About Us

F*O*A*D

On 10/23/14 12:52 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:14:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

... ya gotta love it ...

Republican Illinois state House candidate Jim Moynihan was taken aback
Monday when he intended to cast a vote for himself and the touch-screen
voting machine instead cast a vote for a Democrat.

â€œWhile early voting at the Schaumburg Public Library today, I tried to
cast a vote for myself and instead it cast the vote for my opponent,â€
Moynihan told the Illinois Review. â€œYou could imagine my surprise as the
same thing happened with a number of races when I tried to vote for a
Republican and the machine registered a vote for a Democrat.â€

Accordingly his faith in the balloting system of Cook County has been
shaken, the Illinois Review reported.

While using the machine, Moynihan voted in various races on the ballot
and noticed that whenever he voted for a Republican the machine
registered a vote for the Democrat opponent. He alerted the election
judge and demonstrated the error. Eventually, Moynihan was allowed to
vote for himself and other Republicans.

â€œClearly, I am concerned that citizens will be unable to vote for the
candidate of their choice, especially if they are in a hurry and do not
double check their ballot,â€ Moynihan said. â€œI cannot say whether or not
this was intentional, but Cook County voters deserve better and should
not have their right to vote suppressed.â€

If this happened in Florida it would be a national story, not
something buried on an obscure boating news group.
I just watched 2 hours of TV news and didn't see a thing about it.

Voter suppression in Republican states is more sophisticated...shut down
polling places where students vote, cut back voting hours and days that
make it easier for blacks to vote, et cetera.

--
Of lifeâ€™s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
More Chicago style politics...	JustWaitAFrekinMinute	General	8	May 14th 13 09:11 PM
Asian carp DNA found in water samples from the Chicago River :: CHICAGO	lil abner	General	0	January 15th 10 03:12 AM
Gotta love Chicago politics...	Guru of Woodstock	General	0	July 12th 09 12:45 AM
Chicago politics...	Captain Marvel of Woodstock	General	7	July 10th 09 03:45 AM
alt.california, alt.rush-limbaugh, alt.impeach.bush, alt.politics.gw-bush, alt.politics.usa.republican, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.society.liberalism, alt.politics.republicans, alt.culture.alaska,rec.boats	[email protected]	General	2	December 7th 08 10:59 AM

Menu

About Us