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| 10-1-06: One on One with Cynthia McKi... |
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Bev Harris
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 5721
Registered: 12-2004
Best of Black Box? 
Votes: 4 (A keeper?) | | Posted on Sunday, October 1, 2006 - 7:28 am: | 
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- Make 2006 the biggest citizen evidence-gathering expedition in history.
- Evidence = video, audio recordings, photos, public records. Not anecdotes.
- After you get the evidence, propagate it to at least 5 different places.
Cynthia McKinney has been gathering evidence, and yesterday began propagating it through a press conference held in Decatur, Georgia. What she's uncovered is important.
In the Georgia primary, the press reported that the machines functioned well, things went smoothly except for a few hiccups. Members of the press need to look a little deeper. U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney requested some one-on-one advice from Black Box Voting. We advised her to make public records requests for poll worker notes and troubleshooter reports.
- Bizarre database problems appeared.
- Security flew out the window when dozens of voting machines were used despite broken and mismatched security seals.
- Voting machines hiccupped, choked, flipped and lost votes.
(Details follow)
Few public officials have been able to stomach a straight-on look at the civil rights debacle that our new electronic voting systems have become. The first member of the U.S. congress to take a hard look at Diebold touch-screen voting machines was Georgia Democrat Cynthia McKinney, who's been looking into problems with electronic voting since early 2003.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney did public records requests for the sets of documents that citizens all over America are finding useful: POLL MANAGER LOGS, VOTING MACHINE AUDIT LOGS, and TROUBLESHOOTING LOGS. These are the written, on-the-spot logs kept by elections workers that provide evidence of what happened during the Election.
The reports also uncovered another class of problems not reflected here, worthy of an entire investigation on the electronic pollbooks and accompanying databases. Documents in McKinney's district show many flipped ballots. In the primary, registered Democrats were getting Republican ballots, apparently a function of the new Diebold electronic poll books and their interaction with the statewide computerized voter registration database.
Before buying into the "it's a hiccup" theory, let's pause for a moment. If you erect a barricade to prevent an African American from voting, is that a "hiccup?" What if your barricade prevents just a few people from voting? What if your barricade "wouldn't have affected the results?"
EVERY SINGLE DEKALB COUNTY VOTER HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR VOTE COUNTED ACCURATELY. The candidate has a RIGHT to have their name on every ballot in their district. Let's stop referring to voter disenfranchisement as hiccups and glitches.
Here is an incomplete listing of problems.
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8/8/06: "Voter info loaded into our ExpressPoll* units was faulty…More than 50 voters had to be sent to Clairmont (Lutheran Church). In some cases, a husband was sent to one location while his wife, living at the same house, was sent to another. About half dozen older voters, over 75 years old, who had not requested an absentee ballot were marked on the voter list as Absentee Voters. Perhaps, in transferring info into ExpressPoll units, anyone over 75 was automatically designated "AB Voter" whether or not an "absentee ballot" had been requested?"
* ExpressPoll is the name of Diebold's Electronic Poll Book, which interacts with the state voter registration database and also selects the ballot that will appear on the touch-screen for the voter.
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8/8/06: "Browns Mill – machine did not work – cast ballot did not have 4th congressional district" [Missing Cynthia McKinney's district]
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8/8/06: "Heritage Rd –DRE#4 bad battery – keeps showing online then offline 9:30 a.m. – at 7:20 p.m. DRE#4 completely shut down and we can't get the tape out, the DRE had 1 vote but it didn't accumulate."
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8/8/06: "Redan Trotti –DRE # 117400 A voter asked for assistance in casting her vote I observed her choosing McKinney with one finger but Hank Johnson name was highlighted in error – I gave her instructions to change to the correct person she wanted to vote for Darrien Greene from Sec of State office came to check on any problems I explained to him the problem w. DRE #117400 I was told by Maxine to shut the machine down and she would deliver a new machine DRE - New DRE #129771 (seal #098193)"
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8/8/06: "Clifton Elementary –Voter said machine would not move to next screen so he could not vote for his candidate. He casted ballot and left."
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8/8/06: "Panola – DRE # 1 s/n 113428 voter George [redacted] was casting his voter choices wehen the DRE did not allow him to cast his vote on the last page. Mr. [redacted] is very upset over not being able to vote although the machine indicated that the vote had been recorded."
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8/8/06: Miller Grove Rd –DRE #113564 Voter completed voting and machine froze up and read Application Ballot Station has performed an illegal function – advised to turn off and restart upon restart voter # changed from 174 to 175"
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8/8/06: "Pleasant Dale Road – ExpressPoll # 5963 machine failed to boot and crashed multiple times and even affected 2nd machine to point Ethernet cable needed to be removed so #2 machine would function. After ½ hour finally booted #1 machine but it failed to sync with #2, vote count was off in both machines. #2 machine was 1435."
