Brad: Hundreds of Voting Machines Break Down in Philly primary today!

[Amaryllis]

BREAKING: HUNDREDS OF VOTING MACHINES BREAK DOWN IN PHILLY!
Train Wreck in Progress as Today's Primary Elections in PA Run Into Big Trouble...
Paper Ballots Being Passed Out, 'We're Dead' Says One Official ... (Who could have forseen such problems?!)

Pennsylvania is having their primary elections today and, as expected, the train wreck is underway. As reported by Philadelphia Daily News, hundreds of machines (in this case, those made by Danaher Guardian) have failed...

BREAKING NEWS: 100 voting machines broken

More than 100 voting machines are reported to be broken across the city, the Daily News has learned.

Apparently, the machines were broken when polls opened this morning -- they keep spitting out the paper tape that keeps the tally of the vote. It is the largest breakdown since we started using the new voting machines.

MANY MORE DETAILS, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPING REPORTS:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002836.htm

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Shocked, I tell you, I AM SHOCKED

:sarcasm:

[Amaryllis]

3. So was I! Came as a COMPLETE surprise! Who woulda guessed?

[Kelvin Mace]

2. What machines do they have in Philly?

[Skink]

4. apparently not very good ones.

[katinmn]

7. Danaher Guardian

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Thanks!

[tridim]

5. Don't worry

I'm sure they'll have them fixed by November. :sarcasm:

They're going to steal another one. At least this time it'll be obvious enough that average people will 'get it'.

[sandnsea]

6. It's not a Diebold conspiracy

It's fucked up technology. Glitchgate. I keep sayin'.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. I'll stipulate that what you say is true .....

But the fact is ... they simply are not working properly.

Paper works

Always

[sandnsea]

12. I agree

I've always supported paper ballots, not paper trails. I also think opti-scan can work, with the proper pre-count audit and open code regulations in place. To me, that's the goal and I think we would already be there if we had just focused on the fact that these machines don't work.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Thank you

Some rational commentary

[Penndems]

8. Sure hope they're working to get the glitches out, because

the polls close in two minutes. :scared:

I'm streaming PCN on our PC. Somebody just called in to complain about the new voting machines.

PCN online stream: http://208.39.156.142/WebDocs/OnAir.html