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Voters in one Nevada city are complaining that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's name was already checked when they went to cast their ballots in early voting Monday, according to Fox5Vegas.com.

Voters in Boulder City said they were trying to vote for Republican nominee Sharron Angle, but that Reid's name was checked when they got to the electronic voting machines.

"Something's not right," voter Joyce Ferrara told the network, saying several people reported the same problem. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five-minute period of time -- that's wrong."

A Clark County voting official said highly sensitive touch-screens may be to blame and that fraud is not the issue.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/26/nevada-voters-say-reids-checked-touch-screen-ballots/

Leftists committing vote fraud? There's a shocker!

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2010, 12:17:40 PM »
They know Angle is on the rise and are paniced. 


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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2010, 12:51:43 PM »
Didn't happen to me.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 12:55:24 PM »
HERE IS THE WHOLE STORY:

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Dem vote fraud already - Reid preselected in N.V., All (D)'s continually selected in N.C.
fox5vegas.com ^ | 1026/2010 | Multiple



"Nevada Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls
Clark County Insists Election Fraud-Free

POSTED: 9:49 pm PDT October 25, 2010

LAS VEGAS -- Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County's electronic voting machines.

Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.

Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.

"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time -- that's wrong."

Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the touch-screens are sensitive. For that reason, a person may not want to have their fingers linger too long on the screen after they make a selection at any time.

"Especially in a community with elderly citizens (they have) difficulty in (casting their) ballot," Lomax said. "Team leaders said there were complaints (and the) race filled in."

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[video]"

Continued: http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25511115/detail.html

 

"Voter reports problem with ballot machine
Man said he voted straight-party ticket and got opposite results
October 23, 2010 4:00 PM
P. Christine Smith



A Craven County voter says he had a near miss at the polls on Thursday when an electronic voting machine completed his straight-party ticket for the opposite of what he intended.

Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff.

“They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,” Laughinghouse said. “That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.”

M. Ray Wood, Craven County Board of elections chairman, issued a written statement saying that the elections board is aware of isolated issues and that in each case the voter was able to cast his or her ballot as desired.

Chuck Tyson, chairman of Craven County GOP, remains skeptical. He has been communicating with Wood about the issue and was invited to a meeting Wednesday with state elections officials. There were no further details about that meeting.

“Something is not right here,” Tyson told the Sun Journal. He said he “got two or three calls” from people describing the same problem while they were voting.


“I’ll be matter of fact, I didn’t find that press release satisfactory,” Tyson said, referring to Wood’s written statement.

Tyson reported other problems as well, including long lines waiting for just two voting machines in Havelock, and machines reporting 250 ballots cast where 400 voters had signed in to vote.

Laughinghouse cast his ballot at the county administration building at about 2:30 p.m., he said. After voting, he located a Republican worker on site and asked to speak with her about his voting machine issue. A man interrupted, he said, directing Laughinghouse to talk with him instead. That man said the machine likely needed to be calibrated, Laughinghouse said, and set about the method to do so.

“Each morning every voting unit is calibrated as per manufacturer instructions by trained election rovers,” Wood’s statement said. “These individuals are also working throughout the county each day to assist one-stop officials with any issues that arise during the course of voting.”

Laughinghouse advises voters to carefully check their ballots before confirming to ensure that the machine is logging each vote as intended.

“If you’re in a hurry, you may just push the button and not notice it,” he said.

He has become suspicious of voter fraud because of news reports he has heard. He would prefer voting machines to display an error message when they need to be calibrated, as opposed to completing ballots for the opposite party, he said."

Continued: http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/machine-91656-screen-voter.html




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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2010, 12:59:13 PM »
I think that regardless of who "wins" we'll have a recount in Nevada, neither Angle nor Reid are going to accept defeat especially after these complaints.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2010, 01:06:40 PM »
Typical left wing corruption.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2010, 02:41:14 PM »
Pretty serious allegation.  If this is true, heads should roll.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2010, 02:51:59 PM »
Typical left wing corruption.

This shit happened in 2004 and 2008 for the republicans as well.

Was that "Typical right wing corruption" then Billy?

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2010, 02:55:43 PM »
This shit happened in 2004 and 2008 for the republicans as well.

Was that "Typical right wing corruption" then Billy?

Go watch my video of the union thug talking about how they committ fraud and get back to us. 

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2010, 02:57:41 PM »
Go watch my video of the union thug talking about how they committ fraud and get back to us. 

Dude... seriously.

You think that it's a tit for tat thing? Really?!!

That's what's wrong right there... You're just like every other political shill... turning the blind eye when it goes YOUR WAY.

Listen to what I'm saying... I think if this is election fraud then the god damn people should pay... I don't care if it's a Democrat or a Republican.