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8/8/06: "Fairington –- DRE #117375 Voter reported summary did not show she voted for Cynthia McKinney"
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8/8/06: "Our sample Democratic ballot was wrong. Its 2nd sheet included 5th district US Representative instead of 4th." [Rep. McKinney's name is in District 4].
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8/8/06: "Midvale Elementary –DRE #115511 customer said "agriculture commissioner" was not on ballot – he didn't ask us before he cast his ballot – we told him we could not do anything at that point – he is going to report us to the county he says"
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Serious procedural flaw uncovered regarding machines missing seals and/or with replaced or inconsistent seals
More generalized incident reports like these will follow, but first – one thing McKinney's records request uncovered was a serious procedural flaw in the handling of voting machines with missing security seals.
The Black Box Voting studies with Harri Hursti, the California study, the Open Voting Consortium study, and the Princeton study all show that breaking the seal (or replacing the numbered seal with a different one) can open up devastating fraud, ranging from virus attacks that can spread from machine to machine to complete replacement of the bootloader, contaminating the DRE for the life of the machine. Hacking the zero tape to read "zero votes" at the beginning of the day – even if votes are pre-stuffed into the memory card – can also be achieved. Because using a machine that has had the seal broken or replaced can destroy the credibility of an election, Black Box Voting called DeKalb County to see what the procedure is for machines with broken/replaced seals.
DeKalb County seems to have good people in their elections division, but it is clear that Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox has either minimized the severity of the problem if voting machine seals are not intact, or has failed to educate Georgia elections workers of the specific vulnerabilities altogether. Because they don't understand the nature of the exploits that can be achieved once you open the case or get at the memory card, the mitigation procedure is meaningless. Dozens of machines were demonstrably wide open for tampering, with broken or replaced or incorrect seals.
If a seal number does not match the paperwork for the voting machine: Glenda, from DeKalb County if it doesn't match "they call in to us and we have someone here to take care of it."
Asked what would be done to take care of it, Glenda didn't know and transferred the call to Dwight Brower, who said:
"This is what we do we actually go in and bring the machine up, check and run the zero tape to make sure there are no votes on the machine and managers make a note of it. The seal will break oftentimes, during transit. We don't send anyone out there; normally what the manager will do is they will call us and we ask them to go ahead and bring it up and take a look at it, see that there's no obvious evidence that anyone tampered with it. "
Black Box Voting: So you handle this over the phone, have them look for evidence of physical tampering, and run a zero tape and then make a note of it and use it.
Brower: Correct.
One thing we look for when contacting public officials is their willingness to answer questions. We found DeKalb County to be responsive. If your public officials are obstructive, that behavior makes it look like they have something to hide, but in DeKalb County, the helpfulness of the staff indicates to us that this is a training problem. It appears that the Georgia state officials have failed to let the local officials know the specific risks associated with a broken seal.
Public records – Poll Manager Logs obtained by Cynthia McKinney:
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7/18/06 White Oak – DRE# 3 seal broken on delivery – resealed
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7/18/06 McLendon – DRE # 117018 seal number different – she gave me new numbers The others were broken in transit.
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7/18/06 McLendon – DRE # 117840 seal number different – she gave me new numbers The others were broken in transit.
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7/18/06 McLendon – DRE # 117892 seal number different – she gave me new numbers The others were broken in transit.
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8/8/06: "Briarwood – On DRE machines 115206, 115218, 112905 the seal numbers before polls opened were not matched to correct DRE."
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8/8/06: "Indian Creek Elem –
DRE#1 wrong seal no
DRE#2 wrong seal No.
DRE #3 wrong seal No.
DRE#4 Wrong seal No.
DRE #5 did not receive
ExpressPoll – wrong seal No."
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8/8/06: "Oak Grove –
DRE # 139745 Seal # did not match # on recap
DRE #144169 Seal # did not match # on recap
DRE # 143649 Seal # did not match # on recap
Seals were on different DREs
Not enough blue seals provided
Only one red seal for provisional bag – used this AM"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –DRE # 4 – Seal number was 102898 not 117499"
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7/18/06 Memorial South – DRE #2 DRE had different seal # on unit #2 (seal #117256) noted it was replaced by staff, this was noted on 7/17/06 setup and noted on DRE recap sheet.
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8/8/06: "Marbut – DRE# 116911 no seal, DRE#114021 no seal and battery would not charge and machine closed down
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7/18/06 Knollwood Elem – DRE #3 found that red seal number was not correct
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7/18/06 Glennwood – DRE #3 – 114097 When we broke the seal in the DRE the security door was open. When we turned the DRE on it asked for election media or security bay card. The supervisor's card did not work.
