Luna Tick
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Someone posted about this on Facebook. I didn't want to take it as true based on just that. I looked to see if the independent fact check sites Politifact and Factcheck have covered this issue. They haven't. So I googled it. I'll post the links I found at the end of my post. I did find news sources that reported that Tagg Romney, Mitt's son, had indeed purchased holdings in the company that makes the electronic voting machines that are to be used in Ohio for the presidential election. WTF? Can you say conflict of interest? I don't know much about Tagg Romney other than the fact that he's Mitt's son, but even if he's as honest as Abe Lincoln, how can this be acceptable? In an election, you should avoid even the perception of fraud. There's more. One of the articles talked about "sleepovers," which is when one of the technicians takes home an electronic voting machine and keeps it in his or her home while working on it. What??????????? That's not exactly avoiding the potential or perception of fraud.
I actually took some computer programming classes in college. (gag) What possessed me to ... it's a long story. Maybe another post. Anyway, even I know how you can modify a simple algorithm. If it's counting a total and one total starts getting higher than the programmer thinks it should, a simple if-then statement subtracts a few from one and adds to the other, problem solved.
My guess is some people will step in and defend this, but I can't fathom how. The simple notion that no one with an interest in the election's outcome should own ANY of the voting machines or employ ANY of the election workers to me seems un-rebuttable. Or are the facts in these articles wrong? Does Tagg not really own the machines?
It was 12 years ago when we had an election fiasco. The solution should have been to standardize voting in all states to the same kind of machine and one that's extremely accurate and leaves a hand-countable paper trail. Did we do so? Of course ****ing not. There should never be any question who has won an American election! Every single vote should be counted beyond all doubt.
Anyway, the links are below. The one about the sleepovers is labeled that. If you answer, please do so with substance. In other words, maybe show some information that Tagg doesn't really own the machines or that the machines are reliable or that recounts actually are possible. No ad hominem attacks like Luna's just being a bitchy slut or a liberal whiner. I've been called stuff before and I don't care. It's the substance that matters, and I don't mean stuff that you smoke on Saturday night. I mean verifiable facts.
People have laughed at me for being in favor of having the UN come in to supervise American elections, but crap like this is why! You can't have conflicts of interests. What if in the last Super Bowl every single ref was employed by the New England Patriots and would get a fat bonus if the Pats won?
Okay, the links:
Does Mitt Romney's Son Tagg Have An Investment In Some Ohio Voting Machines? | Cleveland Leader
sleepovers
Brien Jackson: Controversial Voting Machine "Sleepovers" Still Legal
WTF? Tagg Romney Is Now Proud Owner Of Ohio’s Voting Machines | Addicting Info
Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines | Politicol News
Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines | Politicol News
I actually took some computer programming classes in college. (gag) What possessed me to ... it's a long story. Maybe another post. Anyway, even I know how you can modify a simple algorithm. If it's counting a total and one total starts getting higher than the programmer thinks it should, a simple if-then statement subtracts a few from one and adds to the other, problem solved.
My guess is some people will step in and defend this, but I can't fathom how. The simple notion that no one with an interest in the election's outcome should own ANY of the voting machines or employ ANY of the election workers to me seems un-rebuttable. Or are the facts in these articles wrong? Does Tagg not really own the machines?
It was 12 years ago when we had an election fiasco. The solution should have been to standardize voting in all states to the same kind of machine and one that's extremely accurate and leaves a hand-countable paper trail. Did we do so? Of course ****ing not. There should never be any question who has won an American election! Every single vote should be counted beyond all doubt.
Anyway, the links are below. The one about the sleepovers is labeled that. If you answer, please do so with substance. In other words, maybe show some information that Tagg doesn't really own the machines or that the machines are reliable or that recounts actually are possible. No ad hominem attacks like Luna's just being a bitchy slut or a liberal whiner. I've been called stuff before and I don't care. It's the substance that matters, and I don't mean stuff that you smoke on Saturday night. I mean verifiable facts.
People have laughed at me for being in favor of having the UN come in to supervise American elections, but crap like this is why! You can't have conflicts of interests. What if in the last Super Bowl every single ref was employed by the New England Patriots and would get a fat bonus if the Pats won?
Okay, the links:
Does Mitt Romney's Son Tagg Have An Investment In Some Ohio Voting Machines? | Cleveland Leader
sleepovers
Brien Jackson: Controversial Voting Machine "Sleepovers" Still Legal
WTF? Tagg Romney Is Now Proud Owner Of Ohio’s Voting Machines | Addicting Info
Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines | Politicol News
Tagg Romney Invested in Ohio Electronic Voting Machines | Politicol News