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posted by chromas on Thursday August 09 2018, @01:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the put-it-on-the-blockchain dept.

With worn-out clichés about the dead voting, Chicago used to be the poster child for voter fraud. But if any state is a poster child for terrible election practices, it is surely Georgia. Bold claims demand bold evidence, and unfortunately there's plenty; on Monday, McClatchy reported a string of irregularities from the state's primary election in May, including one precinct with a 243-percent turnout.

McClatchy's data comes from a federal lawsuit filed against the state. In addition to the problem in Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct, where it appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)

Multiple sworn statements from voters describe how they turned up at their polling stations only to be turned away or directed to other precincts. Even more statements allege incorrect ballots, frozen voting machines, and other issues.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/georgia-defends-voting-system-despite-243-percent-turnout-in-one-precinct/


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 09 2018, @02:18AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 09 2018, @02:18AM (#719187) Journal

    You can "prove" any meaningless nonsense you care to "prove" with numbers. Why don't you just come to the point, and tell us what your favorite conspiracy theory is? The numbers don't mean anything, let alone what you wish they meant.

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:22AM (#719278)

    You can "prove" any meaningless nonsense you care to "prove" with numbers.

    True. Watch this ...

    [0] = Runaway's sense of humor

    See how easy that was?

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @09:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @09:13AM (#719298)

    Fuck your livestock, Runaway, while you are away. And then they will have no interest in your molestation of them. So much for animal husbandry, and Rent-to-own hillbilly idiocy that supports the one person that will fuck you over, multiple times. You are, um, stupid.