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7/18/06 Indian Creek –DRE #6 – seal number don't match #6 seal number 087312
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7/18/06 Indian Creek – DRE #13 Seal number don't match #13 seal number 102206
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7/18/06 Woodrow Road – DRE #6 ns 122509 No seal not in use Spoke w. Brittany to advise of status of DRE. Advised to put blue seal on #6 seal #0474603
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7/18/06 Midvale Road – DRE # 5,14,15 Serial no's on unit do not match recap sheet
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7/18/06 Narive Harris – DRE # 4 did not have seal. When opn on 7/18/06 the unit had zero count
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7/18/06 North Decatur – Serial # on accumulator did not correspond with machine #.
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7/18/06 Dresden – DRE # 3 sn #122491 – Seal #102221 (Seal # 83910 was listed for this unit)
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7/18/06 Dresden – DRE #8 sn #115190 – seal #087762 (seal #83919 was listed for this unit)
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7/18/06:Brockett Elem – DRE # 113656 Seal not the same seal placed by EB 102289
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8/8/06: "Smoke Rise –DRE # 4 sn 117248 unit did not have seals on it unit booted up ok and tape show all zero counts, in service and working OK"
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8/8/06: "Redan Elem –DRE #4 no red seal on unit"
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8/8/06: "Narvie Harris –DRE #139426 The seal had a different number than what is listed on recap sheet. The # is 101983 No seal for ExpressPoll"
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8/8/06: "Redan Trotti –DRE # 117207 While setting up poll and checking seal and serial # for DREs we observed an incorrect serial # 113060 was listed as 117207 (seal # was ok (101069)"
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8/8/06: "Murphy Candler – The county failed to supply enough seals to lock up all equipment. ExpressPoll was not sealed because of the lack of supplies"
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8/8/06: "North Decatur – We did not get enough blue sales to place on the ExpressPoll. There is a papered seal with the manager and asst. manager's sig on the card."
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8/8/06: "Atherton – [Serial number on DRE doesn't match log] - DRE s/n 14426 serial number is 101273, DRE # 125655 Serial number is 102614
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8/8/06: Avondale Elementary – wrong date in ExpressPoll advised not to do anything about it.
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8/8/06: "Flat Shoals Pkwy – Opening seals do not match #s on recap sheet"
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8/8/06: "Dresden – DRE # 129419 seal listed for DRE (101574) seal # 101524 was on DRE"
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8/8/06: "Brookhaven – opening seal #s for DREs #3 and #4 were preprinted as 98535 – correction thus had to be made in am. DRE #5 No actual machine #4 but #5 w. memory card, recorded correct."
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8/8/06: "Ashford-Dunwoody Road Robert Branfold Aug 8 Not enough seals provided to seal ExpressPoll machine – used paper seal over lock."
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MORE PROBLEMS:
8/8/06: "I would like to share my thoughts about yesterday…In all, I found that managers don't check the sample ballots and just assume that they have the right one. I think only one of ours was correct."
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8/8/06: "There is one thing I observed and that is that all the training in the world is not going to replace computer literacy. I don't mean that this machine/program is hard, but people who have not ever worked on a computer don't seem to understand the concept. They just don't "get it." No matter how hard they try."…
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8/8/06: "We encountered an Express poll unit today that's screen would "jump" for lack of a better word intermittently about every 15 seconds or so. It seems to complete all the tests, but I believe that a pollworker would consider it a problem unit."
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8/8/06: "Rock Chapel Elementary two Touch-screen unit replacements"
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8/8/06: "Rockbridge, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Touch-screen unit trouble"
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8/8/06: "Peachcrest 1:20 – 2:45 Touch-screen unit down"
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8/8/06: "Rockbridge, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ExpressPoll trouble"
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8/8/06: "Piney Grove, 7:05-9:05 a.m., ExpressPoll offline"
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8/8/06: "Rockbridge Elementary, 12:00-2:00 – Replace Base for ExpressPoll"
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8/8/06: "Toney Elementary, 6:20 a.m. – 7:30, ExpressPoll power cord" [Note that if any component is missing – a cord, a key, a card – modern-day poll activities can shut down altogether.]
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8/8/06: "Raington Elem, 8:30 a.m., ExpressPoll cord"
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8/8/06: "Emory Road, 11:00 – 12:30, ExpressPoll Ethernet cable"
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8/8/06: Rock Chapel Rd."need more than two expresspoll machines at precinct." Answer: "Untrained – didn't have a clue"
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8/8/06: "Whiteford Elementary: ExpressPoll, "critical error" on machine"
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8/8/06: "Lakeside High – 1 ExpressPoll completely down Scott svc call, screen turns on then off, solution display switch not turned on."
