[Mongoose]

Originally posted by Angel Warlord
Well at least there was no litigation, no recounts, and the whole thing was over nice and quick. Lets all concede that impeachment proceedings to get rid of him will begin all to soon.

Congratulations, we have yet another sore loser!  Learn to live with it, liberals:  Bush is here for four more years.  Run and hide, if you can!

[.::Tin Can::.]

I think elections and wars should be fought over a game of Unreal Tournament Deathmatches.

[an0n]

Nah, they should use that Pon Farr thing with the big sticks.

[.::Tin Can::.]

[Lightspeed]

Well, what could one expect?

Once a cheater, always a cheater.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Optimus Prime for president, ass hole.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
Optimus Prime for president, ass hole.

BAN!

[Rictor]

Optimus Prime is serving in Iraq right now, but if he makes it back in one piece, why not.

[Bobboau]

he's back
suck about why though, although it is sort of ironic with the house and what his job is.

[Getter Robo G]

You can actually get your name legally changed to a toy?

   Look, I may be a 34yo super-nerd  but that is just WAY over the top!

  Especially for a father of four!  Imagine his poor kids. My dad can beat up Optimus Prime!

  Anyway I ponder making all future elections (no matter what office) be like Ultimate Fighting Championship! You vote for teh party representatives or write-ins (like our bud Optimus) and then they all duke it out UFC style with only ONE rule. First one to tap out loses (plus you CAN kick him/her in the wee wee!) I remember watching KIMO punch this guy he had pined like 11 times in the Johnson and the  dude fianlly tapped out (OUCH!)

  Now THAT's entertainment!  

[IceFire]

Really guys...the local elections around here use the HB pencil, a piece of paper, and a light/dark sensor computer thingyamagigy.  It works...it works well.  They do this for local, provinicial, and federal.  The results are out by the end of the night

[.::Tin Can::.]

I think they are busy making excuses for Bush's re-election...

[Ace]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
I think they are busy making excuses for Bush's re-election...

No excuse is necessary. People are stupid and imperfect. NOMAD will sterilize imperfection. *bzzzt*

[redmenace]

Originally posted by an0n
E-Voting Machines Change Votes

eh, I wish I knew the exact numbers from these mistakes.

4,531 E-Votes Lost In North Carolina

hmm well considering this is new technology. But the company should be help liable and sued. I am sure that would fit under some tort or federal law.

37 E-Votes Lost In Florida

This is a new technology, and don't take this the wrong way, but those old people that work the polls are not exactly tech savy. No disrespect towards them.

245 E-Votes Lost In Florida

This has absolutly nothing to do with bush. Why is it in a thread that says The Big, Bad, "Look! He[bush] Cheated Again!" Thread?

heh.. that's nothing an0n

how about having 4258 Bush - 260 Kerry in a precint with only 638 voters

http://www.democrats08.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58

This as the AP piece said would have been caught before the election is certified.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041106/D8661OA80.html

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10103910.htm
Posted on Fri, Nov. 05, 2004
 
 
 


Computer error at voting machine gives Bush 3,893 extra votes

Associated Press


COLUMBUS, Ohio - A computer error with a voting machine cartridge gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in a Gahanna precinct.

Franklin County's unofficial results gave Bush 4,258 votes to Democratic challenger John Kerry's 260 votes in Precinct 1B. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, said Bush received 365 votes there. The other 13 voters who cast ballots either voted for other candidates or did not vote for president.

Damschroder said he received some calls Thursday from people who saw the error when reading the list of poll results on the election board's Web site.

He said the error would have been discovered when the official canvass for the election is performed later this month.

Damschroder said after Precinct 1B closed, a cartridge from one of three voting machines at the polling place generated a faulty number at a computerized reading station.

The reader also recorded zero votes in a county commissioner race.

Damschroder said the cartridge was retested Thursday and there were no problems. He couldn't explain why the computer reader malfunctioned.

Workers checked the cartridge against memory banks in the voting machine Thursday and each showed that 115 people voted for Bush on that machine. With the other machines, the total for Bush in the precinct added up to 365 votes.

Information from: The Columbus Dispatch

Overall I think the new electronic voting system is a good idea. The technology however need to be worked on and firm, clear procedures developed and set. I think this would take care of the problem.

[Liberator]

But NOMAD was created by humans, so NOMAD is imperfect.

[NGTM-1R]

Ah...the grand tradition of talking computers into killing themselves.

[karajorma]

What I want to know is why the software for these voting machines isn't open source!

Sounds like a perfect way to check that no cheating is going on.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Originally posted by ngtm1r
Ah...the grand tradition of talking computers into killing themselves.

Asimovs Caliban. You;ll like it.

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by karajorma
What I want to know is why the software for these voting machines isn't open source!

Sounds like a perfect way to check that no cheating is going on.

The problem is, that there is cheating going on. Come on, which company wouldn't want to make some extra profit?