You gonna say the same?

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2010, 03:55:13 PM »
Coming for Illinois none of this shit surprises me, hell we've had dead people here voting for years. If we just let it happen then we get what we deserve.
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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2010, 03:58:40 PM »
Dude... seriously.

You think that it's a tit for tat thing? Really?!!

That's what's wrong right there... You're just like every other political shill... turning the blind eye when it goes YOUR WAY.

Listen to what I'm saying... I think if this is election fraud then the god damn people should pay... I don't care if it's a Democrat or a Republican.

You gonna say the same?

Voter Fraud is wrong all around - but the gross majority of voter fraud occurs in far left areas in urban areas. 

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2010, 03:59:19 PM »
Voter Fraud is wrong all around - but the gross majority of voter fraud occurs in far left areas in urban areas. 

Haha... total opinion.

Voter fraud happens on both sides EVERYWHERE.

Boulder, Colorado is not some "Urban" area.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2010, 04:02:21 PM »
Haha... total opinion.

Voter fraud happens on both sides EVERYWHERE.

Boulder, Colorado is not some "Urban" area.

I have been a vote fraud monitor for elections in every cycle since 2000.  I spent a week in NYC in 2000, two weeks in canvassing boards in Jax Florida in 2004, and a week in Pittsburgh PA in 2008 investigating voter fraud as a legal expert in the area. 

What is your experience?   

 

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2010, 04:04:16 PM »
I have been a vote fraud monitor for elections in every cycle since 2000.  I spent a week in NYC in 2000, two weeks in canvassing boards in Jax Florida in 2004, and a week in Pittsburgh PA in 2008 investigating voter fraud as a legal expert in the area.  

What is your experience?    

 

Worked for the Virginia State Board of Elections during the voting cycle from 2002-2006

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2010, 04:07:16 PM »
Worked for the Virginia State Board of Elections during the voting cycle from 2002-2006

Fair enough. 

The reasons there are more fraud in urband areas is due to sheer volume and the inability of the canvassing boards to pick up the fraud as easily in rural areas. 

Also - most rural areas do not produce enough sheer votes to make a difference. 

I can't even begint to tell you the crap I have personally seen.  Whether its comatose people in nursing homes, unions stuffing the machines, etc ertc, people have no clue the chaos of what occurs on election day.   


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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2010, 04:10:20 PM »
if its true, put somebody in jail.

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2010, 04:10:24 PM »
Fair enough.  

The reasons there are more fraud in urband areas is due to sheer volume and the inability of the canvassing boards to pick up the fraud as easily in rural areas.  

Also - most rural areas do not produce enough sheer votes to make a difference.  

I can't even begint to tell you the crap I have personally seen.  Whether its comatose people in nursing homes, unions stuffing the machines, etc ertc, people have no clue the chaos of what occurs on election day.    



I agree... I just can't say it's all on the left or the right... I've seen it from both sides and it sickens me. I believe that any voter fraud is tantamount to treason and should be treated as such.

I've actually had to search and be involved in apprehending fraud from districts when it came to electronic distribution of results.

It's all very sad.

Treasonous!

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2010, 06:29:32 PM »
Agreed - its bad enough having welfare people cancel out my vote - but dead people too?

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2010, 06:35:46 PM »
Not surprised, they want to hold our hand and guide us thru every phase of life, so why not just go ahead and vote for us too?

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2010, 05:50:41 AM »
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Nevada voting machines automatically checking Harry Reid's name; voting machine technicians are SEIU members
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
10/26/10 6:12 PM EDT


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Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada's residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor.

Since early voting started, there have been credible reports that voting machines in Clark County, Nevada are automatically checking Harry Reid's name on the ballot:

Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.

Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.

"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time -- that's wrong."

Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the touch-screens are sensitive. For that reason, a person may not want to have their fingers linger too long on the screen after they make a selection at any time.

Now there's absolutely no independently verified evidence of chicanery with the voting machines (yet), but it is worth noting that the voting machine technicians in Clark County are members of the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU spent $63 million in elections in 2008 and is planning on spending $44 million more this election cycle -- nearly all of that on Democrats. White House political director Patrick Gaspard is formerly the SEIU's top lobbyist, and former SEIU president Andy Stern was the most frequent visitor to the White House last year.