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8/8/06: "Pleasantdale Rd – Couldn't get ExpressPoll to sync. Can't get [voter] card."
* * * *
8/8/06: "Midway – One of the units is not charging running"
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8/8/06: "Smokerise – having problems with ExpressPoll (sync)"
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8/8/06: "Avondale elementary – having problems with Express Poll"
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8/8/06: "Glen Haven –ExpressPoll not sharing statewide, advised she can still call in"
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8/8/06: "Redan Trotti machine #117400 mgr saw pick different machine out"
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8/8/06: "River Road Trinity Church Basement precinct: County Line – very hot, causing touch-screen machine to go out."
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8/8/06: Panola –Voter said that ballot cast automatically but manager observed that message showed that ballot had been cancelled and voided."
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8/8/06: "Hooper Alexander, touch-screen unit won't print. Solution: printer box not closed"
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8/8/06: "Lawrenceville hwy, Touch-screen unit off line, solution left rear power plug not seated"
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8/8/06: "Claremont Hills Touch-screen unit needs replacement S/N 139513"
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8/8/06: "Emory Road – Touch-screen unit needs replacement S/N 106544"
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8/8/06: "Metropolitan – Touch-screen Unit VWD kit problem (could not locate plug for VWD kit) Bent pins on TS unit "
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8/8/06: "Redan Trotti – Loretta Cooper, requesting to speak w. Maxine in regard to broken machine"
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8/8/06: "Redan Trotti - After casting ballot screen said casting blank ballot and poll worker was busy. [difft handwriting and written in with date of 8/17]: was able to vote for who she wanted, mgr was talking to other voter and she was able to work it out."
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8/8/06: "Reden Trotti – DRE manager watched as voter touched one candidate and another highlighted. Asked if voter was able to correct before casting ballot. She was able to vote for desired candidate. Told mgr to take machine out of service and we would send replacement. Took replacement out about noon. Moved memory card and zero tape to new unit. Pollwatcher was given opportunity to observe and record data. Need to check calibration of machine."
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8/8/06: "Hambrick – Machine stop in voting process, advised manager to turn machine off card release, allow to utilize card in another machine, if machine is not working, turn off machine and advise if anything unit is needed."
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8/8/06: "Allgood – ExpressPoll 14 DRE 27 off – Dwight spoke & advised area manager would contact"
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8/8/06: "Ashford Park Richard Hicks Sr – Approx 2 pm, the machine count got off some way ? wouldn't accumulate"
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8/8/06: "Avondale Middle School - Mrs. Edwards area manager came by 4:45 pm envelope #12-02 was missing; Three blue seals for ExpressPolls missing we only had 3 name tags for 8 people and no paper seals; Envelope 1-02 we had two of those; - Our missing card was packed & sealed in the DRE machine and we needed it for setup"
8/8/06: "Brockett – The ExpressPoll machines went out of sync at 2:05 p.m.. Resyncronization was achived within 10 min by following procedures."
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8/8/06: "DRE #101243 Voter card would not go in"
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8/8/06: "Candler Road –Plastic on leg broken (lock portion) Also police officer for DeKalb County came to precinct and reported that our precinct called DeKalb regional office and reported problems with Cynthia McKinney workers. We did not report any problems of that nature or complaints as of that hour. Visit from Sec. of State office inquiry as to poll watcher, asked if her name matched name on list, "
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8/8/06: "Chamblee –DRE #124489 - Machine printer zero tape screen is not working cannot read what is going on – dead. "
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8/8/06: "Clairmont West – DRE#0445177 and A & B Express Poll down"
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8/8/06: "Columbia Middle –Reported problem with machine DRE #2, voter at DRE and it was freezing up. Told to cut it off will get help"
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8/8/06: "Columbia Middle – Express Poll B unit went down at 1:20 p.m.. Booted back up, reported unit down and had rebooted. "
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8/8/06: "Columbia Middle –Question machine #2 tape and into to accumulate?"
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8/8/06: "County Line –DRE machine went down for about 5 min."
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8/8/06: "Crossroads –4:40 pm ExpressPoll malfunction – out of memory, say reload"
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8/8/06: "Doraville South –Express Poll machines out of sync 5 or 6 times, got back into sync without a problem. "
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8/8/06: " Fairington –- DRE 117375 Voter did not remember hitting cast ballot [difft voter from the other one]"
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8/8/06: " Fairington –- ExpressPoll Tablet 8429 clock advanced during ID# voting, "
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8/8/06: " Fairington –- DRE #1 seal numbers transposed, 101383 should be 101838"
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8/8/06: "Hambrick Elementary – DRE #112913 froze up when being used by voter. Was advised to turn off machine to retrieve card, move voter to another machine, RE#112913 was restarted with no more trouble. DRE #109951 same thing,as #112913, same fix, same results, I did not report."
