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Voting Machines Gone Wild

Posted:
10/29/08
Filed Under:Viral Video, LOLection
Among the many worries facing the nation this Election Day, voting machines certainly rank high. Even during the primary season, there were claims that Sen. Hillary Clinton's numbers received a boost in "Diebold Districts," or voting centers that utilized the machines.

Today, voting rights advocate Brad Friedman at The Brad Blog brought to everyone's attention that ES&S iVotronic touch-screen voting machines are flipping votes away from Democratic candidates in four states. The votes, incidentally, are not flipping to Ringo Starr.

Gizmodo is also reporting that certain voting machines in West Virginia are simply not letting people vote for Barack Obama. Jackson County Clerk Jeff Waybright demonstrates:



B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU.

Brandon Barker

B. Brandon Barker's writing has appeared in Global City Review, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press), Verbicide, The Feed and online at McSweeney's. He's also the author of the novel Operation Emu. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he was born in England, raised in Arkansas and now lives in Virginia.

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