Naysayers have claimed, in response to my earlier postings, that we cannot calculate the binomial probability that over 90% of nearly 100 recorded touchscreen machine incidents would show a switch of Kerry votes to Bush. Their rationale: we cannot assume they were statistically independent events.
Well, we CAN assume independence. The vast majority of these events occurred in different states and/or unique polling locations within a state.
You can be sure they will be back to throw more smoke on this very clear-cut, documented proof of fraud.
Yes, Virginia, they hacked the voting machines.
Let's not even talk about the central tabulators.
Or the destroyed Democratic registrations.
Or the long lines.
Or the bogus recounts.
Or the payoffs.
Or the lack of a voter-verified paper ballot.
Or the fact that 16 states deviated to Bush BEYOND the state exit poll margin of error - a 1 in 19 trillion shot.
The original probability thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x369374The EIRS database contains over 40,000 documented incidents:
https://voteprotect.org/index.php?display=EIRMapNation&tab=ED04&cat=02&start_time=&start_date=&end_time=&end_date=&search=kerry&go=Apply+filter#More, much more...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x384064state county polling_place incident_time desc
Ohio hamilton Caller said that a piece of glass backing prevented he's vote for Kerry This was the only canidate that was blocked by the glass. When he retured later, a poll worker about it, the glass had been changed to not impleade the Kerry vote
Texas Harris 0566-1 Caller said when she voted a straight democratic ticket, the vote did not register for the presidential (Kerry) vote
New York New York County 123rd Street and 7th Avenue All morning Volunteer for Kerry-Edwards was working outside handing out flyers and voters were leaving from this polling site complaining that the machines were not working. They are now having voters use paper ballots. Voters are leaving frustrated without voting.
Washington Snohomish 189th St. & 60th Ave., Lynnwood, WA 11/2/2004 Both caller and her husband said when they pulled up their electronic ballots, Bush was already checked. When they tried to switch it to vote for Kerry, had very difficult time unchecking the Bush box. Ultimately were successful.
Florida Miami-Dade 1st United Methodist Church of Southern Miami, 6565 Red Road 11/2/2004 Voter attempted to vote for Kerry and ballot showed vote for Bush instead; she left poll; she tried to clear it and it wouldn't clear; so she cast vote with Bush instead showing.
Pennsylvania philadelphia 20th & Ontario 2-Nov Part of 1 of 2 machines wasn't lighting up -- wasn't able to vote for Liberatarian or Constitutional party; election judge said voter complained but just voted for Kerry & left.....
Florida Broward 2501 NE 30th street United chruch of christ - Voting machine problem{cr}{newline}- pushed kerry got bush{cr}{newline}- pushed castro got martinex{cr}{newline}- all othes{cr}{newline}- pushed Parrish got Zella{cr}{newline}- accused of not being able to read{cr}{newline}-intimidation
Florida Palm Beach 345 S Congress 10/31/2004 14:00 Went to vote for Kerry and Bush popped up immediately. I called for help. Woman/precinct worker told him to touch screen for Bush and it popped up again for Kerry. Successfully voted for Kerry on second time trying.
Florida Palm Beach 345 S. Congress 10/31/04 2:00 p.m. Went to vote for Kerry and Bush popped up. Immediately called for help. Woman/precinct worker told him to touch screen on Bush and it popped up again for Kerry. Sucessfully voted for Kerry on second time.
Florida Broward 3720 Oakland Pk Blvd 11/2/2004 8:00 Unknown name came up on review screen, Walter F. Browne - after Kerry selected. Asked for help from election's worker, who suggested he do it over. He retried, got same result, and finalized vote without accurate screen.
New Mexico Bernalillo 400 Edith Blvd NE 11/2/2005 9:00 Voting Kerry, Perotka (sp?) comes up. 2 reports made through moveon to hotline
Ohio franklin 529 sawyer 9:00 AM machine not working for kerry monitors whispering
Florida Broward 69 R 4:50 PM Voter pressed "Kerry" on machine, but another name was indicated on the summary page. Voter was able to review & change the vote satisfactorily.
Florida Miami-Dade 8400 NW 25th Avenue 11/2/2004 In precinct 249 we are getting reports that voters are pushing Kerry button, but Bush keep's coming up.
Florida Palm Beach 900 N Seacrest 2 Nov at 10:30 AM While voting for Presidential candidate Kerry - had problems with accessing his name. Bush's name kept popping and taking "priority". On the review however it showed Kerry so voter completed vote.
