Comments on: Voters Face Long Lines, Machine Glitches

With Likely Record Turnout Straining Election Centers, Voters Contend With Hours-Long Waits, Voting Machine Breakdowns

[lewiston14]

" we can surely vote online. Figure out how to make it secure and just get it done. It is ridiculous. We could have a 90% voter turnout that way, with no lines. I think that makes people in DC afraid, or it would be done already.

Posted by gmcnally2

GMC: I agree with you 100% The problem many do not have a computer, Google is tracking every key you type and 90% of people have not got a clue what anti virus software is or have not updated it from day one of ownership. The idea is fine but they have to figure out how to keep the 100,000 scrip kiddies out of the loop.

[bobnjersey]

[Lines stretched around buildings and crossed city blocks as people waited to cast ballots Tuesday in the historic presidential race between Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain. While election officials said voting was going relatively smoothly overall, touchscreen voting machines malfunctioned in some precincts while others faced a variety of problems. ]

it''s not a smooth process if people are waiting in lines for hours.

[burgess1968]

Hmmm..idea for melnnyc....You can always move to Alaska- then YOU can get a check....

[hannity2012]

CNN is so PC, that cant even say Black Panther. There headline is Man asked to leave polling place. Pathetic Jounalism!!!

A man wearing what appeared to be a black outfit with a beret and holding a nightstick was asked by police to leave a polling location in Philadelphia Tuesday, according to Philadelphia County Board of Elections Supervisor, Bill Rubin.

Rubin says the man left without incident. He says another man wearing similar attire had a poll watcher certificate and was allowed to remain at the polling site at 1221 Fairmont Avenue

[gmcnally2]

Like the guy on Saturday Night Live says, ''FIX IT!''

If I can register my car and we can bank online we can surely vote online. Figure out how to make it secure and just get it done. It is ridiculous. We could have a 90% voter turnout that way, with no lines. I think that makes people in DC afraid, or it would be done already.

[deathofusa]

You know, you would think, with all the money Obama spent 1/2 a billion dollars, he could have this race in his pocket. Wow. That makes me feel pretty good. Means - no matter how much money you throw at people, if you s u c k, you s u c k. Wow, my faith in humanity has been restored.

[deathofusa]

I was 10th in line this morning and the optical scanner was not working so my paper ballot was put into an emergency box for scanning when the machine is fixed. I find it unacceptable that equipment is not working as well but trust the back up procedures.

But not the best feeling to not see it counted in my presence.

Maybe you should try **** dork?
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Posted by mecury69 at 12:57 PM : Nov 04, 2008


And whose fault is that? Oh, I forgot, whities.

[hondacivic5-2009]

As a Canadian watching the US Election enter its final stage, I am dumbfounded to see that the problems with people voting and having their votes counted, problems that occurred in 2000 when your current president beat Al Gore have still not been resolved. Seeing what is happening in Virginia and Florida, the potential for the same abuse exists. Will the front runner lose simply because of a horribly run system which prevents everyone from casting their vote or having their votes counted once they are cast?

If these problems occurred in a backwater country, the first response from the US would be to send billions of dollars to that country to ensure they obtained the best, most up to date equipment available to ensure that everyone''s "democratic rights" were protected. How does the best country in the world (next to Canada, anyway) have the same problems that it had 8 years ago in enabling its voters to get out and exercise their democratic rights?

The USA will lose so much credibility on the world stage if those same problems occur again this year that it will never be able to hold sway in any dialogue about elections anywhere in the world, ever again. Americans who were hesitant to get out and vote will likely never vote again.

Good luck to all of you, and God Bless America (after 8 years with George W. Bush in the Oval Office, you need it).

[deathofusa]

Why can''''t there ever be voter suppression were I live.

I''''d love to give a good beat down to someone trying to prevent me from voting.
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Posted by shanev137 at 03:14 PM : Nov 04, 2008


Because there is no such thing. It''s all in there stupid little minds. They are the perpetual victims.

[barbaraf4]

Glitches happen with every Presidential election. Now, just like last time, they have 4 years to fix it!