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States Throw Out Electronic Voting Machines

Davide Marney passes along an AP story about the thousands of voting machines gathering dust in warehouses across the country after states such as California, Ohio, and Florida have banned their use. Many of these machines cost $3.5K to $5K each. Local election boards are struggling to find ways to recover any of the cost of the machines, or even to recycle them. The picture in Ohio is the most confusing, as multiple court cases limit the state's options and result in a situation in which the discredited machines will nevertheless be used in the presidential election coming up in November. The state's new (Democratic) attorney general has just issued a rule banning the practice of election workers taking the machines home with them the night before elections.

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  1. Re:2004 US Presidential Election Stolen in Ohio by Zonekeeper · · Score: -1, Troll

    Good GOD would you people EVER get off the "stolen election" bullshit? You have passed "pathetic" LONG ago and are now just sad curiosities. Get some SERIOUS psychiatric help/meds before its too late, if its not already. Tell yourself a lie enough times, and eventually you will believe it. Especially if you're a willing participant.

  2. Powerful enough to allow Dubya to steal by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 0, Troll

    his way to a third term!

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  3. BREAKING NEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Barack Obama has selected West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd as his running mate! Robert Byrd, knows as the "Dean of the Senate" is a former KKK Grand Dragon and opposed the civil rights movement in the 1960s. This is truly demonstrates the "post-racial" campaign talk is more than just talk.

  4. Re:2004 US Presidential Election Stolen in Ohio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    electronic voting systems ARE better.

    No, FUCK YOU, they're not.

    People understand paper. People trust paper.

    End of story.

  5. Re:Where was the complexity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, you see, if you are white and voting for party A your vote counts twice...

  6. Re:Refund by hottyson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Better yet, Melt them down to make bullets. Create local militias. Give each soldier one of these "freedom bullets" to use as their first shot. Force the USA to regain legitimate paper ballot voting. Remove NWO from the government!

  7. SLASHFAGS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You dopes are still harping on "bush stole the election" 2x

        Get a fucking clue fags and watch as the next demofaggot candidtate gets trounced this election cycle.

          Aint no way Gore was gonna win in 2000, or Kerry in 2004 and now and even more resounding defeat will be handed to Obama this year

    But thats the sum total of living in the Slashfag mindset,the truth is of no consequence and despite multiple liberal biased major newspapers that determined Bush won fair and square, both times, you idiots continue to believe and spread the lie.

    And you think religious people are stupid, ha! You fucking dopes!