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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Great job Dominion. Another programming problem nationwide. One would think they would get their crap together after the last election. Nope, to busy sueing anyone they can.
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Oh, wow...such pearl clutching...
First of all, the problem is definitely not nationwide; so far, only the State of Michigan has raised the issue, and, even then, it only affects some of the counties in the state; the problem arise because Michigan is one of only a handful of states that permit "straight party" (aka "straight ticket") voting which allows a voter to just check a single party selection and all the candidates on the ballot from that party will be marked as voted for on the voter's ballot; for example, if you want to "straight party vote for the GOP, you make one, single selection for that party and any GOP candidates appearing on the ballot will be marked with your vote automatically; the problem in Michigan is some of the Dominion machines are not set up to allow a voter to change a single vote for a single candidate to one outside of their "straight Party" selection(s), meaning, if you voted "straight party" for the GOP but felt that a GOP candidate on the ballot was not suitable and wanted to change your vote, the Dominion machine wasn't allowing the change; in Michigan, a voter who tries to vote "straight party" and changes his mind on single candidate(s) will have to void his "straight party" selection and vote for each office individually, as is the normal practice in almost all elections; the flaw is not really Dominion's fault but, rather, a situation caused by a quirk in Michigan's electoral process; some voters may be inconvenienced by not being able to fully use "straight party" voting, but their votes will be accepted and tallied when they vote the 'normal' way; remember, the only people who will be inconvenienced are those who want to vote "straight party" but, for some reason, do not wish to vote for their party's candidate in particular single races...
Michigan Warns of Issue With Some Dominion Voting Machines --
https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-wa...chines-1977909
I personally think the so-called "straight party/ticket" concept is a throwback to the days of party machine politics and political bosses; it is also the lazy person's means of voting and bespeaks of a diminished involvement in the political process; if your not going to make the effort to even ask questions about the candidates who appear on your ballot, maybe its just as well you don't even bother to vote...
So, no nationwide problem, no voters being disenfranchised, no fraud involved, no rigging, just business as usual with a little tiny hiccup...
You can unclutch your pearls now...
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