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Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the to-boldly-die-where-many-machines-have-died-before dept.

palegray.net writes "Voting machines in several critical swing states are causing major problems for voters. A Government Accountability Office report and Common Cause election study [PDF] has concluded that major issues identified in the last presidential election have not been corrected, nor have election officials been notified of the problems. How long can we afford to trust our elections to black box voting practices? From the article: 'In Colorado, 20,000 left polling places without voting in 2006 because of crashed computer registration machines and long lines. And this election day, Colorado will have another new registration system.'"

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  1. Voting machines by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it would just be easier to bribe Diebold more than whoever is holding their leash now? Saves all that pesky trouble of actually fixing the problem.

    1. Re:Voting machines by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

      Aye, but then thar be no booty in it, and what's good for gold is good for all landlubbers, savvy?

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    2. Re:Voting machines by AvitarX · · Score: 3, Funny

      I mean this is the sort of thing which Open Source would be perfect for

      I like to use open source thinking when I vote:
      Vote early and vote often.

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    3. Re:Voting machines by flitty · · Score: 2, Funny

      Do th' good thing and rend the electronic monster asunder wi'd yer cutlass! Be sure to grab any booty that spills forth from th' gut of the beast!

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    4. Re:Voting machines by superdave80 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think he's trying to communicate with us...

  2. big deal by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    voters have been routinely failing nationwide for years.

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    1. Re:big deal by adpsimpson · · Score: 2, Funny

      voters have been routinely failing nationwide for years.

      However, doctors have made good progress at unravelling the mysteries of their interior designs and workings, and have been making good progress in recent years at 'hacking back together' malfunctioning units.

      It should be pointed out that their efforts are being slightly hampered by businesses patenting certain bits of the voter units, methods of interacting with it and chemical processes for alteration of failures and reactions.

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  3. Re:Problems: by HungryHobo · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't actually hold companies responsible for their mistakes!!!

  4. wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    How long can we afford to trust our elections to black box voting practices?

    Classic bigotry on Slashdot. I believe the correct phrase is "African-American box", thank you very much.

  5. Obama really is a miracle-worker... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Never underestimate the power of liberal white guilt.

    1. Re:Obama really is a miracle-worker... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      how is that different from conservative white guilt? ... oh, hey...

  6. Hey by jav1231 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as my guy wins, who cares right?

  7. Re:Where exactly are these "voting machines"? by NoisySplatter · · Score: 3, Funny

    And if you do vote for the republicans you end up punching yourself in the face anyway, just much later.

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  8. Re:I just don't get it. by zippthorne · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the US, we take all of the mail-in ballots, and put them in a crate. Then, if and only if there are enough to swing the election, we try to figure out the best way to count them, because we weren't really expecting that to ever happen.

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  9. Oblig. by qualidafial · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now your vote didn't matter.