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Can Static Electricity Generate Votes?

Posted by timothy on from the dc-elections-crack-me-up-and-barry-too dept.

artgeeq writes "A recent local election in Washington, DC resulted in 1500 extra votes for a candidate. The board of elections is now claiming that static electricity caused the malfunction. Is this even remotely possible? If so, couldn't an election be invalidated pretty easily?"

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  1. Re:My friends by hdparm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Totally off-topic (almost) but what I can't believe is that Sarah Palin (just watching the debate live) also pronounces THAT word nucular.

    WTF?

  2. The Democrats knew all about this by gsgriffin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I saw the election in question. It was 3 to 1 with the Democrats over the Republicans wearing wool sweaters into the election booths.

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  3. Back to the future! by moniker127 · · Score: 1, Troll
    OMG its election time! Lets setup the voting machines! Wait! Who forgot the flux capacator?

    I think the real question is, how is it possible to hire such consistantly incompotent people to run a "voting" process?

    By the way America- John Mccain is not going to win, but he will be the next president. It WILL happen the exact same way it did in 2000,2004. There is no vote. The republicans have complete dictatorship over the election process.

  4. Re:Excuse me? by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those are all well worn and quite tiresome authoritarian talking points, and are a violation of individual rights. And they are an assault on the concept of free will(Do we have it? Or not?). Hold the actor responsible and leave the speaker the hell alone.

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