TN,” is a classic because Earnhardt produced the documentary “Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections.” His vote was flipped from Obama to McCain.
According to the Hilton Head, SC Island Packet, these ES&S electronic voting machines omit candidates on the final review screen:
Old town Bluffton residents Nancy and Bill Roe were among the voters who said they noticed a problem. Nancy Roe said she selected all her choices on the screen at the booth Friday. She had attempted to cast a ballot for the general election, Bluffton mayor and council, and the various state referendum questions.
She said she clicked on all her choices — including two candidates for Bluffton Town Council.
But when she reviewed her selections before actually casting the ballot, she noticed that her two picks for the Bluffton Town Council did not register. Her husband had the same problem.
With the assistance of a Hilton Head employee, the two attempted to re-cast their ballots. Again, it didn’t work.
They resolved the problem by casting paper ballots for the council race, Nancy Roe said.
“I’m real political, so I checked the ballot,” she said. “If I had only given it a quick glance and punched ‘vote,’ I never would’ve known.”
From the From WV’s Sunday Gazette Mail, Vote Flips 5 Times From Dem to Rep for Voter in Yet Another WV County:
Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times
Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse.
“I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes.”
“But I am scratching my head. Why did the machine switch my votes five different times? I asked someone to come over and explain it to me,” Belozier said on Wednesday.
“I am concerned about a lot of people who might not notice or people who might be intimidated. They have to raise their hands and ask for some help.”
And this report: ES&S Touch-Screen Votes Now Flipping in TX Too! Obama/DNC Attorneys Still AWOL!
State After State, ES&S iVotronics Are Flipping Democratic Votes to Republican!
What You Can Do About It, And Where the Hell Are Those ‘Thousands’ of Obama/DNC Attorneys?…
This is just getting worse and worse. Now it’s happening in Texas. (And in MO, if you read to the end of the article). And the vaunted “thousands of attorneys” from the Obama campaign and the DNC are still nowhere to be found.
With every incident so far reported of touch-screen vote-flipping during early voting in this year’s general election — from county to county in WV and in Nashville, TN) — it’s been the ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machine that has failed, flipping votes from one candidate to another not chosen by the voter. In most every instances [see update below], it’s been an attempted Democratic vote, flipped to a Republican, or another party.