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Old 11-03-2008, 08:23 PM
 
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Old 11-03-2008, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Eastport, Maine
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Also, I have heard your vote is harder to tamper with if you vote for each candidate individually rather than just straight party.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:58 AM
 
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Also, I have heard your vote is harder to tamper with if you vote for each candidate individually rather than just straight party.
Yes go through each thing one by one instead of straight party

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/3/18550/2486

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THE PROBLEM: "Straight party voting" on voting machines is revealing a bad pattern of miscounting and omitting your vote, especially if you are a Democrat.
Most recently (Oct. 2008), a firm called Automated Election Services was found to have mis-coded the system in heavily Democratic Santa Fe County, New Mexico such that straight party voters would not have the presidential vote counted.
Straight party voting is allowed in 15 states. Basically, it means that you can take a shortcut to actually looking at who you are voting for and instead just select a party preference. Then the voting machine makes your candidate choices, supposedly for the party you requested.
Additional details follow, but first: PROTECT THE COUNT
  1. NEVER CHOOSE THE STRAIGHT PARTY VOTE OPTION, because it alerts the computer as to your party preference and allows software code to trigger whatever function the programmer has designed.
  2. SEND THIS INFORMATION OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN, blog it, root n' toot it out there to get the word out.
  1. ESPECIALLY GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING STATES, which have straight party voting options:
- Alabama - Indiana - Iowa - Kentucky - Michigan - New Mexico - North Carolina - Oklahoma - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - Texas - Utah - West Virginia - Wisconsin >>
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Old 11-04-2008, 01:22 AM
 
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Oh no, there are a bunch of important states on that list.

I believe you can demand a paper ballot too, so try that if it is permitted. I would say a paper ballot will always be better than that blackbox that is programmed to do evil things to Democratic votes. There is so much evidence from so many reputable people about this.
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Old 11-04-2008, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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Paper ballot is the way to go.
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Old 11-04-2008, 07:45 AM
 
Location: in the southwest
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Paper ballot is the way to go.
That's what our county is using.
Some might remember Florida's little problem last time around.
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Old 11-04-2008, 07:47 AM
 
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Looks like a lot of Democratic fear mongering to me..
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Old 11-04-2008, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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Looks like a lot of Democratic fear mongering to me..
LOL, I could say "the sky is blue" and you'd say "Looks like a lot of Democratic fear mongering..."
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Old 11-04-2008, 08:36 AM
 
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LOL, I could say "the sky is blue" and you'd say "Looks like a lot of Democratic fear mongering..."
Technically, the sky isnt blue, it just appears that way due to atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere separating the suns white light into its many colors

But dont let the facts stand in your way from making a point.
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Old 11-04-2008, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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Technically, the sky isnt blue, it just appears that way due to atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere separating the suns white light into its many colors

But dont let the facts stand in your way from making a point.
LOL, it's cool, you're helping us bump some helpful info to the top. Thanks!
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