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Aftermath Of Failed Electronic Voting

Posted by timothy on from the how-do-you-recount-an-electronic-ballot dept.

dstates writes "The Christian Science Monitor and NPR report that failed electronic voting machines lost thousands of votes in Carteret County North Carolina, and the election for state agriculture commissioner is headed to court. A combination of human error (setting the machine to record a maximum of three thousand votes when eight thousand people voted) and a software malfunction (the machine kept accepting ballots after its memory was overloaded) resulted in the loss of 4,500 votes in an election decided by only 2,300 votes."

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  1. Yup that should take care of it... by tealtalon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who needs more than 3000 votes?

    1. Re:Yup that should take care of it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      "Who needs more than 3000 votes?"

      I hear that! I've never voted more than 2500 times in any one election - and I'm a Republican!

  2. Re:Answer: The Republicans are fucking criminals by dave-tx · · Score: 3, Funny
    Look man, I'm a Democrat because the GOP has become so jaw-droppingly criminal and almost cult-like. And don't give me any of that "they're all corrupt" BS, because when it comes to corruption, no one can hold a candle to the modern Republican party. Don't believe me? Do your own research. I did, and was as surprised as anyone at the outcome.

    Are you on crack? That list is all well and good, but how conveniently you ignore Bill Clinton. The guy got a blowjob and lied about it so that his wife wouldn't find out. Impeachment was too soft a punishment for such a criminal act.

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    >> "What would the robut do? Frame someone!"