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E-Voting Glitch Alters Election Outcome

Posted by michael on from the you-never-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a local news source, 'A recently found computer glitch in the voting machines in Franklin County, Indiana has given a Democrat enough votes to bump a Republican from victory in a County Commissioner's race.' Any ideas on how we can check for similar problems in other close elections?"

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  1. How to correct glitches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    hack diebold:

    while (republican == winner) do
    demvotes := demvotes + 1
    repeat until (lawsuits stop OR
    democrat(VictoryStatus) == true

    Apply routine to all voting machines to achieve desired results.

  2. Programmers mantra by MarkGriz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The glitch in the machines recorded straight Democratic Party votes for Libertarians.

    That's not a bug... it's a feature.

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  3. I'm confused by blahlemon · · Score: 1, Funny

    What is a "straight-democratic party vote"?

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  4. Details are easily Googled by yelvington · · Score: 2, Funny

    A simple search of Google News reveals it was a optical scanner, not a Diebold touchscreen system. Of course, if it had been a Diebold system, we wouldn't have this problem. No one would know the results were screwed, and no recounting would be possible.

    URL:http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl e? AID=/20041116/NEWS01/411160333/1008

    URL:http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/194039-44 21 -098.html

  5. Re:Before everyone screams go back to paper... by TykeClone · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Iowa we have their parents.

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  6. Re:Its been said before... by schmink182 · · Score: 2, Funny
    What we need is some form of write only media...

    That's all well and good, but what if we actually want to read the election results?