Just in Nevada, the SEIU has given a lot to groups that are heavily vested in the state -- in just one prominent example, the SEIU gave $500,000 to the Patriot Majority PAC, which has spent $1.3 million against Reid's opponent Sharron Angle. They've and have dropped large sums directly on candidates:

NV-3
 Joe Heck (R)
 Oppose
 $140,000.00
 
NV-3
 Dina Titus (D)
 Support
 $344,984.00
 
NV-Senate
 Sharron E. Angle (R)
 Oppose
 $225,000.00
 

Now the county voting technicians aren't unique here -- many of Clark County's employees are also represented by the SEIU. But it is worth mentioning, the SEIU is hyperpoliticized and has seen its fair share of corruption. (It certainly seems more questionable than Diebold, the voting machine manufacturer with Republican ties that was at the center of many conspiracy theories on the left during the Bush administration.)

Unions increasingly have a major financial stake in election outcomes, both as a matter of their own election expenditures, and as a function of what they stand to gain if their legislative agenda is enacted. Should they really be responsible for tabulating the votes? That's certainly something voters ought to think long and hard about.

Below is Clark County's SEIU contract -- On Page 75, in Appendix A, voting machine technicians are listed as positions represented by SEIU.


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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2010, 06:07:03 AM »
This shit happened in 2004 and 2008 for the republicans as well.

Was that "Typical right wing corruption" then Billy?

Link?

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2010, 05:58:49 PM »
Secretary of State Ross Miller Says All Legitimate Reports of Suspicious Election Activity Will be Investigated by State and Federal Officials
Miller says rumors spread by email or through the media only serve to undermine public confidence in electoral process

Posted Date: 10/27/2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pam duPré
(775) 684-5748
pdupre@sos.nv.gov

(Carson City, NV; October 27, 2010) – Secretary of State Ross Miller said today that the Nevada Election Integrity Task Force has not received any formal complaints of voter or election law violation, despite numerous media accounts and email chains that repeat rumor and speculation about suspicious election activity, including vote incentives and malfunctioning voting machines. The Task Force is made up of elections officials and investigators from the Office of Secretary of State, the Nevada Attorney General’s Office, the US Attorneys Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“In 2008, I established the Election Integrity Task Force so that any real attempt at election fraud would be immediately investigated and the appropriate action taken,” Secretary Miller said at a press conference today. “I will not tolerate any attempt by an individual, organization, or campaign, to deny any Nevadan the right to freely cast their vote in a safe, secure, and private manner. But neither will I stand by and allow the public’s confidence in the electoral system be undermined by unsubstantiated rumors and allegations. If anyone has personal experience or personal knowledge of an instance of an election law violation, I urge them to contact the Election Integrity Task Force. A state or federal investigator will be dispatched immediately to interview the complainant and gather all the facts in the case.”

Secretary Miller expanded on three cases of unsubstantiated allegations, including reports about alleged vote incentive offers and reports of malfunctioning electronic voting machines in Clark County:
• No formal complaint has been filed regarding these allegations of vote incentives or machine malfunctions.
• Nevada state law says any bribe or attempt to stop someone from voting or to vote a certain way is a violation.
• Hosting a post-election party open to anyone who voted or offering a voter a free ride to the polls is not a violation of State law as long as they do not attempt to influence the voters’ choices.
• Federal and state law differ somewhat and anyone thinking of conducting such activities should consult with federal officials or legal counsel before doing so.
• In spite of news reports of election machines in Clark County preselecting candidates, the Task Force has received no official complaint from any individual who actually had that experience.
• It is technically impossible for someone to pre-program software in Nevada’s voting machines.
• The software and equipment are verified for functionality at the national level and then are maintained by the individual counties. A lack of a centralized authority renders that scenario an impossibility.
• The Secretary of State’s office has received a formal complaint from the Nevada Republican Party regarding differences in the numbers of votes cast on the machines and the paper voting logs. These differences occur in every election cycle and are usually due to common elections procedures. 2008 was no exception, and the issues identified by the Republicans in this election were also brought up by the Barack Obama campaign in 2008. The numbers are always reconciled and all votes that are actually cast are counted. Nonetheless, to verify beyond doubt that these discrepancies are part of the normal administration of elections, the Secretary of State takes the issue very seriously and has assigned one of his top attorneys from outside of the elections division to conduct a thorough investigation. A final report will be made available to the public.

“In closing, I can’t emphasize enough the importance of upholding the integrity of the electoral process,” Secretary Miller said. “Nevadans should consider it their civic duty to formally report any personal experiences with election law violations to the Election Integrity Task Force.”


http://nvsos.gov/index.aspx?recordid=510&page=33

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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2010, 06:14:43 PM »
I wasn't aware there was much confidence in the electoral process
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Re: Nevada Voters Say Reid's Name Checked for Them on Touch-Screen Ballot
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2010, 08:46:55 PM »
What the heck do you expect when you use electronic voting machines?
It's been well established that electronic voter machines are there to facilitate fraud.
As long as you have electronic voting, the citizenry is disenfranchised.

What the heck is wrong with good old fashioned paper ballots?   ::)
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