Election Irregularities: Already Happening

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Warren Stewart, policy director for VoteTrustUSA, a nonprofit that tracks voting irregularities at the state and local level, is reporting that voting problems have already begun. In 15 states there are provisions for early voting, and that’s where the problems are occurring.

So far 5 states are involved. Voter choices are being flipped to the opposite candidates on all 4 electronic voting machines — Diebold TSx, Sequoia Edge, ES&S iVotronic, and Hart InterCivic eSlate.

“Three counties in Texas report vote-flipping on the Diebold and ES&S machines,” Stewart writes. “Three counties in Florida report vote-flipping on the ES&S and Sequoia machines. One county in Illinois, on the Sequioa Edge, and one county in Arkansas, on the ES&S iVotronic. In some cases, when the voter selects one candidate, the machine shows an opponent is selected instead.”

A South Florida voter reports: “When I touched the one [button] for the Democratic vote, that button disappeared and the vote went to the Republican.”

And from Illinois: “Corrine Stoker pushed the button for one candidate, but her voting machine showed she voted for the opponent.”

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