I
initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted. I assumed it was
being picky so I deselected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more
carefully, and still got Romney. Being a software developer, I
immediately went into troubleshoot mode. I first thought the
calibration was off and tried selecting Jill Stein to actually highlight
Obama. Nope. Jill Stein was selected just fine. Next I
deselected her and started at the top of Romney's name and started
tapping very closely together to find the 'active areas'. From the top
of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside
Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same
checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white
sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
Then it just gets weird.
I
asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they
reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at
it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry
about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing. I
then recorded this video.
Everything is going to be OK? Are you fucking kidding me?!
The
guy should have called the fucking cops so they could quarantine the
obviously fucked up machine instead of letting it go so some other
motherfucker could have the same thing happen.
The fucking
Republicans know they can't win in a straight up contest, which is why I
have heard at least thirty stories this election of dirty fucking
tricks they have pulled trying to to keep people from voting.
This shit needs to stop and some people need to go to fucking prison for a long God Damn time.
