In better election news this woman deserves a medal.
Oh man, that made me cry.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2012 10:20:28 am PST #29044 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Nov 06, 2012 10:20:56 am PST #29045 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am hearing some horror stories coming out of PA. This is just the most egregious:
A Pennsylvania electronic voting machine has been taken out of service after being captured on video changing a vote for President Obama into one for Mitt Romney, NBC News has confirmed. Republicans have also said machines have turned Romney votes into Obama ones.
Zenkitty - Nov 06, 2012 10:23:08 am PST #29046 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I am hearing some horror stories coming out of PA. This is just the most egregious:
That's seriously scary. How the fuck can they fix that, to fix the votes already counted wrong, and do it in time?
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2012 10:23:56 am PST #29047 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is just the most egregious:
I've been hearing this has happened to both sides, and that machine was mis-calibrated. Crossing my fingers that's all this is.
I'm more concerned about the OH official (Secretary of State?) putting in a last-minute, secret "experimental" software patch to OH voting machines. This was apparently illegal.
But who knows... maybe these things are related.
eta: The software patch is not in the voting machines themselves, but in the system that tabulates results.
Jessica - Nov 06, 2012 10:24:45 am PST #29048 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've also seen a ton on FB from people in PA who were turned away or pressured to fill out provisional ballots.
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2012 10:26:06 am PST #29049 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If Florida in 2000 was not enough to fix the way we do elections in this country, what will be enough?
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2012 10:32:10 am PST #29050 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Here's a story on the OH software patch:
Is Ohio voting software vulnerable to fraud? Court to hear Election Day case - CSMonitor.com
A federal lawsuit filed Monday in Columbus, Ohio, charges the secretary of state's office with illegally installing untested software on voting systems in dozens of counties – a step that creates a digital “back door,” which someone wishing to alter vote totals might be able to exploit.
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The suit alleges that the secretary of state's office used a legal loophole to install software on electronic voting systems in 39 counties across the state without having it checked by the Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners, the state's technical board charged with reviewing elections software. State officials say they have followed federal guidelines and that the equipment is secure.
CaBil - Nov 06, 2012 10:33:03 am PST #29051 of 30001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Tommyrot: Hard evidence that one party deliberately planned to cheat prior to the election and then executed that plan on election day, in a way widespread enough to effect a federal election.
As an example, evidence that OH secretary had commissioned a software patch, then sat on it until the last minute, released it, and it was made in such a way to affect the presidential election...
tommyrot - Nov 06, 2012 10:34:35 am PST #29052 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
CaBil, maybe I'm just too cynical but I feel even this won't change anything.
meara - Nov 06, 2012 10:35:38 am PST #29053 of 30001
I have several friends on FB (all white!) who were asked for ID (illegal where they are). They both were like "if I were in a swing state I'd call and protest but ill let those have the resources" ( both tried to educate at the actual polling place in case it was ignorance rather than malice)
And I just got a door-to-door Obama canvasser making sure my vote was mailed in!! I was glad to tell him it was in and on his side. ;)