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8/8/06: "Hooper Alexander –DRE#143834 Machine was not set up and this location
At 10:45 a.m. Express Poll and DRE off by one, doing count Critical error occurred."
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8/8/06: "Idlewood Elem – DRE# 116465 DRE would not accept voters card – allowed voter to use another DRE, rebooted DRE 116465 and had no further problems"
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8/8/06: "Idelwood Rd –12:58 ExpressPoll unit froze – problem solved."
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8/8/06: "Kelley Chapel Rd –DRE#3 s/n 113659 – count 9"
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8/8/06: "Kelley Lake –DRE#139414 would not print zero – called the problem in to Maxine and talk to michelle, was instructed open the side door and [illegible] the grey switch, the DRE went on."
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8/8/06: " Kelley Lake – received critical error on ExpressPoll (inactive)"
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8/8/06: "Lakeside –One ExpressPoll did not start – opened poll using only one ExpressPoll – technician arrived at 7:10 a.m. both machines operational by 7:30 am"
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8/8/06: "Mainstreet –– we had a power failure for 16 minutes and the ExpressPoll machines there was no electricity from the surge protector we obtained from the school and we were back in operation."
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8/8/06: "Marbut – .ExpressPoll machines end of day no seal to put on unit"
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8/8/06: "McLendon –ExpressPoll machine went down"
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8/8/06: "McLendon –DRE#1546 (?) magnification doesn't show vote summary"
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8/8/06: " McLendon –DRE #2 and 3 – serial #s reversed"
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8/8/06: "McLendon –Not enough seals for closeout she said use a paper seal and log on mgr log."
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8/8/06: "Mem – Stone Mountain –ExpressPoll clerk entered wrong time on ExpressPoll, experienced trouble when attempting to resync terminals. Voters waited about 8 minutes. Area Manager helped to recsyc ExpressPolls by 7:23
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8/8/06: Midway –says "attached" [don't see it attached]"
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8/8/06: "Miller Grove Rd –DRE # 143732 – Zero report ran but no screen turned screen off once before calling and once after the call per Maxines"
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8/8/06: "North Hairston –Gayle w. Rauschenberg voted and after the fact did not register on ExpressPoll machine – created card to show she had voted and then cancelled card."
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8/8/06: "North Hairston –Voter count on ExpressPoll machines were different. Went through sync procedure and count agree."
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8/8/06: "Panela Way Elem –
DRE #seal numbers did not match 101773 instead of 101790
DRE #116616 seal number was 101790 instead of 101776
DRE # 112839 seal number was 101789 instead of 101771
DRE # 106457 seal number was 101771 instead of 101789
DRE # 106536 seal number was 101776 instead of 101773"
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8/8/06: "Redan Middle School Blue seal needed "
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8/8/06: "Smoke Rise –Express Poll units lost sync – units re-booted and sync restored, all counts are correct"
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8/8/06: "Smoke Rise –DRE #3 sn 116647 valid card inserted but would not bring up ballot or eject card – turned machine off and re-booted. Card ejected and worked fine in another machine . On reboot machine now working OK"
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8/8/06: "Smoke Rise –DRE #3 sn 116647 same problem as at 11:30 (this was 5:10) same solution"
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8/8/06: "South Hairston –Upon opening saw that needed more tape for the DRE machines, three were really low. Asked why did not tell on Monday evening. She replied that she is not allowed to open machines on Monday. Also needed electrical tape to tape cords to floor to keep voters from tripping. As of 9:05 didn't have power surge and the ExpressPolls went out for about one minute."
