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A Pennsylvania County Election Day Nightmare Underscores Voting Machine Concerns
- deogeo 7y ago> With clearly faulty results in at least the judge’s election, officials began counting the paper backup ballots generated by the same machines. And if the results aren't clearly faulty, they'll get used, and the paper backups forgotten. What is the advantage over just paper ballots, that outweighs introducing this much uncertainty?
- vanniv 7y agoThese systems create more room for corruption and fraud to pass unnoticed, which was the goal all along.
- PretzelFisch 7y ago>Lee Snover, the chairwoman of the county Republicans, said >her anxiety began to pick up at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 5. She >had trouble getting someone from the election office on >the phone. When she eventually got through, she said: “I’m >coming down there and you better let me in.” >With clearly faulty results in at least the judge’s >election, officials began counting the paper backup >ballots generated by the same machines. The paper ballots >showed Mr. Kassis winning narrowly, 26,142 to 25,137, over >his opponent, the Republican Victor Scomillio. It's refreshing to see Lee Snover had the principles to do the right thing.