Jim D

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:26:56 -0500

Well, SOMEthing weird was going on at the Reeves Center on September 9. When my wife went to vote in the morning, she was told that: 1) she couldn't vote (she was registered independent despite registering as a Democrat) 2) But I (her husband) was on the rolls. Fast forward to me going in to vote after work. Apparently now I *wasn't* in the book - the same book they showed my wife in the morning? - despite voting in the February primaries. I went to fill out a special ballot, and the person at that table (a neighbor who knew me and could vouch) checked for my registration on her PDA thingie and I was in there. But because I wasn't in the binder they had at the main registration table, I still had to fill out a special ballot. I was able to vote, and the place was pretty empty so it wasn't a hassle, but I was stuck wondering: - what if this happens in November? what if it wasn't my neighbor or someone else who knew me checking up on me? what if I didn't have time to wait in a long line? If they can fuck this up for a (relatively low-turnout) local primary, and a voter who's voted at that location several times and has a current registration card on their person, along with plenty of other photo ID, the fuckup for a presidential election, with potentially a lot of newly-registered voters could be epic.

IMGoph

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:22:01 -0500

None of the audited precincts showed differences between manual recounts and voting machine results of more than one or two votes in any given racewhy the hell are there any differences? we're not talking rounding errors here, these are positive integers. god, it's not rocket science people.

DCist: Primary Election Ballots From One Precinct Being Recounted

Jim D

IMGoph