Illinois Voting Machine "calibration error"

[JdsBiff]

?Calibration error? changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county | Fox News

Favors Dems in Illinois, odd....

 

[femurphy77]

"Calibration Error"???


Yeah I like that one, let's run with it!

 

[1775usmarine]

Same ole same ole in Illinois.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Ha ha. Ha. Hahaha. "Calibration". These people are so full of, um, "something" you'd be hard pressed to tell whether they'd burped or farted.

 

[bmbutch]

Has there ever been one of these errors that favor Republicans?

 

[printcraft]

Calibration Error

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

I!
HATE!
TOUCH!
SCREENS!

Why would anyone use a touch screen for something so simple?

 

[indykid]

That is the beauty of computer voting. You push a button, or touch a screen, and who knows how the computer coding reads it. Looks like in this case the coding was set for just what we expect these days. Press a button, any button and the result is the same, a vote for "A", "B", or "C" can be calibrated to always be "A".

Bring back the hanging chad ballots, or paper ones where you actually have to mark an "X" by the candidate you want. And make it like Indiana, one ID, one vote.

 

[spencer rifle]

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Joseph Stalin

 

[pudly]

I'd leave them alone. If they fixed the calibration problem, the hard drives would crash.

 

[Leadeye]

The chicago way.

 

[Bennettjh]

I'm just so shocked!

 

[phylodog]

Expect to see more of this in the next few years. What should happen if we are inundated with voter fraud instances? Why, there should be a big investigation of course. An investigation big enough that we'll have to delay the next election to ensure that these problems are dealt with.

Mark my words. He ain't leaving the white house on schedule.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

That is the beauty of computer voting. You push a button, or touch a screen, and who knows how the computer coding reads it. Looks like in this case the coding was set for just what we expect these days. Press a button, any button and the result is the same, a vote for "A", "B", or "C" can be calibrated to always be "A".

Bring back the hanging chad ballots, or paper ones where you actually have to mark an "X" by the candidate you want. And make it like Indiana, one ID, one vote.

^^^^^^^^

 

[The Keymaster]

How do we actually know that our votes are being tallied correctly? Short answer, we don't. Who knows what happens to the ballots after we mark them.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

How do we actually know that our votes are being tallied correctly? Short answer, we don't. Who knows what happens to the ballots after we mark them.

Well...with an electronic voting machine, you don't. However, in the old days, paper ballots with holes, those ballots were counted by locals that I know. They don't get shipped off, they are tallied at local precincts. The folks doing the counting in my home town are/were straight as an arrow. That's the benefit of local counting and local appointments...I knew then my vote was counted correcly. I would stake a new watch they were reported correctly.

I don't have that level of confidence any more and haven't for a long time. I hope they are all counted correctly and reported accurately, even if I do not agree with the outcome.

 

[mbills2223]

I!
HATE!
TOUCH!
SCREENS!

Why would anyone use a touch screen for something so simple?

There are so many easier, better ways to do it, and most of them are pretty low tech. But if you ask me, using the Australian ballot is just asking for fraud.

 

[Thor]

If they are going to manage the votes like they did in the USSR they need to at least put in a Vodka serving station.

Drink up komrad, go through the door on the left to vote for komrad Stalin, go through the door on the right to vote for the last time.

 

[firehawk1]

Mark my words. He ain't leaving the white house on schedule.

I tend to agree with you on this. I don't think he'll give up power that easily, his narcissistic personality won't allow him to just walk away.

 

[Butternut]

Has there ever been one of these errors that favor Republicans?

Of course not. That would be cheating.