There are a TABULATORS made by a number of different companies, (including the well known GEMS TABULATOR, by Diebold) but they all worked this way. The kind of ballot didn't matter. It could have been paperless electronic (which does have problems of its own), punch card ballot, optical scan ballot, provisional ballots (many of which were not counted at all), other paper ballots, absentee ballots, military absentee ballots etc. ALL BALLOTS! The ballots were counted locally, in each precinct. Those totals were then sent to the central TABULATOR in each county from all the precincts.
The totals were then tallied by the TABULATORS all of which are regular computers with a windows OS and if you have ever worked with a computer, you know how easily the final tabulation would have been manipulated. Some systems were remotely controlled, others had a default set for Bush that would kick in after a predetermined number of Kerry votes. All were connected to modems and could be hacked. No matter what method was used, the totals could be changed, and according to the unaltered exit polls, were changed without leaving a trace to the untrained examiner or election observer.
These TABULATORS tally as many as two million votes at a time. These tallies are what were given as the final number of votes. Basically, as the exit polls were being taken, the local precincts were able to add up the number of votes for each candidate and at that point, at the precinct level, the exit polls and the results agreed. It wasn't until the individual precincts sent their results to be tallied by the Central TABULATOR that a discrepancy occurred between the results and the exit polls.
Now, with all forms of ballots, with the exception of the paperless touch screen voting machines, there are still ballots that can be recounted by hand. If those raw figures from each precinct are collected without their going through the Central TABULATOR, the true results can be discovered.
TABULATORS didn't just affect the outcome of the presidential race but those the house and senate as well. There was no mandate for any of the candidates. There was only what the TABULATORS in thirty states presented. The TABULATORS decided the election.
This explanation is overly simplified, but it is effective in bringing some understanding to those who do not realize the importance of the TABULATORS in the election fraud of 2004. That understanding may then bring about the willingness to discover the technical aspects of the TABULATORS.
This is a detailed explanation of the technical side of the issue. It's all spelled out clearly here.
http://www.chuckherrin.com/hackthevotedemo.htm I posted the description of the way the TABULATORS contributed to the election fraud as a simplified way of getting the attention of the people who can do something to straighten out our election system. It's meant to be easy to read, not to be precise. That link I posted above is detailed and accurate, but not likely to cause legislators to take the time to read and absorb all that information unless we can grab their interest with an outline. That's what I am attempting to do with this post.
If any of you feel it could be helpful and want to use it, change it around, or manipulate it in any way to use in helping to explain the problem, I would be more than happy for you to do so.
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