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8/8/06: "South Hairston –At 2:15 the ExpressPoll # Base 2 shut off by itself. Rebooted itself. Base #2 ExpressPoll went down again for about 3 min. "
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8/8/06: "South Hairston –Blue seal for Express closing missing John is bringing one"
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8/8/06: "Stone Mill Elem –– ExpressPoll out of sync"
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8/8/06: "Stone Mountain Middle –DREs Mr. Cox (custodian) has locked them in closet in cafeteria due to decision to move voting place"
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8/8/06: "Toney –DRE #102611 accumulator went down (pushed cable back in)"
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7/18/06: Dunwoody Road –DRE #1 Shut off on own – no apparent reason"
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7/18/06:"Ashford Dunwoody Road –Sample Democratic ballot incorrect"
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7/18/06:Ashford Park – DRE # 117593 Machine would print a zero report and out all day"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Middle – ExpressPoll not in sync powering down to resync
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7/18/06:"Avondale Middle – Different machine ExpressPoll not in sync"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –DRE #12 AC offline orange light on; power verified to unit"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –DRE #9 Machine stopped receiving cards; did not click (take out of service)"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –DRE #10 Card inserted fatal error, Maxine consulted; turned machine off, turned on, issued new card, cancelled original card"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –ExpressPoll went out of synch had to restart 2 times to resynch"
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7/18/06:"Avondale Elem –DRE # 10 Exeption error TSE Election Doc 2854.cpp bypassed and worked ok"
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7/18/06:"Briarwood – ExpressPoll serial # 044S176A, tablet ID 1808) had no battery at the opening of the polls. It took four hours to get to 100% better.
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7/18/06:Brockett –Express voting units not in sync. We did not have a power cord attached (found cord in carrier) executed resync procedure units in sync
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7/18/06:Brockett – DRE # 114018 DRE appears to be slightly out of calibration. Placing finger on one candidate may illuminate the preceding candidate. Not so bad as to take out of service.
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7/18/06:Brockett Elem – DRE # 113656 DRE not charging at all Dwight said to power off machine leave connected to other DREs, place 5 votes on another machine at closing. Tech rep turn machine on machine went down about 4 pm stayed off.
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7/18/06:Brockett Elem – – DRE #113656 new instructions: power up machine run tape use memory for accumulator
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7/18/06 – Brookhaven ExpressPoll #2716 – Fatal exception cause an auto reboot to poll status "closed"
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7/18/06 Browns Mill Elem DRE # 113662 machine #16 was jammed. I turned it off and back and it was fine.
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7/18/06 Canby Lane – DRE # 83422 DRE would not stay up power unit would go back off
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7/18/06 Candler –several machines tried, voter card would not write into DRE – voter per Dwight was allowed to vote provisionally card was later removed from ExpressPoll as showing voted.
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7/18/06 Chamblee – DRE # 6 (#114823) Tape caught up while running zero count David fixed problem
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7/18/06 Columbia Dr – DRE # 115460 Machine locked up
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7/18/06 Columbia Dr – ExpressPoll unit – one unit went down then both went down
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7/18/06 Columbia Dr – DRE # 121729 Card stuck in slot on top of where it should be inserted. We will only have 48 cards because initially we were issued only 49 cards.
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7/18/06 Columbia Middle –Inquiry about candidate not on ballot. Inquiry about district 5 map area. Told to remove sample ballot.
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7/18/06 Cross Roads –DRE #15 – Machine froze while voter was voting
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7/18/06 Dunaile – Our ExpressPoll froze for up for a few minutes
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7/18/06 Evansdale – DRE # 139770 DRE wouldn't run zero report / 2x restart / took DRE offline completely
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7/18/06 Evansdale – ExpressPoll continuously lost synchronization
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7/18/06 Fairington – ExpressPoll losing power needed 2nd power cord
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7/18/06 Flat Shoal Pkwy – ExpresPoll not sync
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7/18/06 Glenhowen Elem – DRE # 0-8 machines 0-8 took a long time to charge
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7/18/06 Glennwood –DRE # 11 – 115193 – While setting up DREs one leg broke off this one. We put it aside unopened with its seal in place unbroken.
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7/18/06 Glennwood – Vote count of DREs and ExpressPoll same at 11:00. At 12:00 DREs and handcount of voter certificate is 2 more than ExpressPoll. Increases hourly till 5 from 2 to 7 difference between DREs and ExpressPoll #2. Shut down at about 5 pm and was restarted and reloaded and became synchronized with ExpressPoll #1.
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Election worker memo: Problems with ExpressPoll machine:
1. With a hyphenated name, sometimes the name appears and sometimes on no records
2. Many came to the wrong precinct (at least 50 by 2:30 pm) They did not receive a card to change the location to vote.
3. A person requested an absentee ballot but did not receive one by mail before the election
4. A person did not request an absentee ballot but received one in the mail
5. One spouse was to vote in our precinct and the other spouse to vote at the Lutheran precinct.
6. A person was on the state listing by first initial, not first name
7. A name came up on machine #1 but not machine #2
8. Some cases must show date of birth on state roster and others have to leave off date of birth.
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7/18/06 Hambrick Elem – DRE # 112899 Did not start zero report on startup
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7/18/06 Hambrick Elem – DRE # 109548 jammed with card in machinee
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7/18/06 Hawthorne –Discrepancies found in seal numbers on 3 DREs. Reported to Harold Baird, and corrected.
