Rep. Joshuah Evans (R-Greenbrier) jumps on the “let’s not count every vote” bandwagon and tweets about as much misinformation in 140 characters as Rep. Debra Maggart did in hundreds. Memo to Rep. Evans:
1) 49 other states and two counties in Tennessee are using optical scan machines certified to 2002 standards without incident. The paperless electronic voting machines we use suck and we’re one of the only states left that are using them.
2) The intent of the TN Voter Confidence Act is to make paper ballots the ballot of record so we do not have to rely on machines of any kind.
3) Studies (pdf) show that switching to paper ballots from the paperless electronic voting machines reduces election costs by 35-40%.
4) If there were to be a close election in 2010 in, say, District 66, and a recount was necessary, the paperless electronic voting machines we use now have no mechanism in place to give any kind of meaningful recount – all you could get is the same tally over and over again.
5) Please ask State Election Coordinator Mark Goins if he can show you proof that one vote using paperless electronic voting machines was cast or counted correctly. FYI, he cannot because the software used to tally votes in the paperless electronic voting machines we use now is proprietary – in other words, the manufacturers keep it secret and we’re not allowed to look.
6) The money to buy the new optical scan machines is federal money we already have (it’s left over from the funds we received to implement the Help America Vote Act) that can only be used to buy equipment to conduct elections. Just what money would we be wasting?
7) Do you really want to put a price tag on secure and verifiable elections? (see #4).
Mr. Evans is almost mentally handicapped when it comes to understanding the true needs of citizens anyway……..
He is just a spoiled rich kid who couldn’t win a legitimate debate against an elementary student….
If you don’t believe me call him up….
up in the attic, i mean
I would be more than happy to house people who are without health care. my parents are both retired doctors, so they could be my staff. Problem is, there’s not enough room in my basement. some will have to live down in the attic.
Congrat Eric, on the Pittsburgh win. Quick question, have there been many incidents of prisoners breaking out of maximum security prisons like the ones they have in Kansas? Just wonderin’. And now that the prisoners are taken care of, perhaps you can use your basement as a makeshift doctor’s office/hospital to help the millions of Americans who are without health care.
So President Obama finally figured out what to do with those detainees at Gitmo and it only cost $12 million per captive. That’s right: We’re sending those 17 Chinese Muslim terror suspects to a place called Palau, in exchange for $200 million in aid.
FYI: Palau is a little island that served as the site for “Survivor” — twice — so it’s obviously familiar with housing no-good, belligerent weasels.
Let me get this straight: Obama’s solution for fulfilling his promise to dismantle a prison camp in a foreign land is to send them to a foreign place that has awesome snorkeling and great sunsets.
Truly, this is change we can believe in. And, also be totally jealous of!
And this is what happens when you make a campaign promise, without any actual plan behind it. You’re left with whatever you had before, except of course, it’s less safe and now costs us $200 million.
And it really makes you wonder what Obama has planned for health care. My guess is, it won’t be much better, it will cost a zillion dollars and — unlike the dudes in Palua — we won’t get Mai Tais or temporary henna tattoos.
And that’s what really pisses me off. If I had known what Obama was willing to pay to house these folks, I would have volunteered my basement — which could easily take a dozen of these dudes. True, it would be a little tight, but that’s why I’ve invested in double bunk beds. They can sleep four up and four across, with each person’s belly serving as another inmate’s pillow.
What’s the use in complaining, huh? Doesn’t anybody have anything better to do? The whole voting system is screwed up anyway. It’s not like it’s going to get any better. And if you love your life, you will root for the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. I know where you sleep!!!!!
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