Comments on: Bizarre “Audits” At GOP Straw Poll http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/ for Open and Transparent Elections Mon, 21 May 2012 18:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Lonnie http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-18041 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:27:30 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-18041 Wake Up, Iowa! As an Arkansan, I am appalled that no one has asked Mike "Huckleberry" how many babies were aborted in Arkansas just in his last year in office as Governor. The media seems to believe that abortion is illegal here and it definitely "LIVES" and is a "STRIVING" business. Also, "Huckelberry" has turned Arkansas into a Sanctuary State for illegals as he created a Mexican Consulate (paid by the taxpayers) in Little Rock. (200,000.00 illegals in our state and more are coming). The Mexican Consulate issues passports to thousands of illegals everyday whereby deeming them legal entries... Furthermore, he begged the parole board to release a rapist from prison, then the released criminal went to another state and not only raped again but murdered his victim. When asked by the media, he denies any involvement. What a great GUY! NO RELIGIOUS TEST? SURE! Please get the word out... Wake Up, Iowa!
As an Arkansan, I am appalled that no one has asked Mike “Huckleberry” how many babies were aborted in Arkansas just in his last year in office as Governor. The media seems to believe that abortion is illegal here and it definitely “LIVES” and is a “STRIVING” business. Also, “Huckelberry” has turned Arkansas into a Sanctuary State for illegals as he created a Mexican Consulate (paid by the taxpayers) in Little Rock. (200,000.00 illegals in our state and more are coming). The Mexican Consulate issues passports to thousands of illegals everyday whereby deeming them legal entries… Furthermore, he begged the parole board to release a rapist from prison, then the released criminal went to another state and not only raped again but murdered his victim. When asked by the media, he denies any involvement. What a great GUY!
NO RELIGIOUS TEST? SURE!

Please get the word out…

]]> by: Razmear http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-14490 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:28:04 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-14490 Have they burned the evidence yet? Is there anyway to get a court order so that the ballots can be checked by an independent source? There is also a forum post where someone noted that Ron Paul's check box was in different positions on two different ballots. If these are optical scan readers, shuffling the boxes positions is a clever low tech way of hacking the vote without even opening up the machine. This should be easily verifiable if someone can see the ballots. eb Have they burned the evidence yet?
Is there anyway to get a court order so that the ballots can be checked by an independent source?
There is also a forum post where someone noted that Ron Paul’s check box was in different positions on two different ballots. If these are optical scan readers, shuffling the boxes positions is a clever low tech way of hacking the vote without even opening up the machine. This should be easily verifiable if someone can see the ballots.

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]]> by: Brian http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-14432 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:19:15 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/08/11/bizarre-audits-at-gop-straw-poll/#comment-14432 No doubt this is more interesting reporting on the spectacle than we'll see elsewhere. And it does sound like some more stringent auditing was in order. Reporting of the results of the straw poll were delayed by at least an hour. Here's what the Des Moines Register reported: "About 1,500 ballots needed to be recounted, said Mary Tiffany, a spokeswoman for Republican Party of Iowa. Two machines caused the problem, said State Auditor David Vaudt. “What likely happened is someone submitted their ballot too quickly after the other,” he said. The ballots from those machines were hand counted, then re-fed into the system to recalculate the vote. A campaign poll-watcher said in one instance, a black box contained 500 paper ballots but the machine’s memory said it had scanned in 498." There's not a lot of detail to go on there... No doubt this is more interesting reporting on the spectacle than we’ll see elsewhere. And it does sound like some more stringent auditing was in order. Reporting of the results of the straw poll were delayed by at least an hour. Here’s what the Des Moines Register reported:

“About 1,500 ballots needed to be recounted, said Mary Tiffany, a spokeswoman for Republican Party of Iowa.

Two machines caused the problem, said State Auditor David Vaudt. “What likely happened is someone submitted their ballot too quickly after the other,” he said. The ballots from those machines were hand counted, then re-fed into the system to recalculate the vote. A campaign poll-watcher said in one instance, a black box contained 500 paper ballots but the machine’s memory said it had scanned in 498.”

There’s not a lot of detail to go on there…

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