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37. On the news the other night, they casually mentioned that several polling locations had closed

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Tue May 30, 2017, 12:37 AM

May 2017

and that affected voters would receive their new precinct cards in the mail. Sounds shady as fuck!

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GA voters file lawsuit against SOS; contend state's voting machines unfit for 6-20 special election [View all] Amaryllis May 2017 OP

I hope it works... Wounded Bear May 2017 #1

THIS ... LenaBaby61 May 2017 #2

Couldn't agree more. Amaryllis May 2017 #3

This could eliminate black box American politics, make elections more honest again. L. Coyote May 2017 #4

curious indeed; there is more than enough evidence to toss computer voting for something more TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #23

I don't trust hand-counting crazycatlady May 2017 #31

***SO*** Important! Stay woke! nt LaydeeBug May 2017 #5

Good move! Baitball Blogger May 2017 #6

There is nothing more fundamental to an election than accessibility and accuracy. nt Snotcicles May 2017 #7

yep, but this seems to be a total non-issue for dem leadership. it's insane. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #22

Here's the template for all states with suspect voting machines Mr. Ected May 2017 #8

Hear, hear! No more analysing what was wrong with the message or the candidate until we Amaryllis May 2017 #9

THIS +1000 !!! Unbelievable how this is swept under the carpet time & time again!! diva77 May 2017 #26

I get why, but ballot boxes did disappear and counting errors occurred before. n/t Hoyt May 2017 #10

Then you know it sarah FAILIN May 2017 #11

There are always ways to cheat if the election officials don't have integrity, but paperless Amaryllis May 2017 #12

So are paper ballots. I think we are down to purple dye on our thumb. Hoyt May 2017 #13

yes, but the scale and ease of hacking paper is less than hacking computers. the purple finger plus TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #21

Depends on who is running the election, and GOpers control most Hoyt May 2017 #25

These are not easy excuses!! And we need to GOTV and secure our elections. All the GOTV in the Amaryllis May 2017 #27

I don't think they are stealing computer votes. Now gmandering, voter IDs, etc., yeah they do that. Hoyt May 2017 #28

Do some research if you really want to know. Amaryllis May 2017 #29

Well let's see, the problems in the first article were caught, so no harm. Hoyt May 2017 #30

you have it entirely backwards, and if you don't see that, we will have to agree to disagree. you sa TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #35

i'm not a faith-based voter; i don't like invisible votes and secret counting software; TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #34

GA SOS Kemp protested Obama's exec order for elections to be 'Critical Infrastructure' diva77 May 2017 #14

seems like that in the wrong hands, this reg could allow the ruling party to prevent any changes in TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #20

Agreed. The voting machines/procedures are already in the wrong hands with corporate ownership! diva77 May 2017 #24

agreed; it's been done for centuries; it can be done again. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #36

Yay! If no luck, can they order absentee paper ballots? judesedit May 2017 #15

Yay! If no luck, can they order absentee paper ballots? judesedit May 2017 #16

Do we trust them to do the right thing? nt ProudLib72 May 2017 #17

BRAVO! Duppers May 2017 #18

+1000. Curious as to the status of the Obama law firm. ATL Ebony May 2017 #38

Good question. Duppers May 2017 #39

somebody's gotta do it, and clearly it's not going to be the dem "leadership." nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #19

recommended and kicked to the top. trueblue2007 May 2017 #32

"TWO" Democrats is not a statistically significant sample. brooklynite May 2017 #33

On the news the other night, they casually mentioned that several polling locations had closed ecstatic May 2017 #37