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November 02, 2004
VOTE WITHOUT VOTING! (EARLY AND OFTEN AND OFTEN.....)
UPDATE: Dennis beat me to the punch here, so you can go read his report first! What the hell; I'll leave what I wrote earlier unedited. Sorry to repeat you, Dennis! (I should read the blog before I post, especially today....) A taste of more to come? Via Drudge, I see that in Philadelphia, you can vote without even being there, and before the polls are 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... INCIDENT: 292 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 7/7: ADDRESS: 122 W. Erie Ave., Roberto Clemente School, Philadelphia, Pa.; INCIDENT: 456 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 12/3; ADDRESS: 5657 Chew Ave., storefront, Philadelphia, Pa... MORE... 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 surrounded the location... Developing...Ah, the marvels of electronic voting! There was something unsettling about pushing a green button earlier this morning and wondering whether I'd really voted. I don't know anything about the machines, so how do I know whether it was in "TEST" mode? There's a lot to be said for the old analog way of paper balloting. MORE: Don't miss Dennis's report about stolen signs. A real scoop. MORE: The above Drudge link is now here. AND MORE: Yahoo reports the story as a dispute between "Republican activists" and "city officials": In Philadelphia, Republican activists claimed voting machines already had thousands of votes recorded on them when the polls opened. But city officials countered that the activists misunderstood numbers on odometers that records every vote ever cast — not just those for this election.Odometers? Whatever. MORE FROM DRUDGE: Matt Drudge has updated his report, noting a comment from the Kerry campaign about his site: The Kerry Campaign says reports of votes already on machines are 'false.'I wonder how Mr. Lockhart defines "serious news." posted by Eric on 11.02.04 at 10:43 AM |
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This story has been debunked by the AP, and has disappeared from Drudge's web page; as much of his bad reporting does.