'This is suppression': Voting machines with missing power cords

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‘This is suppression’: Voting machines with missing power cords force hundreds of black Georgia voters to wait

David Edwards
06 Nov 2018 at 14:21 ET

Hundreds of voters were stuck in line at one Georgia precinct on Tuesday after election officials failed to provide power cords for the voting machines.

One man explained the situation as he captured video of what appeared to be mostly African-American voters stuck in a long line.

“Election day started an hour ago in my neighborhood and we don’t have cords to plug in the voting machines,” the man said. “We all knew that voting was today and only in my neighborhood people are waiting an hour after the polls open to vote. And [election officials] are saying that we don’t have power cords.”

“The building is full of power, no power cords,” the man noted. “All of these dedicated people waiting to vote. This is what we call voter suppression. This is what we go through to vote.”

The Atlanta Journal Constitution confirmed that the Helene S. Mills precinct in Old Fourth Ward had a “power cord issue.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/suppression-voting-machines-missing-power-cords-force-hundreds-black-georgia-voters-wait/

Unfuckingbelievable. We need to bring in UN observers to Georgia. Kemp should be arrested.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Kemp needs to be kicked from here to kingdom come. And yes, arrested as well. n/t

[questionseverything]

2. anyone engaging in voter suppression should do jail time

period

[maxrandb]

13. I hear there was a cell in a Federal Prison in West Virginia that recently became open n/t

[erronis]

15. There are a whole lot of perps that need to visit that cell

and not exit alive. Maybe the guy from the saud family - msb? - could assist?

The process shouldn't be too fast or too effective. Maybe a several day slow dissection?

[FarPoint]

3. I suggest...

Someone go out the Lowe's Department Store and get some NOW.

[MineralMan]

5. Bingo!

If I were there, I'd pay for them myself.

[FarPoint]

8. Me too.

Can't sweat the small fixable stuff....just do it I say and stop whining.

[MineralMan]

10. I can imagine a box with those cords not

getting to the polling place, but once that is discovered. it should be easy enough to remedy. And maybe they did. We rarely get followups for this kind of story. The only issue would be if the voting machines used some sort of power supply cord, instead of just a plain line cord. That, i don't know.

[Roy Rolling]

49. No freaking rehearsal?

I mean, it's only, perhaps, the most important election in Georgia's history. But the election managers----Kemp's office----forgot to check if the machines worked?

I am many things, but speechless is not one of them. But they are overwhelming me with this shit.

[Bengus81]

52. Yup...setting them up yesterday yet NO ONE missed the fucking cord to plug it in??

I call big time BULLSHIT!!

[SergeStorms]

56. They were counting on.....

the "electricity in the air" for electing Kemp to power those voting machines. Apparently those Black voters were going to vote for the other candidate, and that's why they couldn't get the machines to work.

As if it's necessary.........

[Flaleftist]

23. It's not always that simple.

A lot of electronics have custom power cords.

[EarthFirst]

58. Especially the ones that you wouldn't want to be replaced quickly! nt

[Wintryjade]

4. Over the last couple decades, let just one of these assholes face repercussions.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Kemp is certainly creative in the many ways he suppresses minority voters.

But if he wins, he'll declare that he has a great victory and a mandate to govern his way.

If he wins, there will be no investigation into any of this.

I hope the D vote is so overwhelming that all his shenanigans are proven pointless. Prosecution would be a bonus.

[Sanity Claws]

7. I hope they have an attorney available who can get a court order

to expand voting hours.

[brush]

9. Kemp dirty tricks. He's SOS and supervisor of elections. This is no mistake.

[Bettie]

11. Doesn't someone check this stuff before the

"big day"? Seriously, even when one is having a meeting, someone gets sent down to ensure that everything is set up and ready.

[Chakaconcarne]

12. It seems like it would take a lot of coordination involving alot of people

to pull this off in several locations....

[EleanorR]

22. surely if they can steal an election, they can steal a few power cords nt

[temporary311]

26. I'm sure they double and triple checked

to make sure there weren't enough power cords.

[FiveGoodMen]

29. Yup. This shit happens way too often to be accidents.

[GulfCoast66]

33. I'm thinking that is exactly what happened.

They made sure everything was set up and ready.

[Flaleftist]

60. You would think there would be someone overseeing the election

who would make sure that happens. 🤔

[Bettie]

61. Oh, I forgot

Republicans don't have to do their jobs.

If a Dem were in the same position, there would be a strong effort to avoid even the appearance that the job was being done wrong.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Shouldn't the poll workers have checked those before? Wasn't there early voting there? nt

[ecstatic]

16. "It's up and operating now," Majors remarked. "Patience is key."

Um, I don't think so. Do they not see that the entire world is watching Georgia and the shenanigans that are being pulled?! How about, doing your job is key! Being prepared is key! Unfuckingbelievable is right!!

[karynnj]

17. It is infuriating that this is happening again - Kerry and Feingold in 2006 proposed a resolution

for emergency paper ballots - a pretty obvious solution .

Additionally, Kerry and Feingold both have now co-sponsored and introduced a new "Sense of the Senate Resolution" calling on States around the country to act immediately to put back-up plans in place to have "Emergency Paper Ballots" at the polling places this November to avoid voters being turned away when voting machines fail to work. Thousands, so far this year, have been turned away in one state primary after another due to machine malfunction or unavailability.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3539

(the article is also about the comprehensive reform proposed by Russ Holt. Note that the actual process is controlled by the states.