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7/18/06 Memorial Stone Mountain – DRE #3 Rebooted itself, apparently by itself – nobody saw why it rebooted
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7/18/06 Midvale Elem – ExpressPoll units out of sync had to be rebooted 3 times within an hour
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7/18/06 Midvale Road –DRE #1 DRE not charging
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7/18/06 North Hariston – ExpressPoll machine "b" was noted as being out of time sync with machine "a" machine "b" lost sinc w. "a" and ceased functioning. Performed "restore synchronization" procedure, sync restored
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7/18/06 Oakcliff Elementary – ExpressPoll unit #0445096B one of the ExpressPoll mahines was delivered with the door on top partially open. When a clerk pushed down on the door to close it, the eject button was triggered popping out/up the card and shutting down both units. I was able to diagnose problem & reboot quickly but this could be a major problem at some precincts – should be checked before delivering machines. (eject button was sticking up too far!)
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7/18/06 Oakcliff Elementary –- Power "flicker" caused units to lose sync – rebooted – down about 5 minutes total
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7/18/06 Rainbow Elementary – DRE #5 machine #6 is out of order.
7/18/06 Rainbow Elementary – Poll watcher Ms. [redacted] – Ms. [redacted] has had a problem with accepting authority in my precinct. Ms. [redacted] goes to each machine to get her own serial number, request they are to be given to her.
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7/18/06 Redam Road – ExpressPoll machine #8524 shut down
7/18/06 Redam Road –ExpressPoll machine #7906 shut down
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7/18/06 Redam Road –DRE #114044 shut down
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7/18/06 Redan-Trotti – DRE # 117207 Card Reader will not accept card
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7/18/06 Redan-Trotti – DRE #113593 Card stuck in DRE Machine screen blank
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7/18/06 Scottdale –Card would not stay in machine said he did not vote. Let him vote provisional.
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7/18/06 Silver Lake – DRE # 111244 (#7) voting card got jammed in voting machine (DRE); therefore the machine had to be shut down to retrieve the card.
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7/18/06 Snopfinger Rd North – ExpressPoll one machine froze on the main menu was told to touch the top button on the machine and the machine came back up.
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7/18/06 Snapfinger South – DRE #6 cards get stuck called office advised for customer to vote on machines not [illegible] ballots
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7/18/06 South Hairston – DRE #14 down all day we couldn't get zero report 6:00 I called John at 6:30 he did nothing to try and fix it DRE #14 down until 4:30 John came back then he ask about DRE #14 he fixed it.
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7/18/06 Stephenson High – DRE #10 listed in incident 3 times but no description of incident
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7/18/06 Stephenson High 10 am and 3:45 pm sync ExpressPoll machines
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7/18/06 Tilson – Attached Incident history detail (nothing attached)
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7/18/06 Tilson – Mary Frances Montgomery pull card in machine, card kicked out, went to next machine, card kicked out, voted provisional – after research discovered from voting booth clerk that she went to 3 machines, provisional ballot cancelled.
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7/18/06 Tucker Library – 7:35 am DRE # 114197 unable to cancel ballot – had to turn machine off to get voter card out – zero tape printed again
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7/18/06 Valley Brook – Opened poll 1 DRE not operable; Shut down another DRE
Tried to call office, on hold for 15 minutes, hung up! Called office to ask a question about ExpressPoll. 9:40 a manager came in ; Called office 9:50 to report 2 DREs down, DREs down #116749 and #107612
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7/18/06 Warren – Mr. [redacted] said DRE invalid wanted another card, jerked up voter certificate and left with it. His access card showed he had voted. Very mad had to go to work. Mr. Enders came back after work to vote says he is not Expoll RED Reissued expressvoter card talked to Maxine I went with person to DRE this card worked. He placed 1st card in DRE it kicked it out and printed invalid card.
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7/18/06 Warren – DRE #139417 taken out of commission because of malfunction (#1)
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7/18/06 White Oak –ExpressPoll date changed – loose screw
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7/18/06 Winnona –Area manager told me yesterday the supervisor code for the Express Poll was 3161. We had to call R & E office to find out the correct code was 3141!
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7/18/06 Woodrow Road – DRE #4 (#110098) not charging bar in the red 9 votes
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7/18/06 Hooper Alexander School –Both ExpressPoll units went down due to failure of power in the surgepro cord outlet so we used the heavy duty orange cord
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7/18/06 Hooper Alexander School DRE#8 went out
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7/18/06 Hooper Alexander School The accumulator reader bad
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7/18/06 Jolly – Called 8:38 a 1 ExpressPoll machine would not come on
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7/18/06 Jolly –Male said his card did not work called and was told to let him vote provisional
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7/18/06 Kelley Chapel –DRE #5 Powers itself down zero percent charge
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7/18/06 Kelley Chapel –DRE #3 error message
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7/18/06 Knollwood Elem – DRE # 134829 (#4) setup election morning – 1st screen—no smartcard reader found "do you wish to run setup?"
