Comments on: TN Constitution: Elections Shall be Free and Equal, and the Right of Suffrage Shall Never be Denied to Any…Machine?

By: GOP 1, Secure and Accurate Elections 0 » LIBERADIO(!)

GOP 1, Secure and Accurate Elections 0 » LIBERADIO(!) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:52 +0000

[...] Tennesseans deserve to secure and accurate elections – the kind that we can’t get now because the voting machines we use simply do not work. [...]

By: Enforce the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act « Roane County Democratic Party

Enforce the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act « Roane County Democratic Party — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:02 +0000

[...] Because the touch-screen electronic voting machines we use now are broken. And how can Tennesseans get the secure and accurate elections they deserve while voting on broken [...]

By: Enforce the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act » LIBERADIO(!)

Enforce the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act » LIBERADIO(!) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:08:41 +0000

[...] Because the touch-screen electronic voting machines we use now are broken. And how can Tennesseans get the secure and accurate elections they deserve while voting on broken [...]

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:03 +0000

Great idea, Dean. Election integrity is non-partisan. Or at least it should be.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:17:45 +0000

As an aside, I watched “Recount” yesterday morning on HBO. Really good movie about the 2000 Florida election, and done mostly in a bi-partisan way. A lot of Florida’s problems arose from outdated law and outdated equipment.

Given the importance of elections, it makes me wonder if it would make more sense to have a non-partisan board oversee elections, rather than the Secretaries of State.

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:51:57 +0000

Thanks for trying, Bernie, but Ryan is a walking right-wing extremist talking point (boy that would have made a great Halloween costume). I mean, for him to write that this post gives “examples of broken voters, not broken machines” shows just how far he is willing to go to advance his agenda instead of what is clearly advantageous to the people of Tennessee.

I think anyone else but Ryan would understand that if you press a button on a touch screen machine – be it a voting machine or an ATM – and that button either fails to light up OR a different selection lights up, then it is clearly a problem with the machine.

Since Ryan is “unable” to understand this, we can only conclude that he is indeed a right-wing extremist who puts his own agenda in front of what the voters of Tennessee deserve – fair and accurate elections.

The voting machines we use in Tennessee do not work. They are broken.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:57:49 +0000

Bernie, I’m sophomoric. You aren’t.. good point.

By: Bernie Ellis

Bernie Ellis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:41:53 +0000

So … you don’t know who your Daddy is?

If you don’t believe your behavior here on this web-site has been anything but a non-stop broken record of insults against Mary, common sense and the democratic process; you might want to have your meds checked. With a statement like “I don’t insult people”, you clearly lack any evidence of self-awareness.

As for us disagreeing on most issues, how would you know? If you knew how to participate in civil and informed discourse, it might be possible for the rest of us to know what you think. However, your role here is to be disruptive. That is not only unnecessary, but it is sophomoric and it is boring.

Maybe your time would be better spent discovering the identity of your father. When you find out who he is, please let the rest of us know. (Or don’t.)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:59:11 +0000

Bernie, I don’t insult people. I’m sorry that having an opposing view on most issues is insulting to you.

I don’t think you are my father.. so you don’t owe my Mom anything.. why are you interested in my family tree?

By: Bernie Ellis

Bernie Ellis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:38:39 +0000

No, Ryan, I thought I’d give you a taste of your own medicine. I have never seen any post of yours here that is distinguishable from any other. Everything you say here is ill-spirited, uninformed and insulting of this site’s hosts. Since I’ve spent five years working for verifiable elections here in Tennessee, I can’t mimic your uninformed tirades. But I can be insulting, particularly when given good cause. (Just ask Uncle Tre.)

Who’s your daddy, Ryan?