Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error

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bemildred  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 06:38 PM
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Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes
   
Source: WaPo

A voting system used in 34 states contains a critical programming error that can cause votes to be dropped while being electronically transferred from memory cards to a central tallying point, the manufacturer acknowledges.

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Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/ohio_voting_machines_contained.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3448371

They're still seething about their last two election losses, and give a nudge and out comes the crazy.

TankLV  (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 11:47 PM
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47. So, why does this "glitch" ONLY "drop" DEMOCRATIC votes?!?!
   
anybody care to explain THAT one?!?!

we're still waiting...

It would not be as much of an issue, altho it would STILL be an issue, if it equally dropped repuke votes as well, but THAT "small" FACT doesn't seem to get reported or much cared about...

what a "surprise"...

and I'm sure that the FACT that ONLY REPUKE manufacturers make these things is just another AMAZING COOINCIDENCE!!

Nothing in the link says that it's ONLY "democrat" votes that are dropped....

clspector  Donating Member  (213 posts) Thu Aug-21-08 09:14 PM
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31. Stalin said it...
   
"It's not how you vote that counts- it is who count's the votes"- can't remember who said that but always stuck with me.

If only people loyal to us would count the votes, not some pesky machines, we'd win every election..

bemildred  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Thu Aug-21-08 07:12 PM
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9. "The problem is most likely to affect larger jurisdictions ..."
   
So it would disfavor cities? And densely populated areas?

FWIW, I used to program things like this, it sounds like a coding error in the "incoming card queue" (my terminology), the sort of error naive programmers make. I worked on a piece of stock quote software that had exactly this sort of issue. It was driving them nuts until I fixed it, because it was an "intermittent bug", and they didn't know how to make it happen. With respect to this sort of issue, 90% of programmers are naive (in my experience).

aquart  (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 08:21 PM
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19. "Errors," my Aunt Fanny.
   
whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 08:22 PM
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20. That was NO programming error!
   
lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 08:26 PM
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21. NO! it WASN"T!

Seethe to your hearts content

DUmmielovuian  (1000+ posts)      Thu Aug-21-08 11:13 PM
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44. After 8 years we finally hear the TRUTH the election was
   
STOLEN 

Who's mole is this ?

[franksolich]

That one primitive obviously doesn't understand the origin of "it's not the votes that matters; it's who counts the votes that matters" was coined by a Democrat party hack in the mid 1900s.

I forget which city--probably Chicago--but it could have been just about any major city, given the Democrat machine control of all of them.

[GOBUCKS]

TankLV  (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 11:47 PM
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47. So, why does this "glitch" ONLY "drop" DEMOCRATIC votes?!?!
   
anybody care to explain THAT one?!?!

we're still waiting...

It would not be as much of an issue, altho it would STILL be an issue, if it equally dropped repuke votes as well, but THAT "small" FACT doesn't seem to get reported or much cared about...

what a "surprise"...

and I'm sure that the FACT that ONLY REPUKE manufacturers make these things is just another AMAZING COOINCIDENCE!!

I have to agree with the DUmmy that any lost votes were probably mostly democrat, but for different reasons. Any sane person will rule out a sinister conspiracy to jigger with computer systems. To affect a significant number of votes, such a conspiracy would need to be massive, and impossible to keep under wraps. If it were possible, it would be in use by the corrupt democrat organizations that run every large American city, and no Republican would ever win a local, state, or national election. A mechanical or electrical glitch could have killed a few votes, but not disproportionately democrat, electrons being stupidly nonpartisan. However, to successfully cast and have a vote counted, one must clear a number of hurdles:

One must appear at the proper polling place at the appointed time.

One must produce whatever identification documentation is required by local laws.

One must be able to associate a candidate's name with a square, circle, or lever.

One must be able to mark, punch, touch, press, turn or otherwise interact with the ballot to indicate one's choice.

One must be able to refrain from voting for more than one candidate in individual races.

One must request help if the above steps are too confusing.

That's all it takes to cast a vote, and it seems simple, but apparently a significant portion of the population just can't clear these hurdles. As you would suspect, this portion of the population is overwhelmingly democrat. One question: Should a nation's government be chosen by people who lack the intellect to follow this process?

[TheSarge]

So in DUmmie speak "glitch" really seems to be a translation for "fradulant voter registration" correction.