New York new york 94 e 1st st 7:30 Jenny wanted to vote for Kerry under the working families party, not the democratic party, however row e of the voting machine (for working families party) was jammed. Instead of offering a paper ballot, the poll workers instructed Jenny to vote for Kerry under the democratic party, which she didn't want to do. Eventually, she was able to unjam the machine so that she could vote according to her preference, but her sister voted on the same machine and had the same problem, so she's afraid that it's going to jam again. Jenny said that a lot of the rows for the smaller parties seemed jammed or "tight."
Illinois Cook 99th & 54th Avenue 9:55 a.m. CST Punched Kerry Edwards, things chad for Bush-Cheney was punched on the actual card. Punched Obama, and Obama was punched out.
California Los Angeles Avondale - Warner Center, card room, 22222 Victory Blvd 5:45 The names of "John Kerry" and "John Edwards" have been scratched off on the punch card ballot at one of the stations
Florida Palm Beach Banyon Creek Elem. School 11/2/04, 1:10pm Selected John Kerry/ green check came up in George Bush's name. Called over poll worker and they got creen to read John Kerry. She stated "it made me wonder if the machines are rigged."
New York Nassau Bayless School, Woodbury Rd. 11/2/04, 9 am Someone defaced the punchcard voting machine (whited out Kerry's name). Husband was 54th in line and someone did it before he voted. Caller reported incident to Democratic poll watcher at the polls.
Florida Palm Beach Boyton Beach St. John's Baptist Church 11/2/04 5pm Caller has difficulty reading, so she invited me to accompanyher into the voting booth. Three times she touched the Kerry/Edwards frame on her screen and the machine did not highlight her selection. She was only able to correct this on the final screen that listed her selections. teh "change" directions were very small and easy to miss at the top of the screen. Caller was able to vote for Kerry/Edwards usiing this screen. Which directed her back to the original screen presidential vote screen. This time the machine accepted her selection.
Georgia Douglas Bright Star Church 11/2/2005 11:20 Every time hit "John Kerry" name "x" would jump to "George Bush" happened two times
Georgia Douglas Bright Star Methodist Church, 3715 Bright Star Road, Douglasville 11/2/2004 Pushed Kerry Edwards, the x went to Bush/Cheney, she tried this three times, went to next page, went back to Kerry page, then re-entered Kerry and the X went to Kerry. Also, message says need picture ID.
California Los Angelos Castle Heights Elementary School 11/2/2004 Voter could not get stylus to punch through card. Tried 3 times unsuccessfully until asked to be moved to a different location. Voter is concerned that other people are having this problem and don't realize it. Voter attempted to complain to county officials but can't get through.
Georgia Lowetta? Central Education Copler Gym, IGO/ MLK Blvd 7:15 Voting machine registered for wrong candidate. Concerned that the voting machine was automatically reelecting Bush when people cast votes for Kerry.
Florida Volusia city Island 8:10 a.m., 11/2/04 Caller lives in Daytona Beach in Volusia County. Caller and grandson a first-time voter, voted early this weekend at City Island. They report the following:{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}1) Many African-Americans were present in line, particularly from Bethune Cookman College. Bethune had put buses together to get students to the polls.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}2) At least 3 police officers were present at the polling place. One was a deputy sherriff. One was a correctional officer. The correctional officer was huge, at least 6'3" and imposing. The officer, for whatever reason, was blocking the line. When the line entered the polling place, the officer would stand at the door way and block people from entering. He was holding people who were affiliated w/Kerry from entering the polling place, at least for 5 minutes. Eventually, Kerry voters were allowed inside. The CO was "approving" toward those voters openly affiliated with Bush. The police presence was confusing and intimidating the voters, including Grandson. One woman who was a Kerry voter was blocked by the CO -- he actually held his hands and arms out to block her and then when she stopped, he turned his back to her to block her further. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3) When voters, excluding Grandson, finally got to vote -- there were massive "glitches." Grandson was told that the phone lines were experiencing trouble and that not all lines got a connection. Voters could not vote electronically, apparently. They voted manually. However, for each person who showed up to vote, they had to verify by phone that the voter could vote. Once they were "verified", they could vote.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}4) Caller's family wonders whether their vote will even count. For reasons that apparantly have been noted in the news, but not explained, the county is recounting these votes. No one has said why or what has happened. Caller's family wonders why wasn't early vote simply shout down? At least they could have voted today.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}5) Caller noticed while waiting 1 1/2 hours for her grandson that Deputy Sherriff was effectively preventing Kerry workers from working. Pulled up and parked a huge truck next to them and obscured Kerry workers from voters. Bush owrkers then put a large Bush sign in the window of the truck.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}6) One of the officers present was a female police officer who was apparently guiding or moving the line. When the line moved in a shady area, the police officer restructured the line in Caller' view to purposely make people wait outside polling place and in the sun. She (Caller) suspects that she was trying to make people uncomfortable enough so that they wouldn't vote.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}7) Spoke with EP lawyer and was advised to have the Caller fax a statement. The Caller agreed. The fax will be directed to Lawyer's attention and more.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}
Florida Pinellas Countryside Rec Center, Sable Springs Circle 9:30am Move-on Volunteer, touch screen voting machinse are defaulting to Bush/Cheney, 3 voters have said tried to change to Kerry, kept going back to Bush. Finally succeeded, but don't feel confident.
