Voters Reject Schwarzenegger's Bid to Remake State Government

[Partridge]

Just saw this on bradblog

Due to a problem with Electronic Voting Machines in Los Angeles County, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was told he had already voted when he showed up at the polls today to cast his ballot in the Special Election that he himself declared for California today!

He was told he'd have to use a provisional ballot, but unlike most American voters, he was eventually allowed to use a regular ballot anyway.

Los Angeles County Registrar, Conny McCormack (a huge fan of Diebold machines, and a very good friend of their sales rep here in Southern California) is trying to mitigate the damage...big time...Though she admits that someone "breached protocol in advance of the election"

full story at http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001990.htm

[beltman713]

We need to start voting like they do in Germany. They still use the old paper ballots, and they are hand counted. Their presidential vote takes 2 weeks to count. But they do it to assure accuracy and to lessen the chances of cheating.

[Gold9472]

Or... give a receipt to each voter. Proving who they voted for. Followed by a letter from the Government verifying who you voted for, and what number vote you were. If that's possible.

[beltman713]

Something. Anything is better than what they are using now. They need to ban Diebold from selling any voting machines, in this country, for life. Fuck those bastards!

[Gold9472]

Yeah... definitely do away with ALL Diebold contracts.