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Diebold: Two minutes to vote

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opening-countPrivatizing the elections was a great idea, as Black Box Voting reminds us:

Diebold/Premier says [it’s] too late to fix a new voting machine 2-minute warning and “time-out” feature which can kick voters off the machine, forcing them to accept a provisional ballot. “At least 15” voters were booted off the machine in Johnson County, Kansas recently, and Diebold/Premier says this is due to a software “upgrade” which sets a timer on voter inactivity. According to the company, the machines receiving the upgrade are used in 34 states and 1,700 jurisdictions.

The average voter takes 4-9 minutes to cast a ballot, according to studies. [Thanks, Todd]

Meanwhile, in Michigan, members of a certain political party say they will use lists of foreclosed homes to challenge the eligibility of voters.

You have till Oct. 15 to submit your 1,000-word Election Day horror story to Apex.

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3 thoughts on “Diebold: Two minutes to vote”

  1. “You have till Oct. 15 to submit your 1,000-word Election Day horror story to Apex.”

    In the spirit of Friday Flash Fiction, I’ll publish a four-word one here:

    “Low turnout. McCain wins.”

  2. Not bad, but I think the first two words could go and you’d still have a pretty scary story.

    Worse:

    “R.I.P. McCain; Palin sworn in.”

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