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2014-10-23 Home Front: Politix
'Calibration error' changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county
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Posted by Fred 2014-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Apparently my bullshit detector doesn't need any more calibration.
Posted by DarthVader 2014-10-23 00:04||   2014-10-23 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 It doesn't matter who is running. It only matters who is counting the votes.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-23 00:34||   2014-10-23 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Like there's a gear, spring, bolt, bushing, or vacuum tube that just needs a small tweak with a wrench? Oh I know. They got the voting machines mixed up with the time machines again.
Posted by RandomJD 2014-10-23 06:00||   2014-10-23 06:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't know who Calibration is but he sure makes sure that when he makes an error, it is in favor of the Dems.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-23 07:30||   2014-10-23 07:30|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Big Thromoth3646 2014-10-23 07:38||   2014-10-23 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Calibration? That's like how much finger pressure it takes to register a choice (or ohms or millifarads or quantum foopoos) or how big the active area is.

Now if the (D) vote button is calibrated to be five times the size of the (R) button, that's a calibration error!

But if the machine was calibrated, you should be able to find out who did the calibration, FOXNEWS.
Posted by Bobby 2014-10-23 07:57||   2014-10-23 07:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Funny how all these calibration errors all ways seem to benefit democrats.
Posted by CrazyFool 2014-10-23 09:15||   2014-10-23 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 I suspect this is one of those alignment errors, where the index 'ballot' with the names and boxes on it is not directly over the buttons that need to be pressed to register the vote. I've had that happen, where I push the box & nothing happens (rather than something different happening) - had to press around the box until I got it to register the vote I wanted. Of course that assumes that the registering indicator is aligned close enough to tell what vote you did cast. I did prefer those old mechanical marvels where the candidate name was attached to a lever - but even then one never really knew whether those gears counted the vote to the candidate you chose.
Posted by Glenmore 2014-10-23 10:55||   2014-10-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Just a tad more to the right, Jim!
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-10-23 11:48||   2014-10-23 11:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Calibration=programming
Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-23 12:12||   2014-10-23 12:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Simple solution, don't use touch screen voting machines. Strain yourself to mark a paper ballot, which also leaves a 'paper trail' if there is a recount. Touch screens do not.
Posted by Zorba de Medici9541 2014-10-23 12:20||   2014-10-23 12:20|| Front Page Top

#12 This is Illinois, #8 Glenmore, making your supposition touchingly naive.

More realistic supposition: They're all set up to cheat. >:-(
Posted by Barbara 2014-10-23 12:44||   2014-10-23 12:44|| Front Page Top

#13 I am surprised at this point that the Republican was even on the ballot as a selection choice.
Posted by airandee 2014-10-23 13:07||   2014-10-23 13:07|| Front Page Top

#14 The only people who need 'instant' returns is the media for hype, drama, and commercial dollars. F'em. Paper and you put your thumb print on the ballot.
Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-23 14:58||   2014-10-23 14:58|| Front Page Top

#15 "#14: F'em. Paper and you put your thumb print on the ballot". I also favor a short and easy quiz in order to get registered to vote like "name the three branches of the federal government". If you don't know the answer to that you have no business voting.
Posted by irishrageboy 2014-10-23 15:49||   2014-10-23 15:49|| Front Page Top

#16 I favour a 'short-arm' check and a copy of last years tax return proving you were a contributor.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-23 15:56||   2014-10-23 15:56|| Front Page Top

#17 Wouldn't work - a lot of people file their tax return only to get the earned income credit and haven't paid a dime.

Unless you require it to show that you actually paid more than you 'received'.
Posted by CrazyFool 2014-10-23 16:41||   2014-10-23 16:41|| Front Page Top

#18 This seems to be a recurring problem in Chicago. It is also a problem when your aunt's dead husband can vote multiple times in several precincts, your little dog Fifi shows up on the list of eligible voters, and the guy down the street has a 164 year old relative who is voting. Chicago, a microcosm of what's currently wrong with the country--thugs, scoundrels, and crooks.
Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-23 18:07||   2014-10-23 18:07|| Front Page Top

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