RTFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9NSVUu8nk

Video the Vote went to Jackson County, WV, in response to numerous reports of machine vote flipping. The local county clerk showed us the machines in question, but the demonstration left us with questions, as the machine appeared to malfunction even after it was calibrated.

SCANDALOUS

Turn the volume up. This is simply unacceptable!

The HAVA, or Help Americans Vote Act, has outsourced this problem to a handful of companies that were able to create flawless Automatic Teller cash machines. When was the last time you used an ATM that malfunctioned?

As of 2005, Billions of dollars have been spent on these machines:

While the disputed 2000 presidential election produced calls for reforms, Congress did not pass its election law until 2002. Bush then took months to appoint members to a critical oversight commission that disburses money to the states. States have now received $2.2 billion.

As of 2004, there were approximately 200 million registered voters, meaning we’ve each been taxed at least $10 for the privilege of using these faulty machines one time – possibly twice. In spite of the corporate welfare that wrested this “voting fee” from taxpayers, we are left with machines that are criminally inaccurate.

If you have refused to accept that voter machine fraud exists, then you must confront this reality now! It doesn’t matter who you plan on voting for. You must at least ask the question: “will my vote be counted?”

RTFA: http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/storie…

The maker of touch-screen voting machines used in half of Ohio’s counties has admitted that its own programming error is to blame for votes being dropped in some counties.

The maker in this case is Diebold, which recently renamed their voting machines division to Premier Elections. I laughed in cynical hysteria at Premier Elections’ homepage which boldly displays the words “On Election Day, WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU? SERVICE, RELIABILITY, TRUST”. Wow! You’re right! I do want a reliable trust worthy voting system, but you filthy fucking corporate lying sons-of-fascists apparently don’t know how to make a machine that can COUNT. Really, honestly? HONESTLY? You can’t make a machine that can count? This is from the makers of ATM machines, which begs the question of how many times has a Diebold ATM machine suddenly lost your money?

The simple solution to these ridiculous problems is of course to have a paper trail. The voting machine prints out a receipt for you and then you drop that receipt into a ballot box.

I saw a great comment on /. that I will repost here:

from sp332:

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Serves: 1 precinct

Things you will need:
at least one day off work
money for fines
a destructive device (something small, like a ball-peen hammer, is recommended)

1. Go to the polls as early as possible. Try to be one the the first voters.
2. Ensure that the polling place has enough reserve paper ballots on hand, or can easily obtain them in time.
3. Disable the polling machines. One or two well-placed hits from a hammer should do.
Act quickly to get them all before you are stopped.
4. Cooperate with any police officers who arrive. You may be treated roughly. Do not put up a fight at this point.
You will almost certainly go to jail for some time, from hours to days, depending on circumstances.
5. If there is any media present, let them know what you did and *why* you did it.
Try not to come off as a raving loony. Practice in front of a mirror is recommended.