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On the heels of “Whiteygate”, new problems have been reported with touch-screen voting machines in Chicago. This, coupled with a major voting rights issue involving absentee ballots, point to the need for serious electoral reform that won’t happen with Democratic officeholders, say Green Party leaders.
The Illinois Green Party has received two detailed complaints about how touch-screen voting machines used at Early Voting sites “flipped” votes for Green Party candidates to their Democratic opponents. In both cases, the voter was able to get the situation resolved, but concerns about what others voters who may not have made reports may have experienced has Greens troubled.
We have been saying for years that there are problems with these touch-screen devices. “here is a clear systemic problem with our election system, and every election year something new and unprecedented happens which further erodes voter confidence.
The first incident occurred at the 35th Ward Early Voting site, the Logan Square branch of the Chicago Public Library, at 3030 W. Fullerton. Jim Rhodes, in attempting to vote for Jeremy Karpen (running for 39th State Representative), kept having the voting machine register the vote as being for the Democratic incumbent. Election officials at the polling place wound up removing the machine.
The second incident occurred at the 4th Ward Early Voting site, King Community Center, at 4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Mark Dreessen, in attempting to vote for governor candidate Rich Whitney, saw his vote “flip” to Democrat Pat Quinn. After repeatedly trying to reset his vote, the machine eventually registered the correct vote. But Dreessen remained concerned.
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