Pennsylvania voting machine steals from Obama gives to Romney
I usually don't believe stuff like this during election times...but this is actually real. A Pennsylvania voting machine has been taken out of service because votes for President Obama were being given to Mitt Romney.
Here's the message from the voter:
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work. There were 4 older ladies running the show and 3 voting booths that are similar to a science fair project in how they fold up. They had an oval VOTE logo on top center and a cartridge slot on the left that the volunteers used to start your ballot.
I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I then recorded this video.
There is a lot of speculation that the footage is edited. I'm not a video guy, but if it's possible to prove whether a video has been altered or not, I will GLADLY provide the raw footage to anyone who is willing to do so. The jumping frames are a result of the shitty camera app on my Android phone, nothing more. (Source)
I don't know if the button was just off or if something nefarious was taking place. It is ridiculous and a shame either way. Technology is great to get the irregularities out there. However in most states what this gentleman did was against the law.
Specifically in my state it is against the law to take pictures of voting ballots and voters without the permission of the voter AND the precinct judge. (NC Gen. Stat 163-166.3). I pray every other person is being careful about how their vote is being counted.
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