W.Va. Machines are switching votes to GOP

Hmmm...not randomly switching but specifically selecting the Republican candidate. Not occurring everywhere but only in closely contested areas (Now being reported in other areas and such fraud would likely have a minimal impact in non-closely contested areas).

Now I understand why McCain is confident that he will win.

I'm getting a lot of confused replies -- because, apparently, my comment appeared out of sequence. I was responding to someone acting as if ACORN were a grave threat to the electoral processs -- which is silly -- not to any comments about monopolistic (& biased) electronic voting -- which really IS a threat to the electoral process. Diebold should be in jail for helping to steal Ohio.

The repugnant republicans will do anything to stay in power as they've proven in the last 2 elections. Electronic voting has too many options for fraud & cover-ups. Already there are reports of voting machine "malfunctions". HELLO-big red flags are already waving!

With such a groundswell of support for Obama & most major polls giving him a comfortable lead, I predict nothing less than a revolution if old white warmongers steal another election.

We’re at the point where we need to bring back paper ballots & Jimmy Carter's oversight.

...Something inside me believes it was isolated - I'm not a Republican, but I have faith in people and I don't think that they really programmed those machines to switch from Obama to McCain.

Besides, I'm sure there are more that three Obama supporters in that entire county; if they were really controlling the machines there would have been more cases.

"People make mistakes more than machines," ..... who said the machines made a mistake??

Did these people get lawyers to represent them? Was the issue resolved? I would have been so pissed off I probably would have come out of my voting booth and punched a McCain supporter...

Republicans are cheaters, throw rocks at them :D

This is bull man!!! You Republicans call yourselves patriots!!! You're ruining the great democracy, that all of the true great heroes and patriots have died for!!! Shame on you!!! You better quit it, or there will be another revolution in this country!!! Trust me, it won't be pretty... Voting should be handled by the US Treasury Deparment, just like our money is. Our votes are just as valuable and precious as our money!!!

Firstly, punch card ballots resulted in hanging, dimpled or pregnant chads. No, not that. Electronic voting machines? Wrong again. NEXT? I give up. I think I'll go back to penis size debate, it's more up my alley - no pun intended.

taking back what is rightfully yours .. the right to vote and have it counted toward your chosen candidate.

http://www.stealbackyourvote.org/

It appears it is not a surprise to any of you. So what are you going to do about it? Absolutely nothing. Move along now. Next.

If they're getting multiple reports of errors with computerized voting, one would hope they'd switch entirely to the paper ballots until the issue could be resolved. But I'm guessing that's too logical for bureaucracy?

All right -- time to get the word out -- if given a choice, DO NOT choose the electronic machines!!!!!

I have always been of the mind that no vote ever counts. Only two companies currently count votes, they are owned by the same people, they contribute to the Republican party, and no one oversees them.

No matter the method, there are dozens of points along the line where votes can be ignored, destroyed, or changed.

When someone proves to me that my vote actually counts, I will consider not voting Independant for the first time in my life.

Wait a minute, nope... I will definatley vote Independant then!!!

OMG! Are you kidding me! Really!

Yeah, like we didn't see this coming a mile away...

one part of me wants to chime in and say "of course the nasty republican voting machine changed the votes! it's a conspiracy!", but another part of me doesn't quite believe it to be as sinister as it seems. technology is iffy--i hardly know how to use my printer. I think the human inability to use or know how to fix complex machinery is more at fault here than a republican scheme.

Be Very Afraid!

I worked as a "poll technician" for a polling station that used touch screen machines once. I bet the problem is improper calibration of the screen (whether intentional or just careless). If you don't properly calibrate the screen, it thinks you're touching somewhere other than where you actually touch. This was my main duty as a "technician" -- to periodically verify that the machine was still calibrated properly.

great, what's new with the GOP, well I'm not going to sit back and take this shit again. I will personally beat the fuck out of these machines if they steal my vote.

I saw this a mile away!

Time to switch back to paper voting.

"Whatever it takes to Win" said the GOP!

here we go again.

Considering what has been going on lately, Americans need to step in and make sure the Government does not let our voting system take the same unfortunate turns as the housing, health care and financial systems!

When I vote, I'm going to make a video of myself doing it... If it flips the vote in front of me, I'll spread the video to every media outlet and website in existence. I wish more people did this. Oh, and I'm not sure if making a video is legal or allowed... and I don't care.

We need to leave computers out the the voting system. It's the one thing, I believe, that technology should not be trusted for. Bring back paper and pen. fill in the bubbles!

The people who vote don't choose the new leader. The people that count the votes do.

This quite scary, you have the right to vote, just not the way you want to.

Actually i am amazed to hear there is no independent oversight on this. Whoever writes the software can use tiny tricks to get people to unwillingly cast their vote onto someone specific.

Touch screen technology is awful.

Ooh, counting accurate ballots. . . I don't think the Government can handle such a big responsibility right now!

someone needs to fix this fast!!!

E-voting has got to GO! I want to cast my lot like the Greeks.

I'll believe it when a court rules on it, not when Some OBAMA voter( Obviously unbiased) make the claim in the face of ACORN alligations.

The scary thing is that one on was able to CORRECT the votes.

It seems like they all just shrugged their shoulders and went back to playing Solitaire on their laptops and handing out "I Voted!" stickers to people as they left the building.

So.....yeah. Looks like they have programmed the machines to steal another election and even when we catch them red-handed absolutely nothing happens.

(sigh)

Fuck. Here we go again....

I'm bringing my camcorder into the voting booth with me and filming my vote. So that after McCain "wins" by the customary 51/49 percent they usually rig the elections at I can show reporters how my vote was switched too.

How come no one every fixes these problems BEFORE Nov?

no great surprise here, the only way the republicans can win it now is to disenfranchise americans and steal there votes.
We are looking more like Zimbabwe every day.
If the republican party do not want the american people to have a vote then they should declare a state of emergency and impose marshal law, and ban democracy!!!!
Faking votes or switching peoples votes is criminal. Why can't we have paper ballots like almost every other country on earth?
Answer: Because it very hard to steal an election based on paper ballots.

i'm surprised it so blatantly changed the vote in front of the voter's eyes. you would at least think if it was rigged it would only make an internal switch of the vote and not a visible external. maybe the gop's diebold technicians aren't as crafty as they thought..

I am in no way surprised.