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Republicans have much to say about the flawed voting machines manufactured by Diebold and other companies. They call it Democrat conspiracy theory that the machines were flawed. That is, until one of their own gets the bad end of a flawed machine. Now, Steve Smith, a Conservative candidate in the GOP primary, and former member of the Texas Supreme court, is considering going to court himself in order to contest what he calls a flawed election. Sour grapes? Lets look at the evidence:
Which means that Smith voted against himself, if you buy the machine's output. I dont, and neither would any other reasonable person.
Until electronic voting can be fixed, we need to go back to the old way of doing things. If we are unwilling to do that, then we at least need to provide each voter with a receipt so that a paper trail exists. Otherwise, I dont care which party you vote for. Your vote means jack.
Article is here.
Winkler County, which went for Smith by margins of 260-92 (74%) and 468-249 (65%) in the 2002 and 2004 elections, went against Smith by an unbelievable 0-273 (100%) margin.
Which means that Smith voted against himself, if you buy the machine's output. I dont, and neither would any other reasonable person.
Until electronic voting can be fixed, we need to go back to the old way of doing things. If we are unwilling to do that, then we at least need to provide each voter with a receipt so that a paper trail exists. Otherwise, I dont care which party you vote for. Your vote means jack.
Article is here.