Did you have election day voting problems? Do you trust electronic voting machines?
912149
I trust the machines, I don't trust the republicans.  (small "r" deliberate)
733446
how hackable is it..?? \nhow do i know my vote is even counted..??\nwe went to this crappy mail in voter system and when i go to the post office to pick up my mail, it seems like theirs as many ballots in the garbage as junky wal mart flyers...says something about the system, doesnt it...???
834647
Thanks Hun... !\n\nI will... make it as difficult as possible for them... we have paper ballots that are counted by machines... but still the paper backup.
52700
Well, if you don't vote, then my vote is worth more, so I guess that's all right with me.  \n\nI don't believe the elections were rigged and stolen.
156020
With the inconsistancies in the last 2 elections, we need to make sure we have a paper trail. That means either a receipt at computer voting machines or an actual ballot. No computer is perfect and not every computer operator is ethical and unbiased. With the vote counts in the last 3 elections so close, we need to make sure an accurate cound can be made and VERIFIED.
731870
I voted first thing this morning!  The lines were pitifully short, and I really hope it picks up.  \n\nThe link below has info on polling places, hours, and sample ballots for every district in the entire country.\n\nVOTE!!!
924577
Yes!  The voting machines can be fixed.  There was a show on HBO I think last Tues. or Wed. called Hacking Democracy.  It showed how a hacker could alter the vote totals in the memory cards that counted all the votes.  It also showed another arrogant company (Dieboldt), proclaiming it couldn't be done after it was shown to be possible.  There was also a voting machine showing 16,000 negative votes for Al Gore in the last election... and yes it was in Florida.  Dieboldt actually left the program on an open ftp site.  Go to HBO.com, there must be a link.  Old news to some extent, but pretty scary nonetheless.\n\n\n\nOkay- to the 2 thumbs down with blinders on.  Do the research and tell me I didn't see the show.  It's attitudes like that which divide us.
479716
Yes - I find the whole process fascinating.  I also believe that voting is an informed decision making process, so I keep up with local, state and national issues so I can make an informed decision.  How can a person complain about the state of things in their city, state and country if they are not well informed as to what is going on AND they don't vote!  If you don't exercise your right to vote, you shouldn't complain about the state of things.
980171
Even die-hard liberals on Alternet are acknowledging that there were election issues.  I'm not sure 'rigged' is the right word, but it was certainly flawed in terms of voter suppression, poll worker confusion, and machine malfunctions.
888717
DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE VOTING MACHINES.\nGOD BLESS
1161740
What is an "ecetoral" vote? \n\nThis is like taking your car to a mechanic because it won't run and saying the stractor is gefunked.\n\nWhat you will end up with is a flivver job you didn't need.  Get it straight.
858802
i think with these electronic machines it is possible to rig the elections.it makes me want to puke that the fact our votes aren't even safe is a question.i believe if they can be hacked or tampered with they shouldn't be used.and the fact that both sides in this election are letting this happen is inexcusable and makes me sick.we should have all marched in the streets against these machines and demanded our votes be safe and secure.no wonder some countries in this world think we are a joke.if they do get caught fixing these elections it will be another sad day in our country.the people who are caught should be punished severely.and i don't mean put in a cushy federal prison.i mean severely.
777736
This is very funny, thinking about it makes me laugh, because all the technology that is out there, you can vote for American Idol on-line or through the phone. Why not vote for president? We still have these old machines for Voting that are rusted and very noisy.  If they would have voting through the phones or the Internet, I believe a bigger % of the population will vote, because a lot of people don't vote because they don't feel like going out there everyday routing to wait in line to vote.
804716
People you can talk to:\n\nThe voting poll workers, go yell at them to keep an eye on those ballots.  Call often, and get your friends to call them too.\n\nThe local newspapers\n\nGreg Palast, contributing editor to Harper's magazine, he wrote a book about voting problems, he'd probably listen if you sent an email
943958
We won't know that answer until tomorrow at the earliest.\n\nAbsentee ballots are still coming in and polls aren't quite closed yet on the East Coast. (It is 4.53 mst as I type.)  And many states allow people to vote early.  Those are all counted tonight, even though the people did not technically vote today.  ; )\n\nEdit: I voted last week.  The turn-out in my part of Colorado is great!
822693
I have no confidence that our vote counts after my 4 year study on voter fraud, years work as a voting rights activist, ease with which the machines can be hacked without seeing the sourcecode (which we don't) and this kills me since I from a kid of 10 in the 50's loved politics And always voted.  I was taught about our wonderful democracy which I no longer believe exists.\n\nStill I vote..because the more people that vote dem the harder it is to get away with  vote fraud (and explaining away wrong exit polls which are historically extremely accurate...that is the more people that vote, the higher the chance the vote will be democrat) though it will still be rigged, the soil is more fertile for discovering vote fraud and lawsuits.\n\nAlso because people died for the right for me to vote and I feel it is my sacred duty even though it is stolen from me electronically.\nWe must be true to our character and country.\n\nBut I highly recommend being involved in other ways as an activist, informing people of voter fraud and glitches, participating in citizen run parallel elections at the polls and recording proceedings and helping as a poll-worker.\n\nAlso call your congressman and ask then to cosign and support house bill (HB 6200) to make all future presidential elections be paper ballots hand counted at the precinct to restore the true will of the people and transparency..doing this will do more than voting will.
748374
electronic voting machines are a bad idea.  \n\npeople need to think this through.\n\ncases of fraud will be more difficult to track, and may be impossible to track.  and some cases of fraud with e-voting may go completely undetected.  \n\nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/30/tech/main590725.shtml \nhttp://www.wanttoknow.info/051221votingmachineshacked\nhttp://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/newswire/2003/07/24/rtr1037484.html