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7/18/06 Knollwood Elem – Democratic sample ballot incorrect
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7/18/06 Knollwood Elem – ExpressPoll unit B – backspace caused critical error on one ExpressPoll machine, screen went black then returned to original launch screen, all data was saved
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7/18/06 Lithonia High School – One of the ExpressPoll machines indicated a critical error, however, we followed trouble shooting procedures and restored the machines functionality.
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7/18/06 Lithonia High School –ExpressPoll units were out of sync so we followed troubleshooting procedures.
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7/18/06 Mainstreet – DRE #17 machine went offline – loose connect between #12 and #13. Restored connection.
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7/18/06 McNair Middle – ExpressPoll A – Screw broke, call office for technician
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7/18/06 Memorial North – Accumulator – total unrecorded
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7/18/06 Memorial South – DRE # 139519 (#5) Called Dwight w. technical problem on DRE #5 unit would not proceed to main menu. Dwight stated to shut it (DRE #5) down/close lid, keep power on
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7/18/06 Memorial South – ExpressPoll unit #0445123A unit not in sync informed area manager express clerk got units in sync
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7/18/06 Memorial South – Express Poll unit is out of sync again, technician was expected to quality control the unit
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7/18/06 Memorial South – Tech has not shown up for repair request.
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And this is just the evidence uncovered in ONE COUNTY. Next time you read in the newspaper that "the election went smoothly, except for minor glitches" dig a little deeper. Get the records. Find out for yourself, and when you spot a problem, propagate the information.
The actions taken by U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney expose real issues that should be taken seriously. This is not a matter of "sour grapes" or "sore loser." This is a matter of being willing to look at problems objectively, and exposing them so they can be remedied.
Rep. McKinney didn't have to take this action. She has done so in order to protect the citizens in Georgia and, as the issues uncovered by her public records request are corroborated by evidence collected from citizens elsewhere, to improve the quality of elections in the United States.
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Catherine Ansbro
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Username: Catherine_a
Post Number: 3301
Registered: 12-2004
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Votes: 0 (A keeper?) | | Posted on Sunday, October 1, 2006 - 9:39 am: |
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This is simply appalling. It is horrifying to think that these massive malfunctions were considered acceptable and were not questioned or otherwise revealed at the time. |
Phyllis A. Huster
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Username: Rigel99
Post Number: 72
Registered: 02-2005
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Votes: 0 (A keeper?) | | Posted on Sunday, October 1, 2006 - 6:00 pm: |
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Good job Bev!!! This is a stunning amount of evidence. to see you and Cynthia Cooperating and together in that press conference, was like seeing a dream come true. The 2 most vocal advocates of election integrity, working together to announce to the world the stunning way they lie us into thinking we have a democracy. I love your line:
"Count the vote or die"
and this line just made me smile for days..
""We need to remove the word glitch from the elections vocabulary," Harris said."
I am glad someone finally called out this subtle tactic of allowing them to write off massive fraud with a simple word. Thanks bev, for all you do, we are ever grateful for your hardwork and presenting McKinney a wonderful place to deposit the hard won evidence she has suffered to mightily to gather.
** i'd encourage everyone to watch the November Georgia election for SOS Candidate closely. If Karen Handel wins, there will be a day of reckoning for Diebold. |
Brant Lamb
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Username: Brantl
Post Number: 918
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (A keeper?) | | Posted on Monday, October 2, 2006 - 5:39 am: |
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Would it be a glitch if a traffic light was programmed by an idiot and a bus went through it and ran someone over? |
Bruce Sims
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Username: Ubetchaiam
Post Number: 894
Registered: 06-2005
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Votes: 0 (A keeper?) | | Posted on Monday, October 2, 2006 - 3:05 pm: |
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This is no different-and,believe it or not, actually less of the same thing- than in San Diego, CA that used the AVOS and AVTSxPM machines in the June 2006 election. Of course San Diego County is much larger than DeKalb, so the larger quantity is to be expected; In San Diego, if the seals didn't match, the precinct called in and was told that if the 'sequence numbers' (a 'sequence number' references the 3 memory cards used, one in the AVOS and one each in the AVTSxPM machines) 'matched' 'don't worry about it'.
Of course ,that would lead one to wonder how the precinct workers could tell the 'sequence number' without removing the memory cards and that,well... |
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