Florida Miami-Dade Covenant Palms 11/2/2004 4:30 p.m. When voter pushed button for Kerry, Bush came up on the screen.
Kansas Johnson County Crestview Elementary 11/2/2004, 8:30 am pushed Kerry/Edwards and it selected Bush/Cheney
Texas Harris Cthaise on Pech Road October 18th, First day of Early voting Voter voted on the first early day to vote in
Houston (october 18th) by electronic machine. Vother chose Kerry and when she checked her ballot she found that bush was selected. This happened one or two more times. By the third or fourth attempt kerry showed up as selected and voter submitted her vote.
Florida Broward Dania Lions Club 11/2/04 1540 Reviewed summary. Pushed red button candidates switched for president.
Florida Broward Daniels 11/2/04, 4:15pm At review screen, selection changed from Kerry to Bush "before my eyes" as voter pushed red button just before. Voter filed complaint with Kerry lawyer in polling place and told poll worker of problem, who said, "nothing could be done."
Florida Broward Deerfield Beach Housing Authority 11/2/2004 4:50 Upon reviewing her ballot before casting her vote, the voter noticed that "Bush/Cheney" appeared even though she had chosen "Kerry/Edwards".
Washington Snohomish Discovery Elementary School 11/2 at 7 AM Machine would enter incorrect candidates repeatedly. Kerry votes changed to Bush and others. Other voters reported similar problem.
New Jersey Bergen District A on American Legion Drive 11/02/04, 6:45am Touch screen machine. When caller pressed screen for Kerry nothing happened. It was only after several attempts and after pressing screen for candidates in other races that pressing the Kerry section worked. After voting, the caller discussed with his wife and she had the same problem.
New Mexico Bernalillo East Gate Church,12120 Copper Ave, NE 2-Nov Voter selection does not light up, other selections do. typically preside3ntial candidaTES from Kerry to 3rd party. Voter persistence seems to help
Illinois Cook Edward White school 10100 West 122nd 6am Broken Voting machine have to put ballots in voting box with scanning
New York Nassau Elmont Memorial H.S. 555 Ridgewood voted for Kerry and X was "partial"--the lever did not go all the way down. Others had some problem at polling place and insppector m="may have been called". She wants to know if her vote will can't.
Ohio Summit Erie Island Elementary School 10 am Nov. 2, 2004 Ballots are breaking off and clogging the machines. This was reported by workers outside polls with the Kerry campaign. He said that several voters complained.{cr}{newline}OVPC 14
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Finletter School 11/2/04 8:45 a.m. Machine was off when entered poll. The light for Kerry did not light up whatsoever. Pressed #1 for all Democratic candidates and no light for Kerry went on, the lights underneath Kerry which may have been the rest of the Democratic candidates were blinking. The light by Kerry was not blinking. Then hit vote. Most voters did not speak English. Most Haitian Americans who only speak Creole. Did report problem to polling official.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Finletter School 11/2/04 8:45 a.m. the light for Kerry did not light up whatsoever. Pressed #1 for all Democratic candidates and no light for Kerry went on, the lights underneath Kerry which may have been the rest of the Democratic candidates were blinking. The light by Kerry was not blinking. Then hit vote. Most voters did not speak English. Most Haitian Americans who only speak Creole. Did report problem to polling official.
Florida Palm Beach First Christian Church 11/2/2005 17:30 Voter touched "Kerry" and Bush's name registered. I called poll worker and she told me how to erase Bush's name. We know of three today - maybe more!
Florida W. Palm Beach First Christian Church 11/2/2004 Some people vote Bush instead of Kerry - concept of callabration - okay understand - works on second time. Democratic poll watcher inside aware of the prolbem.
New York erie fruitbelt service center 326 high st. buffalo 14204 11-02-04 pm kerry/edwards name partially covered - can only see Edwards name. heard on raio WBLK similiar problem reported (93.7 fm) didn't complain at site. becuase didn't think it was a problem until he heard on radio.
New Mexico Bernalillo Georgia O'Keefe Elementary School, 11701 San Victorio Ave. NE 11/2/04, 3.00 pm Voter pressed name box for Kerry/Edwards, Libertarian light came on. Reproducible problem, persistence by voter allowed correct vote; probably ballot misalignment. Machine Serial No. 010154
Washington Snohomish Gold Bar Elementary School Nov. 2, ~8AM caller calling for sister. contact information is for sister who experienced problem. polling place uses automated voting machine. voter selected kerry on ballot and reviewed results; showed a vote for bush. repeated at least 3 times before reults reflected kerry vote. told poll worker who responded that it had been a common occurrence already that morning.
Florida Pinelas Gulfport Community Center Nov. 2 Voted on electronic macvhine that had a ribbon tape ?? could check. He voted for Kerry, but the tape said his vote was recorded for Bush. He complained & they fixed it. He knows it happened to others including his friend. He said he personally knows of several instances. If person didn't check the tape, the Kerry vote would count as Bush (also, how did the official fix it - override the tape or add a Kerry vote to the false Bush vote?)
Florida Palm Beach Hastings Club House Century Village 1. Voting machine #21338 not working from 7:00 AM. Reported by Lawyers for Kerry and by us - to Election Protection office.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}2. Persons who had not received absentee ballots were told they could not vote. (This happened five times - but problem was solved by Lawyers for Kerry.){cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3. Poll line monitor was telling people they did not have to vote for amendments. We registered complaint with Kerry lawyers and they followed up with clerk who spoke to worker.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}4. Picture taken while speaking to a voter. Photographer was with AP. He took our names and names of voters. We gave him a Voter's Bill of Rights.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}5. Also questioned by writer from Wall Street Journal. Told him about absentee voting problem and how resolved.
New Mexico Bernalillo Hayes 11/02/04, 11:35 I assisted William Jones who lives in asssisted living; he pressed the "Kerry" button and the red light lit up "Libertarian," several names down the screen
Georgia Liberty Hinesville Middle School Cafeteria 11/2/2004, 10:30-11 am Voted Kerry -- pushed that button, jumped to Bush. Called for help; was able to remedy 2nd time also went to option above, not the one voter selected, but she was able to vote as she wanted in the end.
Florida Broward Hollywood Hills Alliance Church Nov. 2. 2:30 p.m Voted for Kerry but machine showed Bush.
Florida Palm Beach Lantana Recreation Center, Lantana, FL Touch screen ??? machine - would not accept Kerry vote at first. Had to press two or three times. Other offices worked normally
Florida Palm Beach County Located on Camino Real, in Boca Raton Tuesday, 11/2, Opening of polls Caller's parents arrived at polling place upon opening and encountered electronic voting machines that only allowed voters to vote in Spanish. Caller's dad ended up voting in Spanish.
New Mexico Bernalillo Longfellow Elelemntary School -- Edith Blvd. 11/2/04 8am Reported that voters tried to vote for Kerry and Peroutka's name was recorded.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mallery Recreational Center; Johnson & Morton Streets November 2, 7:45 am The vote button was placed too low and difficult to see. All the instructions are at eye level, but the vote button is at the lowest right hand corner of the machine. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}The candidate button for Kerry/Edwards-->the button to press is besides Edwards name not Kerry's name, so it's confusing.
Florida Broward Marriott Resort Hotel, 11775 Heron Bay Blvd Nov 2, morning or midday touchscreen calibration problem:{cr}{newline}Tried to vote for Kerry multiple times, kept getting candidate below Kerry. Asked poll worker for assistance, got no help. Finally was able to vote for Kerry by touching towards the Bush button.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3rd or 4th machine from the right.
Florida Broward Marriott Resort Hotel, 11775 Heron Bay Blvd Nov 2, 10am Tried repeatedly to vote for kerry, got candidate underneath. Was able to vote for Kerry by touching more toward the Bush button.{cr}{newline}machine against back wall, somewhere around the 4th or 5th from the right{cr}{newline}
Florida Broward MLK Elementary School, Fort Lauderdale Nov 2, 8:35am Voter touched Kerry on screen, got Bush.{cr}{newline}(secondhand report from observer, no contact info for voter)
California Alamed Mosswood Recreation Center 11/2/04, 9:30am Electronic voting - a voter that she had been talking to on line had a problem with the machines that he didn't want to report, so she decided that she would report. While reviewing his votes, he discovered that the votes were differently registered (for example, voted for one candidate - Kerry - for Pres. and the machine showed that he had voted for a different person/ and votes on several different propositions were different as well). She didn't get his name. She decided to report this after thinking about it.
Georgia Clayton North Clayton Middle School, 5517 W. Fayetteville Rd, College Park, GA 30349 11/2/2004 0900 Upon filling out her ballot (on touch-screen system), voter selected "Kerry" as part of a straight-Democrat ticket, but it displayed "Bush" instead. She called poll worker over to look at it, who reset her ballot and had her re-do it entirely. This was successful. Upon hearing her make a commotion in line about it, another voter ahead of her reported the same problem.{cr}{newline}
Ohio Mahoning North Elementary 11/2/04 9:30AM Pressed Kerry button, another candidate came up (not Bush)! Second try, it worked.
Florida Hillsborough Oak Grove Church of God 6830 N. Habana Nov. 2, 2004 approx. 10:30-11:00 am "I stood one hour in line to go in and vote; I went in to vote; when I reached that machine, the very first thing I hit was Kerry democrat and out came Bush republican; I called the poll lady and said I don't vote this way; she said just do it again; but I know how to vote and not like that; It's very important to me my vote be counted; she said at the very end it would come out in the review which it did; I had to hit it twice for the ? to come on."{cr}{newline}The poll worker said "that is happening."{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Information added at 5:15 pm{cr}{newline}Called back voter(ab-out 4:30) who specified that the machine was in the front row (of four, on the left) specifically, the second from the wall.
Florida Broward Oakland Park City Hall 11/1/2004 A person informed me of a friend who voted. The completed screen (precinct unknown) on the "review ballot" page wrongly stated that the voter had voted for Bush when the voter had selected Kerry. The voter reported this to an election official who responded, "Yes, that machine has been doing that all day."
Ohio Hamilton Old St. George Church 11/02/04 11:30 - Kerry was 3 (1st for Presidential Candidate){cr}{newline}- Kerry, Blank, Libertarian, , Bush{cr}{newline}- girl friend Bush and Kerry swapped
Florida Broward Oriole Gardens Clubhouse, 7400 NW 5th Ct. 11/2/04; 8:00 a.m. She had to select presidential choice 2x before correct choice was reflected. Got help from poll worker; successfully voted. Voted Bush, Kerry got highlighted. Can't remember which machine, maybe 2nd/3rd from right.
Ohio Mahoning Orthodox Church 11/2/2004 Caller's father voted on touch screen cmahine - for kerry edwards - when he went to check his vote - the vote had recorded Bush cheney ... he had to try 3 times to get the vote to kerry edwards. He told teh poll worker whose response was simply that the machine was tempermental.
South Carolina Charleston Pepperhill Elementary School 11/2/04, 8 am Voted today, when pressed 1 party democratic choice Kerry did not light up, but others did on ticket. Did not report to anyone at polling place, but heard on radio that people were having problem.
Ohio Mahoney Poland nd Boardman Township High School Poland-- Review pages from Kerry to Bush and people may not notice.Person heard it on radio talk show.Alson in PA. Mercer County, Shenago township heard thatv if I wanted to vote party ticket, machine would lock up.ran out of paper ballots, told people to go home and come back later.
Ohio Mahoning Price Memorial Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave. 11/2/04 2:30-3 PM Selected Kerry and Bush's name came up. Selected Kerry a second time and only then did it remain Kerry. Her sister also had the same problem, and once she selected Kerry the second time it stayed.
New York queens ps 158 46-35 oceania st 10:15 The John Kerry chad was hard to punch. None of the other chads for the democratic party candidates were hard to punch.
New York Queens PS 158 Junior High Lever on machine for Kerry/Edwards does not work
Ohio Franklin Sawyer Towers 525 Sawyer Blvd. 2-Nov Voter reported that Kerry light on the machine would not light up. Poll worker said that he/she "would write it in later."
Florida Brower Somerset Condominiums Clubhouse, 2845 Somerset Dr. 11/2 11:30am Voter voted for Kerry; when she reviewed the ballot it showed that she voted for Bush. Poll worker said that has been happening to many others.
Ohio Franklin Southside Settlement House 310 Annis Ave 11/2/2004 13:34 Openly biased polling official obnoxious to Kerry people outside of the 100 feet limit. {cr}{newline}- 3 Hour lines{cr}{newline}- 1 of 3 machines broken{cr}{newline}- 2 2 precincts in same room not telling people where the line splits{cr}{newline}- Elderlly people leaving because of long lines{cr}{newline}- Polling official "As long as you voted for Bush, it'll be ok.
Florida Palm Beach Southwind Golf Course; Boca Raton Caller said when he went to vote, the ballot was repeatedly pre-selected for Kerry.
Florida Broward St George Community 11/2/2004 7:10 I voted for Kerry and after the screen ask me to write in my vote. I ask a poll worker to assist me. The pollworker ask the repairman and I was allow to vote.
Florida Broward St. James Baptist Missionary CHurch 500 N.W. 21st Ave. nov. 2 After voter voted for Kerry, and when they tried to move to the next screen, if heel of hand brushed against screen, which was apaprently happening, vote switched to Nader and got cast for Nader. Kerry Poll Watcher said some had been caught and corrected, but who knows about all. Poll worker not helpful to EP mobile attorney. Was iVotronic machine
Illinois Cook St. John's Luthern School, Schaumberg Township ,1800 S. Rodenburg road Voter went to vote (Punch Ballot) with wife. John Kerry is first punhc; GWB is second option. When looked at ticket, second was already pressed, tried to vote for JK. Wife had same experience (used a different machine)
Ohio Mahoning St. John's Orthodox Church 11/2/04 morning Mother woting on electronic machine-pressed Kerry then next page of ballot notices vote recorded for Bush. Has a pollworker reset machine and them voted again for Kerry.
Ohio Mahoning St. John's Orthodox Church Voter # 81 said it was a touchscreen machine which kept saying she was voting for Bush/Cheney when she had voted for Kerry/Edwards. She saw it on the last page when they can check the screen.
Florida Broward Veteran's Park One machine; told by Kerry monitor that when people voting for Kerry push "summarize". Another candidate's name shows up. Poll workers said, "didn't push hard enough." Said tech repairman has been dispatched.
South Carolina Richland W.A. Perry Middle School Micro voting machine: hit independent; blinking lights started flashing; he could not change the vote; he ended up voting for Nader, but wanted to vote for Kerry.{cr}{newline}
Florida Palm Beach Wells Recreation Center 2-Nov Person is reporting that someone he knows voted for Kerry using touch schrren machine but the summary of the vote showed that he voted for Bush.
Virginia Fairfax White Oaks Elementary Shippard Blvd Kerry/Democratic vote became Republican. Tried to make it work all day; Mom & Dad went reopened; heard them say broken all day. Machines left to right - 1st machine on left - machine # 1175.
California Sacramento 5 pm East Coast Time Voter at polling place: Benvenito's Restaurant in Boynton Beach, FL, reported that electronic ballot erred in selecting Bush when she clicked Kerry. Advise election official who addressed issue. Evidently fixed.
Florida Broward - machines switching are switching vote kerry to bush -- this ahappens prior to confirmation screen. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}- other voters complaining about the same thing
Florida Palm Beach 1. Wanted to vote for refunds - came up as against refunds{cr}{newline}2. Daughter was registered as newly registered, not 18 until 11/28/04.{cr}{newline}3. Husband voted for Kerry came up for next person not Bush - was ask to change it{cr}{newline}
Florida Broward 11/2/04, several times throughout the day 3 or more women told person they voted "down the street" (precinct 39V) from the post office at 4429 Hollywood Blvd. They voted for Kerry but the name Bush came up on the sceen at the end, when they voted, when vote was processed
Florida Miami-Dade 11/2/2004 6:15 p.m. Andrea called to pass on anecdotal information that this happened; she has no first-hand information...voter machines would select wrong candidate when voter selected J. Kerry - G. Bush would be selected.
Florida Palm Beach before 8 am, 8:40 AM, 9:15 AM before 8 AM - Voting machine in 6Z precinct not working.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}8:40 AM - Deputy poll official asked me to go inside to help because they were not able to get through to HQ to get machine fixed. The head poll clerk told me it was fixed. The poll clerk for the precinct itself said it HAD been fixed but broke again. Someone came to check and fixed it, but it broke again, and they couldn't get through to report it the 2nd time.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}At that point the Republican poll worker advised them that I was not authorized to be inside. I was asked to leave. A few minutes later, polling clerk came out and yelled at me and the others to stay out. He calmed down and spoke to the Kerry lawyer, about the problem getting provisional ballots. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}9:15 AM - machine still broken
Florida Lake Caller is concerned that voting machines are illegitimately discarding votes for Kerry. Believes electronic voting machines are rigged. Believes some initiatives are displayed along partisan favoritism. Entire development is pro-Kerry, landloards are all Bush supporters.
Florida Broward Caller learned from relatives in Coral Springs, FL (Broward) that electronic machines malfunctioned when voter tried to vote for Kerry - machine responds with "Bush". She does not believe the voters reported the problem. She reported it to Kerry campaign. They said they were aware of the problem, and that it had been going on all day.
Florida Palm Beach Couple voted for Kerry -- when confirmed vote, came out Bush. Called in eleciton poll supervisor, who got same result. Continued to use machine.
Florida Palm Beach County 11/2; 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Don voted at 1:00 p.m. and wife voted 3:00 p.m. At both times, ballot did NOT show a candidates party affiliation.
Florida palm beach 11/2/2004 4:30 Ellen Obstler the atty at Kerry Headquarters called to report a problem at precinct; there are 2 precencts voting in one building and voters are not being directed to the proper voting machines.
Florida Orange early voting over the course of several days Had to call several times to get absenee ballot. Volunteered at polling places to assist voters. Worked for Kerry Campaign. heard from numerous people that they never got a sample ballot or their registration card. She attempted to assist voters at their request (elderly, disable, non-English speakingers, first-time voters) and was "pushed out" of polling places. Polling officials would ot allow her in, even at request of voters. Said she was not wearing campaign garb. Believed that polling officials were telling voters in line bad things aboutr her. Voter flipped off caller's daughter. Also, lots of machines breaking down, Lots of people getting sent to wrong places. Lots of republican challenges
Florida Broward Nov. 1 8:30 a.m. Machine changed candidate he was voting for (3rd machine from right, precinct 17M) Kerry highlighted, on review saw Brown(?) for president. Asked poll worker for help and poll worker had him start over. Voted successfully 2nd time.
Florida Broward Nov. 2, 2004 Reported via e-mail to eirhelp:{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}i voted in Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida, (Broward County) and the I-Voting machine would not let me vote for John Kerry. every time i touched the Kerry box, Bush's box would check off. after several failed attempts at trying to vote for kerry, i called over a poll worker and demonstrated what was happening. then a technician was called in and he had to re-calibrate the machine. the technician said this had happened several times already even though voting had only started 90 minutes prior. i told them not to use the machine any longer but they said they had to use it because the voting lines were too long.(LOGIC???) this is a community of elderly and there is no way they would have known for whom they had voted. i contacted democratic poll lawyers but never got anywhere. they gave me numbers to call but the numbers were always busy. i am frustrated and scared.{cr}{newline}
Florida Broward Nov. 2 Reported via e-mail. This report is extracted from a long message containing reports of incidents of different types; I have included the introductory paragraph each individual report.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Spurred by the unwillingness of the broadcast media to report voting problems during the 2004 election race, we want to alert our friends, family and colleagues to the widespread voter suppression and disenfranchisement that occurred in Broward County, Florida. We staffed the emergency hotline for the Kerry Campaign Headquarters in Broward County from late October through the election. All of us were devastated by the margin of Bush's win in Florida, particularly since polls predicted the race would be extremely close.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Many of the calls to our hotline were from voters who had pressed the "Kerry" button on their electronic voting screen, only to have "Bush" light up as the candidate they had chosen. In some cases, this would happen repeatedly until about the 5th or 6th time the voter pressed "Kerry" and eventually his name would light up. In other cases, the voters pushed "Kerry" but were later asked to confirm their "Bush" vote.{cr}{newline}
Florida Miami-Dade 2-Nov-04 Says brother told him he voted for Kerry on electronic machine and machine recorded vote for Bush.
Florida Broward 2-Nov Volunteer received 75 calls from Broward that when they voted for Kerry the light for Bush lit up on the election machines
Florida Palm Beach Voter clicked on Kerry, but the machine flashed "Bush". Polling place emplowyeeds voided ballot and she startd over.
Florida broward 11/2/2004 voter hit kerry button and check mark appeared next to bush. voter contacted poll worker to correct problem but the same thing happened whe she vote the rest of the ballot. she had help and was able to fix ballot before she left, but was concerned.
Florida Pinellas 11/2/4 - 10 am Voter selected Kerry and the voting machine showed that they had selected Bush - it took her many tried to correct.
