Vote-Flipping Continues

Here's today's installment from The Brad Blog:

Election Official Finally Removes, Quarantines Vote-Flipping Diebold Voting Machine in CO!

A county clerk in Colorado has finally done the right thing for the voters by removing a touch-screen voting machine from service, and quarantining it, after it was discvoered to be flipping votes from one candidate to another. The failed machine in this case was a Diebold Accu-Vote, a frequent [...]

Bookmark Recommendation

During this election season, there is no better blog to bookmark than The Brad Blog.  He's a fountain of information on all the problems with electronic voting machines.  Each day seems to bring a new laundry list of incidents where votes have been flipped, usually from Democrat to Republican.  Example?  Try this post from today...and try not to wonder about the results next Tuesday....

More Vote-Flipping in TX by Machines Other Than Those Made by ES&S

We've been reporting for the last week or so on the ES&S iVotronic touch-screen voting machines which are flipping votes from Democratic candidates to others in, so far, at least four states. We've showed you actual footage of it and how even after being "recalibrated" these machines still continue to [...]

And, Brad's hits just keep on comin'--

BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA

This just in from Pennsylvania... a federal court has found in favor of the NAACP and the 866-MYVOTE1 Election Reform Network who were forced to sue the state's Democratic Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pedro A. Cortes, after his recent directive that emergency paper ballots only need to be given to [...]

The Little Voting Machine That Could...

Er, make that "couldn't". Couldn't operate properly, even after being calibrated.  Not very reassuring, is it?

Those Crazy Voting Machines

We're well into the early-voting days and, surprise!, there are "issues" with electronic voting machines.

ES&S Touch-Screens Keep Flipping in WV, Now in At Least 6 Counties

The Charleston Gazette reports still more ES&S iVotronic touch-screen vote flipping in WV, including reports now from Jackson, Putnam, Berkeley, Ohio, Monongalia, and Greenbrier Counties. Add those to the reports of vote-flipping on ES&S machines in at least four different states. We're also trying to find a moment to report on [...]

But, it's not just West Virginia.  Not at all.

Did Tom Brokaw admit to knowing that Ohio was fixed in 2004?

If so, then we know why John McCain is spending so much time and money in Pennsylvania when it would seem to be futile. In June of this year, [...]

UPDATE: Oh, by the way, BRING ON THE LAWYERS!

NAACP lawsuit alleges Virginia scrimped on preparations for huge election turnout

The Virginia NAACP sued Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday, arguing that the state failed to prepare for an unprecedented turnout of voters in next week's presidential election. The complaint, filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, [...]

Theft in Progress

It's a beautiful autumn day around these parts, the farmers' market was filled with the usual friendly folks, spiced up by a huge art exhibit.  We didn't have time to take it all in.
It's entirely too nice of a day to be pushed into depression over articles like this one, painting a most bleak picture of the upcoming election.  The always-informative Jill has pulled together a fine (but frightening) collection of articles...

They're going to steal it AGAIN

They've all but flat-out admitted it. They're going to steal the election again. They're going to do it through disenfranchisement, through rigged voting machines, through [...]

 

The Shape Of Things To Come

If things are this dicey during early voting, what the heck is election day going to be like?

Voter Registration Computers Hold Up Early Voting Lines in TN

...But this election is different. The six early voting sites across the county have experienced lines with 3,292 early ballots cast Wednesday and another 1,126 cast today by noon. Some voters have complained of long lines in Smyrna and [...]