Monday, October 27, 2008

I really do want to vote for a Democrat

There is evidence of voters in states where they can vote early using ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines watching their Democratic votes being switched to GOP or to a minor party. They aren't even subtle about it, which they could do by displaying one candidate for confirmation and recording another. This has been more than one machine or state or election. If you are faced with one of these machines you should be able to demand a paper ballot.

Those that highlight the problem above wonder if Obama and his staff know about it. Apparently he does. While some sureness of victory is now in Obama's speeches, he has assembled a huge legal team to guarantee ballot security, much of it voluntary. It seems he has created the most extensive grass-roots organization of any presidential campaign.

If McCain must win Pennsylvania why is he spending so much of his dwindling resources in Iowa (where Obama is leading by nearly 12 points)? Might it be because he's written this election off and he's giving Palin as much exposure there to benefit her run in 2012? Then again, some polling sites list Obama ahead in Penn. by over 12 points).

1 comment:

  1. Fivethirtyeight.com and electoral-vote.com aggregate and analyze the polls and neither of them have Pennsylvania anywhere near swingable. Unless somethig goes horrifically wrong...and I think we're all worried that it will...Obama should have no problem whatsoever winning PA by a wide margin.

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