ES&S iVotronic machines in WV are flipping votes from Democratic to anything but Democratic.
http://www.bradblog.com/...
The election official attempts to "recalibrate" the machine (translation: he pushes a "reset" button), which results in...no change at all. Perhaps he simply used the wrong tool. How about a fire axe? Will this machine be used in the upcoming election? You betcha, along with all the other ones rigged to give John McCain a "Diebold Miracle" on November 4th.
My own theory about electronic voting machines has evolved over the last several years.
Initially I was sold on the gee-whiz performance and the large, accessible letters. Like most carnival goers, I was too distracted by the bright colors and buzz words like "modern" "convenient" "reliable" and "computerized" to ask myself a fundamental question: 'What happens to your vote after you walk away?'
Over the last 8 years history has demonstrated beyond any reasonable argument that electronic voting systems are designed for one purpose: to steal elections.
Note the pathetic attempts by the election official to claim that the touch screen needs to be "recalibrated." Note also that the dude doesn't show what happens when you vote Republican (because then it works just fine). Question: Have you EVER seen this happen on a touchscreen ATM? No, of course not. Why not? Because...
TOUCHSCREENS DON'T NEED TO BE CALIBRATED.
Either they work, or they don't. On or off. A touch screen doesn't "sorta work." Not these days, no sir. Touchscreen technology was developed in the friggin' 1970's. It's a 40-year old, totally mature hardware technology. It works the way it's told to work. Just like an ATM.
[Note: Several commenters vouch that touchscreens do indeed need to be calibrated. If so, my bad. However, this does not invalidate the argument that electronic voting is no better than a fancy shell game.]
By the way, when was the last time you heard Republican voters complaining that their votes were being changed? I'm just accusing...
Anyway, what this example (and several others via links) has shown is a serious glitch in the software. Namely, they're displaying the rigging process, which is supposed to be hidden. Very unprofessional. Bad magician. Maybe the programmer's heart just isn't in it. When my vote is flipped, I don't want to see it, just have that vague feeling afterwords of being snookered. Like now.
You probably already know that feeling.
So, besides bringing your driver's license, birth certificate, a lawyer, a body guard, a folding chair, a video camera, etcetera etcetera, you may need to bring something to help the election official "calibrate" the Republican-rigged touchscreen voting machine.
What will you bring?
Note: I'm not really advocating destroying voting machines. That's the humor part. I definitely do advocate throwing every single DRM executive in prison for the rest of their miserable, election-stealing lives. Also, I realize the company at the link wasn't Diebold. Diebold is simply the name that stands for the electronic election-stealing scams we're all now quite familiar with. In that respect, they're all Diebold.