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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:44 PM
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Anyone else not able to vote online in Michigan?
Had problems, couldn't login.

Called Election Services Corp (company running website)&
Democratic Party HQ in Lansing
they were no help -
internet voting is a scam!
anyone else have these problems?
will have to go to polls tomorrow.

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Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:49 PM
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1. Worked just fine for me this AM
after I discovered my login ID was not my name but one assigned to me on the ballot.
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adriennel Donating Member (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:50 PM
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2. I had no problems earlier this week
did you register to vote online before 1/31/2004?
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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:56 PM
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5. yup, followed all directions-
I'm glad to hear it's working ok for others.
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adriennel Donating Member (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 03:08 PM
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7. that sucks!
but thank you for going to the polls : ) despite these technical difficulties.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:52 PM
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3. I voted by mail, because I was unsure how the online thing worked
I mailed the ballot Monday, so it should be received and counted by now.
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adadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:52 PM
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4. It worked
easily for my husband...I voted by mail.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 02:59 PM
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6. Internet voting is a scam. Even the Pentagon realizes this.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20040206/ap_on_el_ge/internet_voting

Citing security concerns, the Pentagon (news - web sites) has canceled Internet voting that would have involved as many as 100,000 military and overseas citizens from seven states in November, a Defense Department official said Thursday.

The announcement comes two weeks after outside security experts urged the program's cancellation in a scathing report. They said hackers or terrorists could penetrate the system and change votes or gather information about users. At the time, the Pentagon said it felt confident enough to proceed.

But Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has since decided to scrap the system because Pentagon officials were not certain they could "assure the legitimacy of votes that would be cast," said a Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity.


How about that? "PNAC Paul" Wolfowitz concerned about the legitimacy of votes. Imagine. </sarcasm>
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RapidCreek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 03:24 PM
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8. Make sure you have cookies turned 'on'.
You may also have to turn off you firewall...if you're using one. In addition you may have isseus if your Internet Explorer Browser security settings are set to prevent Java or Activex scripts from running.....you may have to set security settings to 'low' while you vote.

If you change any settings to vote...just remember to change them back when you're done!

RC
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