ummm

[staxxy]

Michigan Ballots? looks like votes for Kerry will be votes for bush.

anyone have more info on this?

posted for the public because it is too important to not share with everyone.

thanks Gibbet, for the heads up.

Comments

[frogmajick.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's been taken care of already.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/1/135446/991
and
http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/04/10/01/1951213.shtml?tid=226

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

cool!!

[samemaha.livejournal.com]

GibbITT. thank you.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

oops sorry. I *was* just going to go with "Gib".

[samemaha.livejournal.com]

LOL

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

so, should I stick with Gib, since I have been really bad at remembering how to spell Gibbitt?

[samemaha.livejournal.com]

sure. :)

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

SWEET!!

thanks!! :)

They kept it quiet...

[chessdev.livejournal.com]

The part that angers me is not only they made this mistake, but when they "corrected" it --- they didn't announce it in the paper until an LJ user screamed about it loudly enough.

Whether it was 10 or 1000 ballots --- by not calling attention to this, they set up a situation where some group of people could have their vote not counted, or seriously questioned, because they weren't warned.

How many people really check the alignment on their ballots? Most people would expect they *wouldnt* have to.

I'm just angry there wasn't an announcement from the company owning up to the mistake --- rather than playing games with someone's vote being counted

Re: They kept it quiet...

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

indeed. and that does irritate me.

Re: They kept it quiet...

[bewtifulfreak.livejournal.com]

How many people really check the alignment on their ballots? Most people would expect they *wouldnt* have to.

Exactly....sarmonster posted a link to a scan of the ballot indicating it was messed up but not specifying how, and until I saw the post linked above, I couldn't spot the problem. Only Bush voters would have noticed; most Kerry voters would have likely cast their vote incorrectly without even realizing it.

Re: They kept it quiet...

[chessdev.livejournal.com]

BTW I LOVE the link you posted on your journal about "The Flop".

That is hilarious and I'm sending it around to a bunch of friends of mine.

Re: They kept it quiet...

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

and *that* is the big problem.

[trauma-hound.livejournal.com]

That is just messed up!

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

it is okay now.

[sarmonster.livejournal.com]

I cen't help but wonder if it was a test to see exactly how hard Americans would come down on someone for a stunt like that.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

good call.