Florida MIami-Dade 2-Nov-04 Voters selected Kerry and machine recorded Bush
Florida Palm Beach 11/1 (voted early) When he voted, he had to hit touch screen machine 4-5 times before Kerry's name would register. No similar problem w/any other candidate's name. Friend had a similar problem: she would hit Kerry's name & Costco's name would light up
Florida Palm Beach #NAME?
Missouri Unknown. Caller left message in 12/04. Caller called re: her daughter. Daughter is university student, but Daughter had very difficult time getting punch card machine to register vote for Kerry. Daughter noticed problem only because she examined ballot well after she left polling booth. Daughter got machine to punch vote for Kerry only after going back in voting booth and trying again.
New Mexico Bernalillo When water hit one button another light came on. Was able to corect. Hit for Kerry and other candidate lit up (Green)
Ohio Mahoning 11/2/2004 Attempted vote for Kerry, responed as Bush/Cheney. Upon verification, went back and changed to Kerry/Edwards. Verified as OK, submitted.
Ohio Mahoning Radio station reports & call ins that voters were hitting Kerry on touch screen, but checking tape showed that Bush's name was recorded; Boardman Township Mahoning Co. Ohio; Radio Station - 580 WKBM
Ohio Mahoning 11/2/2004 Voted Kerry and Bush came up.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Light flickered red and green; wants to make sure her vote counted; only had 2 machines, normally have 6; others in precinct had paper ballots; was her vote counted? it did show Kerry'Edwards at the end.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Nov. 2; PM One machine malfunctioning; could not vote for libraterian or constitutional party candidate, voted for kerry; machine taken out of service
Pennsylvania Mercer Nov. 2 Reported via e-mail:{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}I thought you should know about my experiences on Nov. 2. I was a field organizer for the Kerry/Edwards Campaign in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and I witnessed severe problems with the voting system there. The following is a brief summary:{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}1. Thirteen precincts encountered complete or partial failures of electronic voting machines. Many of these machines were deemed "unrepairable" be technicians, and were out of service all day long. All of them were in Democratic-majority precincts. Many of them were in African-American precincts that have historically voted up to 90% in favor of democrats.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}2. Of these precincts, many of them lacked paper-ballot backups, and those that had paper ballots were unprepared to handle them, often issuing improper or illegal instructions.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3. Countless numbers of people were told to go home once, then returned later in the day, hoping that the system would have been fixed, and were told to go home again. Some even went to vote three times and were told to go home each time. There is no way to accurately estimate how many people simply never got to vote, but it is at least in the hundreds, if not thousands.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}4. Out of 51,800 voters who signed in to vote on the electronic machines, only 47,700 actual votes for president were registered. In one highly-democratic precinct, Farrell 1-2, 289 people signed in to vote, but only 48 of them actually succeeded in registering votes for president (45 for Kerry, 3 for Bush). This points to a reasonable estimate that nearly 4,000 votes in the county were not recorded. Again, it appears that most of this disenfranchisement occurred in democratic-majority precincts.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Since Pennsylvania was won by Kerry/Edwards, it has been difficult to get the proper degree of attention focused on this problem. However, the fact that these events did not directly affect the outcome of the election should not distract anyone from the fact that what happened in Mercer County was a complete disaster and a total disgrace.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}From their comments in the local papers, it appears that Mercer County's election officials fail to understand the gravity of 4000 lost votes and the disastrous affect that can have on peoples' faith in democracy. Such accidents cannot be swept under the rug.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Anything short of a complete investigation into this matter should be unacceptable, and will be seen as unacceptable by the residents of Mercer County. Any pressure you can bring to bear to see that a full investigation goes forward will be greatly appreciated.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}Please call or write back. I have a stack of signed complaints that our office collected on Election Day. I am willing to help in any way to expose all the facts regarding this important matter.{cr}{newline}
Texas Florida calling about woman in FL who was on CNN who says she voted for Kerry and other democrats but when she went to vote her ballot, votes had all switched to republican. She called in poll worker who told her to clear machine, which she refused to do. Attorney at poll called in and he suggested she be allowed to vote at another machine. He believes serial # of that machine should be recorded and that machine and all others like it need to be sequestered. Critical that machines be guarded.
Texas Denton 11/2/2004 8:28 Electronic voting, 1. Very complicated, 2. Pressed help button, no one responded. 3. Voted on 1st qustion, straight voting either democratic or republican (no other choice). Didn't want straight democratic. First selection on next screen, for President, chose Kerry and then got a screen that said "not compatible with prior screen"... clicked next screen.
Texas Harris Not sure she voted for Kerry, voted straight party ticket
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