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I love those systems. In Texas my parents tried to press Betos name, and at the "review results" screen, Cruz was selected. This was a well documented, statewid
by komali2 8y ago
I love those systems. In Texas my parents tried to press Betos name, and at the "review results" screen, Cruz was selected. This was a well documented, statewide problem.
Malice? User error? Ux idiocy? Who knows!
- ceejayoz 8y agoAnyone who ever owned a Palm Pilot went through this. Just shitty capacitive touchscreens.
- specialist 8y agoThe touchscreens in New Mexico 2004 simply didn't record the votes of Spanish language ballots. Kerry won the state but Bush received the electoral votes. Fortunately, the NM courts agreed and prohibited the further use of the touchscreens. What blows my mind is how invalidating (decertifying) the touchscreens has to be done in each state. I still can't fathom why the feds (eac.gov) can't just pull rank and ban them.
- ceejayoz 8y ago> I still can't fathom why the feds (eac.gov) can't just pull rank and ban them. Article One, Section Four of the Constitution gives this power solely to the State and Federal legislatures. The Executive branch (and it'd probably the FEC, not the EAC) can't pull rank here unless Congress gives them the power to.
- specialist 8y agoAnd yet HAVA. Which is it? Pick one.
- ceejayoz 8y ago"unless Congress gives them the power to" HAVA is an act of Congress. It does not, to my knowledge, allow the FEC to confiscate voting machines. Maybe it should've been clearer - "no shitty touchscreens!" - but it wasn't.
- specialist 8y agoHAVA ushered in the touchscreens. Your concern trolling isn't even wrong. Please. Continue.