[mwooldri]

31. Could be missing paper ballots too.

That is a voter suppression technique. Run out of ballots. Yeah I realise I'm sounding like a Debbie Downer by stating this but in countries where paper ballots are used you do hear of ballots not being available at the start of voting and also of paper ballots running out.

But seriously? The voting place can be set up the night before in most cases. Power cords can be fixed at 10am.

[karynnj]

35. Easy solution - have the ability to print extra ballots and monitor the number of ballots used

It would be easy to project that they would run out hours before it happens.

We use paper ballots in Burlington, VT. There was a huge turn out this morning and I have not heard that there are any problems anywhere here. (We used machines in suburban NJ -- and there were never machine problems.) No matter how things are done there is no excuse for it not being easy to vote.

I agree that machines should be set up the night before - including their power cords -- and actually tested. There is no excuse for things to not work 100% the second the polls are sceduled to open.

[suffragette]

38. "There is no excuse for things to not work 100% the second the polls are sceduled to open."

Because this merits repeating.

[slumcamper]

18. Kemp--or the culture?

Kemp is merely the lightning rod atop a much deeper and broader conservative culture of voter suppression.

Most certainly there are lackeys throughout the system that have motive and opportunity to create obstacles and chaos as they see fit.

Any cynicism on the part of our side is completely warranted. As a party, we need an all hands on deck effort to purge conservatives who are the foot soldiers in their program of disenfranchisement, and shore up and safeguard peoples' right to vote.

So much work to do.

[Garrett78]

19. Missing cords, missing keys, printers not working. Good grief.

[Kaleva]

20. I'd ask the precinct chairperson as to what happened.

Did the power cords disappear during the night? Magical Election Fairies don't set up polling places during the night while poll workers are asleep and when the poll workers show up very early election day, everything is already set up and tested.

[budkin]

21. MAGA

via Kemp

[watoos]

24. I have a question

Does anyone on DU know of any Republican leaning voting precincts that are having voting issues? Like, no power cords, machines behind locked door with no key, etc. etc.

I mean isn't this getting pretty frigging obvious?

[3catwoman3]

25. What kind of blatant bullshit is this?!

They don’t even attempt to be subtle.

This would be like me showing up to work without my stethescope.

[BlueInRedHell]

46. Blatant is right. Anyone who believes this kind of thing happens by mistake has their head up...

[Hoyt]

27. Sounds like poor planning, training and management. Elections rely heavily on paid "volunteers."

MSNBC just said that polling place will stay open a little longer than usual.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

48. Technically, that is good the polling places will remain open longer...

... but how many had to be somewhere and couldn't wait to vote when the cords showed up, that just were so disenfranchised that they said, "Fug It"?

This is no doubt taken into consideration by those involved in, if not endorsing, election fraud.

[Kaleva]

54. I'd believe it was more to poor planning, training and management then a Repub conspiracy.

[Hoyt]

62. Exactly. That District has a Democratic Election Board.

[Grown2Hate]

28. A judge just ordered that the polling place remain open an extra 25 mins. I mean, great that they

did SOMETHING, but that doesn't sound long enough (or help the people that already had to leave). Bastards.

[csziggy]

36. If people are in line when that new closing time arrives can't they stay in line and vote?

I thought that was the way it worked every where.

[Grown2Hate]

39. I would imagine so. It just extends the deadline for "be in line by this time", if it's like

everywhere else.

[llmart]

41. What about provisional ballots?

[Doremus]

45. Voting on provisional ballots is like throwing your vote away. nt

[llmart]

47. Why? Wouldn't it be better than not voting at all?

[Doremus]

59. They don't like to count them. Kerry Ohio 2004 is but one example.

Esp. in a state like Georgia where the ptb are looking for any/all reasons to disqualify ballots, the odds of getting a provisional ballot counted is next to zip.

[Bengus81]

53. They can't kick anyone out the door or in line before 7pm or when those polls close....

That's a LAW no matter what a POS like Kemp would probably say.

[klook]

30. This is a mile or two from Coca-Cola headquarters.

At what point do major corporations realize that being headquartered in a banana republic is embarrassing? I say this as a long-time Georgia resident.

[RainCaster]

32. They are a corporation- they like government by amateurs.

[klook]

40. It was Georgia-based corporations that helped put pressure on Nathan Deal

to scuttle the "Religious Freedom Bill" in 2016 -- of course, that was before Dear Leader ascended to the throne.

[bonniebgood]

34. will someone please tell me whats the difference between voter

fraud and voter intimidation/suppression?

[Geechie]

43. Simple

Voter fraud is when a registered voter tries to vote more than once, or when an unregistered voter tries to vote at all.

Voter suppression is when officials won't let a registered voter cast a vote at all.

Election fraud, on the other hand, is when the apparatus is ratfucked to the point where you don't know if your vote even gets counted.

[SCVDem]

37. Computer cords are standardized.

Pull them from every unused monitor, printer and computer Three per desk

How many do you need?

[47of74]

42. I honestly believe voter suppression and electoral fraud should be capital offenses

And should be punishable by public execution.

[Bengus81]

55. Yep...throw one of these asshats in Prison with Bubba and the shit stops.........

[lambchopp59]

44. Every G-D trick in the book

Surely some election officials can drive/borrow, call an electrician and concoct, juryrig or call someone to rescue this debacle.
I have no doubt whatsoever that was some MAGA's hand-wringing, childishly laughing intent.
Just to keep us looking at

every damn day even when trying not to.

[catbyte]

50. Oh, dear God...

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[Bengus81]

51. Well....this is a new twist. What's next,no screens?

[central scrutinizer]

57. Commodore 64s that need to be restarted after every vote