Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide

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.'"

Comments

Voting machines

[Ritz_Just_Ritz]

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.

Re:Voting machines

[dkleinsc]

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

big deal

[larry bagina]

voters have been routinely failing nationwide for years.

Re:Problems:

[HungryHobo]

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

Hey

[jav1231]

As long as my guy wins, who cares right?

Re:I just don't get it.

[zippthorne]

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.