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1. Thanks for this, Lymphocytelover!!

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Original post)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 12:11 PM

Nov 2020

The "election fraud" in Florida 2000 was simple, but I never heard this reason discussed much.

The FL state government (under Jeb Bush, Republican legilature, and Katherine Harris) approved an installed highly accurate optically scanned ballot machines in Republican counties/precincts. The did not approve upgraded for Democratic precints, and they were stuck with error-prone punch card ballots... with machines that had been emptied or cleaned of punched chads.

The error rates for optical scanned ballots were less than 1%, whereas punch cards were 10%.... Organized, systemic voter suppression.

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A history of electronic voting and GOP funny business from 2000 up to now [View all] LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 OP

Thanks for this, Lymphocytelover!! targetpractice Nov 2020 #1

Wow. 10%. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #2

That's what I remember, back when I joined DU... targetpractice Nov 2020 #7

All those mail in ballots. I think 2016 may have been rigged. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #3

+1 LizBeth Nov 2020 #6

"If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying"? I've been informed. czarjak Nov 2020 #4

That interview expresses many unprovable assertions Dem2 Nov 2020 #5

I understand but the problem is how so many of these machines give unverifiable results LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #8

NYTimes piece on 2004 election with John Kerry LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #9

GOP screams, "Voter fraud!" to distract from the election fraud they are committing Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #10

Yes, exactly. And it's really disturbing how little we have heard about the Trump and deJoy LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #11

I think that security has improved, making it more difficult to rig elections. yardwork Nov 2020 #12

thanks for that-- a good smackdown of her ridiculousness LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #13

Dominion seems better than ES&S LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #14