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FBI asked to probe Obama 'vote-changing' machines
State lawmaker says she has concerns over election tampering
WND
Bob Unruh
11/26/2012
Excerpt:
A state lawmaker in Maryland has asked the FBI to impound two voting machines used in the 2012 election to determine whether there was a malfunction or something nefarious going on.
“I just feel it is my duty to try to get to the bottom of this,” state Delegate Kathryn Afzali told WND today. “We’re not making any accusations. The Board of Elections are good people. They have checks and balances … but we want to make sure everything is fair.”
She said a number of people contacted her after the Nov. 6 election to report that they pressed a touch-screen button for GOP candidate Mitt Romney, but the vote registered for Barack Obama.
WND has reported a number of first-hand accounts of similar anomalies during the election. One touch-screen technician reported that voters in another state were getting error messages on their touch-screens when they tried to vote for Romney.
Also, suspiciously, a number of precincts reported a 100-percent vote for Obama, and some even reported beyond 100 percent.
“My request [to the FBI] is … I want them to take these machines. Let an FBI computer expert analyze them,” she said.
She said that among those who contacted her with concerns were two officials, including a state lawmaker who personally experienced a vote machine changing his vote three times to the party whose agenda he opposed.
The lawmaker told her that his computer background left him confident that the problem was beyond a technical glitch, and he insisted that the election judge take the machine out of service and lock it up.
Another concern was raised by Carroll County Commissioner Richard Rothschild. who said it’s critical that the machines be analyzed properly to determine what happened.
“We need to freeze them in their current state, not wipe out data,” he said.
He said his constituent reported the same scenario as has been reported: hitting the touch-screen button for Romney but finding that that it registered for Obama.
Rothschild said it’s a major problem that has to be addressed in order for Americans to continue trusting their election system.
He said the constituent noticed the vote changes on the summary screen.
“It showed Obama as being selected,” Rothschild told WND, even though his constituent reported voting for the GOP ticket.
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http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/fbi-asked...ging-machines/
State lawmaker says she has concerns over election tampering
WND
Bob Unruh
11/26/2012
Excerpt:
A state lawmaker in Maryland has asked the FBI to impound two voting machines used in the 2012 election to determine whether there was a malfunction or something nefarious going on.
“I just feel it is my duty to try to get to the bottom of this,” state Delegate Kathryn Afzali told WND today. “We’re not making any accusations. The Board of Elections are good people. They have checks and balances … but we want to make sure everything is fair.”
She said a number of people contacted her after the Nov. 6 election to report that they pressed a touch-screen button for GOP candidate Mitt Romney, but the vote registered for Barack Obama.
WND has reported a number of first-hand accounts of similar anomalies during the election. One touch-screen technician reported that voters in another state were getting error messages on their touch-screens when they tried to vote for Romney.
Also, suspiciously, a number of precincts reported a 100-percent vote for Obama, and some even reported beyond 100 percent.
“My request [to the FBI] is … I want them to take these machines. Let an FBI computer expert analyze them,” she said.
She said that among those who contacted her with concerns were two officials, including a state lawmaker who personally experienced a vote machine changing his vote three times to the party whose agenda he opposed.
The lawmaker told her that his computer background left him confident that the problem was beyond a technical glitch, and he insisted that the election judge take the machine out of service and lock it up.
Another concern was raised by Carroll County Commissioner Richard Rothschild. who said it’s critical that the machines be analyzed properly to determine what happened.
“We need to freeze them in their current state, not wipe out data,” he said.
He said his constituent reported the same scenario as has been reported: hitting the touch-screen button for Romney but finding that that it registered for Obama.
Rothschild said it’s a major problem that has to be addressed in order for Americans to continue trusting their election system.
He said the constituent noticed the vote changes on the summary screen.
“It showed Obama as being selected,” Rothschild told WND, even though his constituent reported voting for the GOP ticket.
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View the complete article at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/fbi-asked...ging-machines/