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| Voting Machine Smartcards Missing, Challenges To Start Momentarily... |
| 2006-11-03 |
| H/t to Drudge - VERY significant that this is happening in Tennessee, where until yesterday Harold Ford(D) was beating his Republican challenger Bob Corker. Now mind you, I am NOT accusing Mr. Ford of anything, but I am willing to bet his backers have something to do with this - because in a close election (Corker is now just BARELY ahead of Ford, and out of the margin of error)you can bet the screaming will start before the polls even open. 12 SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES Fri Nov 03 2006 10:09:31 ET Political insiders have expressed alarm after 12 voter smartcards have gone missing from one Shelby County, TN early vote location! The cards are used to activate electronic voting machines. The location at the center of the controversy is Bishop Byrne High School on E. Shelby Drive in Memphis. The polling place started out with 25 cards. By Wednesday, 11 were missing, says an eyewitness. The location was given 5 more smartcards on Thursday. And another card went missing! Someone possessing a smartcard could use 'off the shelf equipment' [equipment that reprograms the card] and alter it to be used multiple times, and cast multiple votes. One concerned insider explains: "Shelby County Board of Elections has been notified. They said is was 'not a big deal' because, they said, the cards are deactivated. But the reality is, you can buy the equipment at computer stores to reactivate them. It's on the Internet how to reactivate the cards!" Meanwhile, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing reports by the Shelby County Election Commission that two people voted twice during early voting in Memphis. Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons said he's referred the cases to the TBI for investigation along with other matters he declined to discuss. Poll watchers are expected to turn out Tuesday to observe voting in Tennessee's heated U.S. Senate race between Chattanooga Republican Bob Corker and Memphis Democrat Harold Ford Jr. Mike |
| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
| #1 Why can't we just go back to paper ballots? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-03 17:40 |