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Kentucky Officials "Changed Votes At Voting Machines"

Posted by kdawson on from the smoking-gun dept.

The indispensible jamie found a report out of Kentucky of exactly the kind of shenanigans that voting-transparency advocates have been warning about: a circuit court judge, a county clerk, and election officials are among eight people indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006. As described in the indictment (PDF), the election officials divvied up money intended to buy votes and then changed votes on the county's (popular, unverifiable) ES&S touch-screen voting systems, affecting the outcome of elections at the local, state, and federal levels.

18 of 494 comments (clear)

  1. Election Fraud by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    We never had it before electronic voting systems. And it is impossible to catch because there is no paper trail.

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    1. Re:Election Fraud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      a circuit court judge, a county clerk, and election officials are among eight people indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006

      You see, this is why I don't vote;
      Those guys are much more qualified to pick a candidate than I am. Why bother?-)

    2. Re:Election Fraud by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sure you can get it retail but you need a counting machine to handle wholesale.

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    3. Re:Election Fraud by MrMarket · · Score: 5, Funny

      But it should be pointed out that /. tends to mention the Party of a wrongdoer if the wrongdoer is Republican, and omit it if he's a Democrat.

      You must be new here. /. is full of Liberation engineers and IT industry protectionists. Neither of which really have a home in the US two party system. You might confuse the trend in the last 8 years of Bush bashing with Democratic leaning, but it was actually just a low tolerance for idiocy. Rest assured, the idiots in the current majority party will also be called out.

    4. Re:Election Fraud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The word you're looking for is "hanged" not "hung". Being hung would be a much, much slower way to die.

    5. Re:Election Fraud by dkleinsc · · Score: 2, Funny

      They can't have been that smart: they completely forgot to pay off the new US Attorney.

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    6. Re:Election Fraud by VShael · · Score: 4, Funny

      But it should be pointed out that /. tends to mention the Party of a wrongdoer if the wrongdoer is Republican, and omit it if he's a Democrat.

      Then what's the problem? You can clearly tell the two part, by assuming the corrupt party is a Democrat, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

      Sounds like a Republican friendly set up to me, if the assumption of corruption = Dem.

    7. Re:Election Fraud by Shakrai · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, we are pretty bad about the FOSS thing - but I'm willing to let that slide.

      FOSS sucks and is destroying America! Support American workers and buy Microsoft!

      There, I made us fair and balanced ;)

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    8. Re:Election Fraud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      No no NO! How dare you bring your facts and your truth into this? Can we please go back to saying it was all Democrats? That was much more comfortable.

    9. Re:Election Fraud by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 5, Funny

      All politicians are liars and crooks.

      I choose the party that's going to steal for me.

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    10. Re:Election Fraud by srobert · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Democrats and Republicans are both evil in their own ways."

      Yeah, but Democrats are evil only when they're in power. Republicans are pretty much evil all the time.

    11. Re:Election Fraud by MightyDrunken · · Score: 2, Funny

      That is the worst you can find? some guy that managed to 'dodge' 5000 dollars over 3 years?

      Isn't it amazing how Democrats rationalize corruption in the exact same manner as Republicans?

      No, no no. What Geekoid is saying is that Republican's are just much better. If you want something done well vote Republican, especially if it's fraud.

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  2. Re:new methods for perennial problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That you, Mad-Eye?

  3. Re:Hang them. by tonyreadsnews · · Score: 5, Funny

    It might be easier if you ask them who paid BEFORE they are swinging from the rope. Unless you plan on hanging them by their ankles.

  4. Must...tell...president...McCain! by Bushido+Hacks · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Hey! I only mean one of those votes for McCain!"

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  5. A computer was involved! by tsstahl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since the crimes were committed with a computer, why aren't there a whole heap of additional federal charges piled on? As we all know any crime with a computer element is much worse than murder. /sarcasm

  6. so conspiracy theories are not all junk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    To all of you suckers that laughed at me suggesting this, *FUCK YOU*

  7. Re:Apologize Now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    no