My Voting Machine "Sleepovers" in Ohio? (pollworkers take the machines HOME!)

[Wretched Excess]

what the HELL!?!?!  people are taking voting machines HOME and keeping them in their GARAGE?!?!?

Mom, Can My Voting Machine Spend the Night?

Ohio is an election battleground state with perennial problems at the polls. So what have election officials in some precincts of the state been doing to keep their voting machines safe from tampering?

Taking the machines home with them and stashing them in their garages in the days before a big election.

If it sounds like something pulled straight out of an episode of Saturday Night Live, or Borat for that matter, it’s not. The practice has become so widespread that it even has a nickname, “sleepovers.”

Ohio, you may remember, has plenty of reason to be particularly vigilant about the security of its voting machines. The state has been a frequent battleground not only for presidential candidates, but also for lawyers and party representatives who have tangled over accusations of election fraud and concerns about paperless voting machines that incorporate new technology. After the 2004 presidential election, in which Ohio narrowly went to President Bush, some inspectors said they found signs of tampering in a number of precincts throughout the state.

Many local election officials who defend the “sleepover” practice say it makes it easier for them to transport the machines to polling sites, and that it allows them to keep an eye on the machines. But their critics call that nonsense, and argue that allowing people to take voting machines home with them — where they can access them at any time, and potentially hack into them — is the very definition of a security risk.

One of those critics is Ohio’s secretary of state, Jennifer Brunner, who has pointed to reports of poll workers casting ballots on machines in their homes. With Ohio expected to be another critical battleground state in November, Ms. Brunner issued a directive today that put a stop to the controversial practice.

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[Chris_]

If anyone has any doubts about how the "election" in Ohio will turn out, I'd sure like to see that show of hands...

[Wretched Excess]

another detail from a different story:

Twenty-three of Ohio's 88 counties have used sleepovers. Local election officials argued that the practice makes it easier to transport machines to polling sites. Otherwise, they would have to hire moving companies to distribute the machines at a cost of thousands of dollars.

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of course, the question becomes WHICH 23 counties allowed poll workers to take the machines home.

[Chris]

Another article now says Brunner will not let the poll workers take the machines home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's elections chief says she won't allow poll workers to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO'-nur) said Tuesday that the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk

http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8864629

[Chris_]

Another article now says Brunner will not let the poll workers take the machines home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's elections chief says she won't allow poll workers to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO'-nur) said Tuesday that the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk

http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8864629

Anyone wanna bet me that the 23 counties no longer NEED  to take the machines home any longer?  With the mickied software already installed, the only thing that needs to happen is for the sheeple to come use the machines in November.

[Wretched Excess]

Another article now says Brunner will not let the poll workers take the machines home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's elections chief says she won't allow poll workers to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO'-nur) said Tuesday that the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk

http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8864629

I should have used the past tense in the thread title, but that was what the two stories I posted said, too.  but the point is that they HAD BEEN doing so, and we don't know for how long that practice has been going on.

[Wretched Excess]

Another article now says Brunner will not let the poll workers take the machines home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's elections chief says she won't allow poll workers to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO'-nur) said Tuesday that the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk

http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8864629

Anyone wanna bet me that the 23 counties no longer NEED  to take the machines home any longer?  With the mickied software already installed, the only thing that needs to happen is for the sheeple to come use the machines in November.

I just think it would be really interesting to see the names of the counties that allowed this.  and they just had a major sweep of
corrupt dem politicians and their donors last month.  ohio is just a piece of work, polotics-wise.

[Chris_]

Another article now says Brunner will not let the poll workers take the machines home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's elections chief says she won't allow poll workers to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO'-nur) said Tuesday that the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk

http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=8864629

Anyone wanna bet me that the 23 counties no longer NEED  to take the machines home any longer?  With the mickied software already installed, the only thing that needs to happen is for the sheeple to come use the machines in November.

I just think it would be really interesting to see the names of the counties that allowed this.  and they just had a major sweep of
corrupt dem politicians and their donors last month.  ohio is just a piece of work, polotics-wise.

Like Chicago's political machine, only not quite so sneaky smooth at it as the Chicago varsity team.