> Presidential Votes Miscast on E-Voting Machines Across the Country
7 November 2004, 04:55
North Carolina: Incorrect tabulation gave additional 22,000 votes to George Bush, other winners become losers.
The computer that tabulates the totals choked when officials uploaded the early voting numbers, which was a particularly large batch of data. (Note: Guilford County uses ES&S Votronic Touchscreen voting machines, no voter verified paper ballot).
"So it just threw some of (the votes) away," said Guilford County elections director George Gilbert.
Before the votes were retallied, Cobb, who looked like a loser on election night, had won by 1,500 votes, according to the elections board’s Web site. Gilbert, though, had backup tapes that contained the vote tallies.
When he retrieved those numbers and gave the corrected figures to the state board of elections, Cobb had an additional 4,000 votes and his Republican opponent, Steve Troxler, another 13,000. Troxler was the apparent winner again.
(Question: exactly how did Gilbert retrieve the data, and how do we know the true intent of the voter, as opposed to
the "glitched" data?)
The new Guilford numbers boosted Atkinson’s votes by nearly 12,000 in the superintendent’s race, putting her ahead of Republican Bill Fletcher, who got 3,000 more votes in the update.
The Guilford totals didn’t change President Bush’s win in the state, but did shift the vote total by 22,000.
(Question: So, Guilford County’s ES&S Votronic Touchscreen voting machines gave George Bush a non existant 22,000 vote edge on election night?)
(So why didn’t we have correct results on election night? Should all elections be considered legally un-decided until
the expensive $3,000 each voting machines can be re-checked for data that may or may not be correct?)
North Carolina: Incorrect tabulation gave additional 22,000 votes to George Bush, other winners become losers.
The computer that tabulates the totals choked when officials uploaded the early voting numbers, which was a particularly large batch of data. (Note: Guilford County uses ES&S Votronic Touchscreen voting machines, no voter verified paper ballot).
"So it just threw some of (the votes) away," said Guilford County elections director George Gilbert.
Before the votes were retallied, Cobb, who looked like a loser on election night, had won by 1,500 votes, according to the elections board’s Web site. Gilbert, though, had backup tapes that contained the vote tallies.
When he retrieved those numbers and gave the corrected figures to the state board of elections, Cobb had an additional 4,000 votes and his Republican opponent, Steve Troxler, another 13,000. Troxler was the apparent winner again.
(Question: exactly how did Gilbert retrieve the data, and how do we know the true intent of the voter, as opposed to
the "glitched" data?)
The new Guilford numbers boosted Atkinson’s votes by nearly 12,000 in the superintendent’s race, putting her ahead of Republican Bill Fletcher, who got 3,000 more votes in the update.
The Guilford totals didn’t change President Bush’s win in the state, but did shift the vote total by 22,000.
(Question: So, Guilford County’s ES&S Votronic Touchscreen voting machines gave George Bush a non existant 22,000 vote edge on election night?)
(So why didn’t we have correct results on election night? Should all elections be considered legally un-decided until
the expensive $3,000 each voting machines can be re-checked for data that may or may not be correct?)
reporter: Mark Johnson: mjohnson at charlotteobserver dot com.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10104576.htm?1c
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North Carolina loaded with electronic voting problems - lost votes and miscounts. see http://www.ncvoter.net/news.html