From: "Robert G Lewis" 

if this is correct ( in the article)

"Broward Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Mary Cooney said it's not
uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making
votes register incorrectly. Poll workers are trained to recalibrate them on
the spot -- essentially, to realign the video screen with the electronics
inside. The 15-step process is outlined in the poll-workers manual."

I would not expect it to be random but favoring spots on the ballot. Also
not indicative of a grand conspiracy, just poor quality control and
something that should not occur and needs to be fixed.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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>I agree with that, for sure.  My point was the article leads one to believe
>that the only bias is toward Republicans, when it's most likely, random in
>both directions.  It appears that they never tested the other side of the
>equation, someone who voted all Republican, now many times it picked
>Democrats.
>
> In either condition, it's totally wrong.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> news:859fk25fcl99c3jhf7kchfa4rvulehsavg{at}4ax.com...
>> No matter.   Broken is broken and election results from those machines
>> can't be trusted.
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:08:39 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Notice how they didn't try the opposite, if selections for Republicans
>>>brought up random Democrat selections, or even if they tried that test.
>>>It
>>>could be a total screw up in both directions.
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Glenn M.
>>>"RobertB."  wrote in message
>>>news:rb28-5DA8DD.12024031102006{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> In article ,
>>>> /m  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/b
rowar
>>>>> d_county/15869924.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Several South Florida voters say the choices they
touched on the
>>>> electronic screens were not the ones that appeared on the
review screen
>>>> -- the final voting step."
>>>>
>>>> That nicely sums it up.
>>>
>
>

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