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Drudge: VOTES FOUND ON MACHINES IN PHILLY BEFORE POLLS OPEN

2004-11-02

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE NOV 02, 2004 09:06:35 ET XXXXX

VOTES FOUND ON MACHINES IN PHILLY BEFORE POLLS OPEN

Before voting even began in Philadelphia -- poll watchers found nearly 2000 votes already planted on machines scattered throughout the city.

One incident occurred at the SALVATION ARMY, 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa: Ward 37, division 8.

Pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over 200 and one with nearly 500...

A second location, 1901 W. Girard Ave., Berean Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, had 300+ votes already on 2 machines at start of day.

ANOTHER INCIDENT: 292 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 7/7: ADDRESS: 122 W. Erie Ave., Roberto Clemente School, Philadelphia, Pa..

ANOTHER: 456 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 12/3; ADDRESS: 5657 Chew Ave., storefront, Philadelphia, Pa...

MORE...

The Kerry Campaign says reports of votes already on machines is 'false.'

"No, no! Certainly not!"
Elsewhere, a gun was purposely made visible to scare poll watchers at Ward 30, division 11, at 905 S. 20th St., Grand Court. Police were called and quickly surrounded the location...

Developing...

Posted by:Fred

#15 I voted very early in the morning, and noted that my machine had recorded 3 votes, which sounded reasonable given we had about 5 machines there.

I think it depends on the manufacturer, but it would be a bonus to have the machine keep track of BOTH number of votes it recorded over its lifetime, AND prominently display how many votes it had recorded THAT DAY. Thus, if a Repub was in early and noted that the numbers were not in the 10s, but in the 100s, I think some shouting would be in order...

Posted by: Ptah 2004-11-02 6:52:21 PM

#14 These guys should have called the Daly brothers and imported some experts in voting machine tampering. In Chicago it's an art form.

Posted by: RWV 2004-11-02 5:53:51 PM

#13 The Post-Gazette has a story that states these machines have an odometer-like counter that records the number of votes the machine has recorded during its service lifetime. This apparently is like a car's odometer, as opposed to a counter that can be reset for each election, not unlike a car's trip odometer. It will be interesting to see if this pans out to be a non-story.

KZ -- Go Steelers!

Posted by: Dar 2004-11-02 4:00:25 PM

#12 Yes Dave, Despite John Street and the overwhelming Dem support, Philly is a great town. Not that I actually live in it though, I bought my house in Lansdowne instead. Close enough to the city to go out to dinner or see a show without having to pay wage taxes for working or living. (Work in Bala Cynwyd)

I'd say go Eagles but I'm actually a Giants fan. (Boo, hiss...)

Posted by: Kelvin Zero 2004-11-02 2:45:54 PM

#11 "Dave D should know"

Yep. John Street is Philadelphia's current mayor. God, I'm so proud of Philly-- is this a great town, or what?...

Posted by: Dave D. 2004-11-02 1:00:41 PM

#10 Mojo,

On the other hand, Frank Rizzo did vote today.

Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-11-02 12:57:14 PM

#9 Street is the current mayor.

Posted by: Tom 2004-11-02 12:48:20 PM

#8 The Ghost of Rizzo strikes...

Posted by: mojo 2004-11-02 12:40:22 PM

#7 Dave D should know

Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-02 12:37:06 PM

#6 I thought Street is the current mayor?
Any "cheesesteaks" that can clarify for me?

Posted by: Capsu78 2004-11-02 12:31:34 PM

#5 Fascinating, to me, is the fact that nowhere does the story (or anyone, for that matter) say who the votes were for, lol!

Rather remarkable, wouldn't you say, that no one even gives a thought, including the Skeery people, that such vote-rigging would be for Republicans?

ROFL!!!

Hmmm... The Dhimmigogues are doing all the barking, so...

Posted by: .com 2004-11-02 12:30:32 PM

#4 The last thing the mayor wants is an investigation into who has been pre-loading the machines and for how long. He could lose his pension.

Posted by: Tom 2004-11-02 12:12:53 PM

#3 Street says the reports are false? Damn! The Kerrorists have probably massacred the local Repubs and set up their own caliphate by now.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-02 12:12:41 PM

#2 Fmr Mayor John Street, on Fox, said he had personally investigated these claims and they were all false. Given Street's shady past and lies he's told in the past, you can rest assured theey got caught with their hands in the till.

Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-02 12:06:59 PM

#1 Interesting that the Kerry Campaign would have a position on this so quickly.

Posted by: Tom 2004-11-02 11:51:44 AM

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