Do state elections boards lie to the public?
You bet. Maryland’s officials tried to convince the good citizens of that state that computerized voting equipment performed admirably in the 2004 vote. In fact, these machines compiled a horrendous record, with an astounding number of misfires and lost votes: “Election Day was anything but smooth. Votes were lost, computer cards storing votes were unreadable, thoUSAds of error messages were reported, machines froze in mid-voting and machines refused to boot up. The problems with the machines were so widespread and serious that efforts to hide the problems have failed,” said Linda Schade, director of TrueVoteMD.org. “It is not sufficient for Diebold and the SBE to investigate themselves. They have misled the public about this problem and an independent investigation is needed. Further, these problems indicate that the Diebold machines should be decertified as required by Maryland law and as provided for in the Diebold contract…” See also here. A big problem was screen lock-up, occurr
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