Nassau 's 'unusable ' machines

A top state elections official says testing procedures for new voting machines will be reviewed after criticism from Nassau officials over the way the equipment was certified.

[Scoop on Nassau DA Rice]

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[Balto]

I've been voting on the same relics for 30 years and they were old when I started.

[fotoguy]

The machines aren't the only things shot. The cadidates are pretty broken down as well

[jake]

It should read " 85% of Nassaus voters need repairs . If you didn't vote , shut up , if you did , you deserve it !

[kris72663]

Balto wrote:

I've been voting on the same relics for 30 years and they were old when I started.

They may be old, but even according to NYS, they were the most accurate. It's a shame that they're so old and that parts can't be gotten for them.

[Meet the FOKRs]

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[John-Willy Park]

"Obviously sending us machines that don't work is unacceptable,” said William Biamonte, Nassau's Democratic elections commissioner. "It calls into question how realistic their plan is for full replacement of the lever machines by 2009. I don't think it's going to happen.”

The most obvious thing about this situation is total incompetence of our local officials when it comes to getting anything done. They are waste management experts. They manage to find every way possible to waste our tax dollars.

[Bob from Finesville]

....and 100% of the elected officials need a brain and/or a spine !!!!!

[Airflat]

Doesn't really matter. We were given no choices to begin with. They, who will become president, are all the same. And we are all doomed to die a horrible death in poverty along with bad healthcare.

[Cast Your Vote]

40-50 million people vote for their favorite singers on American Idol. Somehow, that system seems to work. Why can't we use the telephone to vote for elected officials? Corruption, thievery and politics. How can officials rig an election if we voted over the phone? Where would all of the political cronies go if the Boards of Election were dismantled? Why save millions by having a phone voting system when the politicians can argue and waste millions over voting machines? How can people be bused to voting locations if they don't have to leave their homes? What about the people who don't have phones? They won't be able to vote. It goes on and on. The bottom line is we are captives of power hungry politicians who are only interested in being re-elected. If any politician was truly serious about implementing an electronic voting system we would have already had one. The hanging chad debacle was an embarrassment for this country.

If people can press a lever, why can't they push a button or turn a wheel on a telephone?

Because the politicians want to control the process.

If less people visit a polling place to vote, it's more likely that the party will prevail by encouraging their cronies to visit the polls. How can the politicians control the vote if every household can cast a vote by telephone?

How else can party officials approach a reporter and say, "I'm prepared to announce that all legislators will be re-elected." There would be no need for such a scenario with an electronic voting system. Therefore, all of the power hungry party leaders would be useless.

The system is broken and corrupt and we're all hostages of hooligans disguised as politicans.

[Commie Stooge]

Back in the 70s & 80s I was first a poll watcher and then a Democratic Committeeman.
It's nice to see that the old fashioned Eisenhower era lever voting machines are the most secure voting machine.
Computers can be hacked; and without a paper trail; there is no proof!
That's why adding macines are still on the market & some calculators print on paper tape!

[James Dean]

Can we get new Candidates along with the new Machines? Both are needed desperately.

[Cast Your Vote]

Commie Stooge wrote:

Back in the 70s & 80s I was first a poll watcher and then a Democratic Committeeman.
It's nice to see that the old fashioned Eisenhower era lever voting machines are the most secure voting machine.
Computers can be hacked; and without a paper trail; there is no proof!
That's why adding macines are still on the market & some calculators print on paper tape!

Perhaps you can soon upgrade to indoor plumbing and running water...

[Ed Burke]

For Three Decades the Vote Counting Macines elected only Republicans, and they're just now noticing they didn't work ? Which Republican owns the Voting Machine Sales & Maintenance Company they've been using ?

[new yorker]

Sequoia is the same voting machine that allowe Hugo Chavez to win the election.....!!!

This is really, really bad, they can be hacked quite easy!! Some states stopped using them because of it.

[Darwin]

read between the lines, the county will need to hire a few consultants and it should cost about $400 Million with lots of trips around the world to review voting machines.

[Ned]

So the other 25% works fine?

[Ed Burke]

Darwin wrote:

read between the lines, the county will need to hire a few consultants and it should cost about $400 Million with lots of trips around the world to review voting machines.

They'll need to focus on vote counting machines in Tahiti, Hawaii, and Bali, with a fact finding stop in Monte Carlo.!