Vote-Flipping Diebold Machine Removed, Quarantined in CO

Brad Blog by Brad Friedman | Oct. 31, 2008 (News Report)
Watchdog Group Issues Press Release Calling for No 'Recalibration', Immediate Removal, Impounding of Such Machines...

A county clerk in Colorado has finally done the right thing for the voters by removing a touch-screen voting machine from service, and quarantining it, after it was discovered to be flipping votes from one candidate to another. The failed machine in this case was a Diebold Accu-Vote, a frequent flipper. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008
Member Tags: Voting Machine Fraud
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 31, 2008 - 3:40 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Tim Dalton (review), Naomi Isler (review), Kelly Garrett (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 31, 2008 - 3:40 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
4.8
 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 1, 2008

This is investigative citizen journalism working diligently to try to protect the integrity of the vote.

All the voting machines should be impounded and paper ballots used. Any election official approving the secretive and fraudulent machines and tabulating software should be questioned and perhaps removed from office.

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Patricia Blochowiak
3.6
 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 31, 2008

Finally, signs of responsibility, both in reporting and in action.

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Kelly Garrett
3.5
 by Kelly Garrett - Nov. 1, 2008
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Naomi Isler
4.0
 by Naomi Isler - Nov. 1, 2008

It's one more link in a chain! I don't think it covered well what's being done in other places, other than to say that re-calibration shouldn't be an option.

Makes me wonder how many paper ballots have been 're-calibrated' in past elections.

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Tim Dalton
4.7
 by Tim Dalton - Nov. 1, 2008

It's a good effort. I've bookmarked the NewsTrust site for further looks.

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