Virginia voting debalcle...

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Mills Godwin High School in Henrico county: Seven voting machines - only one of them working!! Unfreakingbeleivable! Last I heard they were waiting for a technician to show up...

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. What state?

[justiceischeap]

2. "Virginia voting debacle" says it all.

:)

[LSparkle]

3. Um, Virginia?

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Oops - reading sure helps

:rofl:

[genna]

4. Virginia. My uncle and aunt reside in Henrico Co. outside Richmond.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

7. Uh...

Virginia, as stated in the subject :hi:

[BlooInBloo]

8. Heh. A little bit too excited?

:P

[Renew Deal]

11. Poland

[SidDithers]

17. Confusion...nt

:hi:

Sid

[elocs]

5. As I said in another thread, my voting machine is my hand and a black marker

with which I simply connect the lines by the candidate's name.

[rdublue]

6. They kept technicians on site here in NC for the early vote

We vote with paper ballots otherwise

[LynneSin]

9. Is this in the good part of Virginia or in that heathenistic anti-christ, godless part of Virginia

Might get better service in one of them

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

15. judging by all

the McFlailin signs - I'd say it's the "real", God fear'n part, were lots of rich "Patriots" live (far west end outside Richmond)

[Midlodemocrat]

22. I had no problems voting.

:shrug:

[Thrill]

10. More BS. When VA was expected to go to the Repukes. You never heard this nonsense

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

12. That part of the county tends to be

heavily rethug by nature

[Essene]

20. thanks for the info... because you can see how quick we are to assume the worse +D

[five_horizons]

13. How come this stuff never happens in places like Idaho or Nebraska?

There very well might be problems everywhere, but we always seem to hear about it in a dem or battleground state. :grr:

[RedCloud]

14. Diebold machines screwing up in Richmond, Chesapeake

According to CNN

Gee Richmond which is very strongly Obama and the African American part of Chesapeake.

Somebody needs to investigate the who dunnit and prosecute. No more rigged to fail machines.

[underpants]

18. Ha! Mills Godwin is BIG Republican area

I think

http://www2.sbe.virginia.gov/web_docs/Election/Results/2004/Nov2004/detail087.htm#01

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

19. you right (nt)

[Warren Stupidity]

21. Seven machines for how many people?

Not only are computerized voting machines buggy crap, they are expensive crap as well. In my town a voting booth is a section of a table with a curtained enclosure, a sharpie, and your paper ballot. The cost per station is probably around $20, and that is being generous. The only thing that is likely to fail is the sharpie, and there are plenty of extras.

We have at least 50 booths and there is never a wait to use one. The only bottleneck is stating your name to the wonderful volunteer poll worker (always a little old lady) who looks you up in the book and checks off your name and hands you your ballot.

How many elections are we going to go through putting up with diebold crap?