TX-22 vote machines cock-up. GOP write-in name can't be entered.

[longship]

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs' hyphenated name may be a problem for voting machines in TX-22.

I'd say that they are hoisted on their own petard.

The eSlate machine does lack a keyboard, however — users roll a trackwheel to choose letters on a screen. And unfortunately for Dr. S-G, there’s no hyphen. So writing her name in is a bit of a chore. Judgments as to spelling will be made by “the counting judge,” according to Amy Mitchell, an attorney with the Texas Secretary of State’s office; such judgments tend to be lenient — basically, if it “looks like” the name, it’s counted as the name. Serious write-in candidates often lead to recounts, she said. Misspellings may well be the hanging chad of this election season.

...more at link (above)

[KansDem]

1. Remember, Repubs, no "hanging hyphens!"

Or we'll send our own mob down there to "stop the count"

[acmejack]

4. 22 is close enough to my place

I have always wanted to participate in a white collar mob! I still get a sick feeling just thinking about it. It was I really realized just how things really worked, before that I knew but just didn't want to believe it.

[electropop]

2. Hahahaha!

Caught in the gears of their own machines!

[Richardo]

3. Instructions to TX-22 counters: Remember:

L-A-M-P-S-O-N spells Sekula-Gibbs :eyes:

[leftchick]

5. "cock-up"?

is that a programming term? :shrug:

[longship]

8. It's a British term.

nt

[soup]

9. for george-bush?

;)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Now that is funny

They never thought they'd be in the position to be the write-in so no one cared.

:rofl:

[WillyT]

7. LOL !!! - K & R !!!

:kick:

[zbdent]

10. Notice ... for a Repuke, you're allowed to "fudge" a candidate's name

and it would count.

But, write in GORE! GORE! GORE! and you can't "use your psychic abilities" to determine "voter intent" ...

There should be massive LTTEs addressing this issue in TX-22 ...