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Early Voters From Amarillo Are Saying Their Votes Were Changed On the Ballot
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I think it's bullshit because numerous people were sharing/posting the exact same text all over Facebook yesterday. -
I asked for some kind of verification of how I'd voted (today) and was told they don't have anything like that. This is in Fort Worth btw.When the government pays, the government controls.Comment
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I'm sure you're good. Modern computers can't be hacked/tampered with.Originally posted by 46Tbird View PostComment
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CLAIM: Voters across Texas have witnessed their votes switch from "straight Republican" to Democrat on compromised voting machines.
MOSTLY FALSE
WHAT'S TRUE: A woman in Tarrant County claimed that her vote switched from Republican to Democrat and she caught and corrected the error; a subsequent investigation determined the machine was working properly, and the woman admitted she may have erroneously selected the wrong candidate.
WHAT'S FALSE: Reports are not flooding in from across Texas about vote switching, and most anecdotes are identical with localities changed.
EXAMPLE: [Collected via e-mail, October 2016]
Hey everyone, just a heads up! I had a family member that voted this morning and she voted straight Republican. She checked before she submitted and the vote had changed to Clinton! She reported it and made sure her vote was changed back. They commented that It had been happening. She is trying to get the word out and asked that we post and share. Just want everyone's vote to be accurate and count. Check your vote before you submit!
ALERT ALERT ALERT !!! Went in to vote early in Wharton County at the Annex in Wharton Texas vote straight republican ticket specifically Trump/Pence finished my ballot pushed review and when the ballot popped back up it showed I was voting for Hillary Clinton, So I tell the ladies that the machine just changed my vote, she goes and gets some other lady that over the voting, she comes in and identifies herself as whoever and a certified person to set up the machines and puts her hand on the top of the machines and clicks some switch and tells me to correct it and I did and she quickly walks out of the room! I'm going WOW! everyone review your ballot! The lady next to me in the other ballot station said the thing had happened to her friend! Trump is right! It's rigged!
ORIGIN:On 25 October 2016, rumors spiked claiming Texas voters (in cities as far-flung as San Antonio, Odessa, Amarillo, and Houston) were witnessing voting machines swap out "straight Republican" line voting with votes for Hillary Clinton.
The starting point of the rumor was not clear (many different Texas cities have been cited in otherwise identical versions of the rumor), but a number of inquiries mentioned the City of Arlington as the purportedly affected jurisdiction. We contacted Tarrant County and spoke with an elections official there who told us the rumor was not new, as every election brings along with it claims of "vote switching." She stated that in all instances where machine or voting equipment malfunctions are reported, a technician physically investigates the machine involved in an attempt to replicate the error (adding that the county has never successfully managed to reproduce a switched vote). The representative stated that someone from the county spoke with the claimant on 24 October 2016 after the machine she had used was tested by a technician. The representative asked the woman whether it was possible she inadvertently hit "enter" using a scroll wheel, and the woman said she might have in fact accidentally selected the wrong candidates herself. But the machine the woman used was found to be properly calibrated and working correctly.
San Antonio radio station KISS-FM reported that similar claims out of Potter and Randall County were investigated, and the purported "vote switching" was attributed to "human error":
Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner released a statement [on 25 October 2016]. It said, “There is nothing wrong with any of the machines we use for voting. They do not flip your vote. They do not flip parties. Humans do that.” It goes on to talk about the situation in Canyon: “There was one incident in Randall County where a voter voted straight ticket and when they hit the vote button, it flipped parties ... The machine was then checked and nothing was wrong with the machine.”
According to the Randall County Elections Office, they were aware of this mistake but addressed it as user-error. They said that there are several voters each year who report that their ballots are mismarked, but they are usually caused by the voter accidentally selecting a different party.
We also contacted the Texas Secretary of State to ask about the geographically dispersed rumors, and the representative with whom we spoke stated that Texas comprises 254 different elections, all administrated at the county level. Machines and even voting methods (such as optical scan or wheel) vary from county to county, meaning that a particular form of vote "rigging" would be difficult or impossible to implement all across Texas. She explained that voting equipment used in that state had largely been obtained many years prior to the 2016 election, and that voting machines are not connected to the Internet.
According to the Texas Secretary of State's office, each vote is recorded in three places: on the machine itself, on an external drive, and on a paper printout. Citing the possibility of human error or (relatively rare) miscalibration of voting machines, the representative told us the office encouraged all voters to double check their ballots before submitting their vote. She added that should a voter encounter a malfunctioning piece of voting equipment, it is imperative they report the incident to election officials to ensure the issue can be addressed. However, she was not aware of any official reports of widespread or localized vote switching (despite the rampant rumors on Facebook). All three agencies we contacted affirmed that vote-switching rumors are in no way news to the 2016 general election, and that user error overwhelmingly accounts for reports of switched votes.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 25 October 2016Comment
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By the way, this sounds really familiar. Weren't the same claims made 4 and / or 8 years ago?Comment
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Yeah.
If I was making votes change on the electronic, I surely wouldnt do it so it could be seen."If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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Good point. If intentional fraud you would think it wouldn't be detectable.Originally posted by Baron Von Crowder View PostComment
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Lost my faith in Snopes a while ago, with it's left leaning tilt.Originally posted by Chili View Post
That said, I'm not on board with machines just "flipping" visibly. You'd think fraudsters would learn more clandestine ways."Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul HarveyComment
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That's what I've been hearing (snopes not being trustworthy). I guess I've missed some stories!Originally posted by GhostTX View PostComment
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Soros runs snopes too and has voting machines in 16 states. This shit is as real as I gets. Wake up people. Stop believing everything the media says for your own good and if you care about your kids at all.Comment
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Lmao!Originally posted by AnthonyS View Post
Soros is apparently the one-man Illuminati!! At least that what you'd think by reading all of the shit my 'older' relatives post on FB.. Hell, he probably owns autoguide and bought out the old board because it was too conservative!Comment
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Do. Your. Research.Comment
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If you don't have confidence in the voting machine, you should have the option to use a paper ballot. I'm voting next week and I think that's the route I'm going to take, if there is the option to do so at my polling location.Comment
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And if you don't have confidence in the machine, you have confidence a paper one won't wind up in the trash?Originally posted by LS1Goat View PostComment
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