VOTES FOUND ON MACHINES IN PHILLY, BEFORE POLLS OPEN

[JimBob2232]

Before voting even began in downtown Philladelphia -- poll watchers found nearly 700 votes already planted on machines... The incident occurred at WARD/DIVISION: 37B/8 at 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa... Developing...

[cepstrum]

Link?

[JimBob2232]

Just on drudge right now.
Its possible that these are absentee ballots that were misplaced, or poll workers who voted before their shift. I dont know, its just developing. I hope this isnt what it seems. Lets all hope someone wins by >3% in PA so this blows over. More facts are needed.

[Nicholasp27]

>3%?

since when is 700 votes 3% of the state's votes?


but REGARDLESS, if this is fraud, on EITHER party's part, then it doesn't matter if one candidate wins with 70%, it's still a DISGRACE and breaks the very principle that this country was founded on, no taxation without representation

[JimBob2232]

What im saying is that i hope PA isnt close so stuff like this doesnt play a HUGE part in the election.

Drudge has a little bit of an update now:

... pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over 200 and one with nearly 500... A second location, 1901 W. Girard Ave., Berean Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, had 300+ votes already on 2 machines at start of day... Developing...

Not looking good. Just thought of this. Stop and ask yourself who these votes are for. Now re-read the story. It gives no indication. I had a preconcived notion of who was doing this based on the allegations of voter fraud. Just interesting. Now carry on

[Nicholasp27]

u prolly had a preconceived notion that it was for Kerry, since u are voting for W, just as my notion was that it's for W

but i don't care who it's for, if they are illegal votes, i want them tossed and the responsible people taken care of

[Dynasty]

The Mayor of Philadelphia was just on FoxNews. He claimed there were no problems with the machines and suspected somebody was trying establish a basis for a lawsuit by the end of the day.

[anatta]

This campaign began with Drudge trying to spread rumors about an alleged affair Kerry had with a staffer. Her life was dragged into the mud, and of course it all proved false.

Now this, From Kos:

Now the idiots on the radio have just updated the retarted Drudge report about the voting machines. It seems the machines have counters in the back of them that don't count the number of votes but how many times the voting machines have been used in an election. So there is no voter fraud in Philadelphia. What was that George Bush said about people who take action before they know the facts? Please people, vote out of office any and all republicans today.

[Matty]

Debunked

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/2/113840/386

[mmbt0ne]

Apparently the lady who made this accusation swears that she saw the digital counter on the machine which counts votes, not the odometer looking one in the back that counts elections.