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‘Calibration error’ changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:36 am
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:36 am
Illinois Republican Votes erroneously post to Democrat candidate
Chicago Politics - It's starting already
Chicago Politics - It's starting already
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Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:39 am to ynlvr
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Chicago Politics - It's starting already
Does it ever stop?
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:44 am to ynlvr
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“I tried to cast a vote for myself and instead it cast the vote for my opponent,” Moynihan said.
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“While using a touch screen voting machine in Schaumburg, Moynihan voted for several races on the ballot, only to find that whenever he voted for a Republican candidate, the machine registered the vote for a Democrat in the same race.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:44 am to ynlvr
And it's everywhere - the entire system is tainted. You see what they tried to do in Florida in 2000.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:45 am to GumboPot
Calibration Error = Oops, My bad!
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:45 am to GumboPot
God forbid there's a real technical error, cause y'all gone blame errbody.
When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
ETA: There might be some voter fraud, somewhere, but every minor issue is going to have this board thinking it's rampant and obvious.
When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
ETA: There might be some voter fraud, somewhere, but every minor issue is going to have this board thinking it's rampant and obvious.
This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 8:48 am
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:46 am to ynlvr
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“This was a calibration error of the touch-screen on the machine,” Scalzitti said.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:46 am to ynlvr
Are these the Argentine, er Venezuelan, voting machines Hugo Chavez used? Or the Iraqi voting machines Saddam endorsed?
Edit to add obvious
Edit to add obvious
This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 9:41 am
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:49 am to ynlvr
quote:Someone refresh my memory.....where is Obama from?
Chicago Politics - It's starting already
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:50 am to LSURussian
Hawaii.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:51 am to FT
A calibration error would mean if an input registered 1.0 the resulting output would be 1.01.
This is a boolean error. That is only two possible values were possible. It's binary.
The chances of this being a deliberate programing error are extremely high.
This is a boolean error. That is only two possible values were possible. It's binary.
The chances of this being a deliberate programing error are extremely high.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:53 am to FT
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God forbid there's a real technical error, cause y'all gone blame errbody.
It may be coincidental, but when the technical errors happens on voting machine of one is the candidates and causes him/her to vote for the opponent, it is newsworthy. Besides regardless if it was intentional or an error, it is trouble because it compromises the democratic process for those voters on that machine, and it calls into question every machine. If only a small fraction of machines have "calibration errors" then the results of some of those races are essentially invalid.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:55 am to buckeye_vol
quote:It definitely is, and I want it fixed immediately. Changing vendors would probably be a good call, if it weren't so late in the game. If it's still possible, I'd do it.
It may be coincidental, but when the technical errors happens on voting machine of one is the candidates and causes him/her to vote for the opponent, it is newsworthy.
That doesn't mean the first response should be "CONSPIRACY"
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:55 am to GumboPot
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A calibration error would mean if an input registered 1.0 the resulting output would be 1.01. This is a boolean error. That is only two possible values were possible. It's binary. The chances of this being a deliberate programing error are extremely high.
Well I have used touch screens that choose the wrong option. It's still inexcusable but I don't necessarily think it has to be an intentional programming error. Either way, incompetence or corruption, this is a bad situation.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:56 am to FT
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That doesn't mean the first response should be "CONSPIRACY"
Agreed.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:56 am to GumboPot
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The chances of this being a deliberate programing error are extremely high.
If I wanted to rig the vote, I'd program the display to show exactly what the voter inputted, and then transmit whatever votes I wanted. The voter would never know.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 8:57 am to son of arlo
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If I wanted to rig the vote, I'd program the display to show exactly what the voter inputted, and then transmit whatever votes I wanted. The voter would never know.
Good point.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:00 am to FT
Okay. I thought about this a little more. The programming might be fine. However the touch screen alignment with the GUI might be f'd up. I can buy that excuse a little more, but just a little.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:01 am to GumboPot
That's what I was about to say. The ATM down the street from my house is always like that.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:02 am to FT
quote:That's the dumbest phrase ever.
When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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