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larkrake

(1,674 posts) Wed Jun 1, 2016, 07:41 PM Jun 2016

In the GE, do our votes get counted? [View all]

Today I was hiking with friends, dems, repub and non party folk, and this discussion came up.

Is voting just an exercise, ending up in a furnace with big cats laughing in a board room? With voting machines, computers, glitches, flipping, how can we be certain it is we the people who is choosing our leaders, or is a board game going on.

Is there a shadow government like Cheney said? I dont like conspiracy theories, but something is not right with our current system.

Secondly, why is there not a national voting process instead of state to state variences?

Thirdly, why is there not a voting bank everyone can log into like a bank site is for all of us, non internet voters having mail-in votes.

It is alot of questions, but I want to get them down before I forget our discussion high points

This is a GE inquiry, so I put it to this forum

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In the GE, do our votes get counted? [View all] larkrake Jun 2016 OP

Here in WA, we can check on votes without a login scscholar Jun 2016 #1

Oh my God larkrake Jun 2016 #2

Where do we check that? I hadn't heard of that and would like to check. Thanks. uppityperson Jun 2016 #7

You won't get a reply. former9thward Jun 2016 #10

Yet I got a reply, same time post as your snarky one uppityperson Jun 2016 #15

Its BS. former9thward Jun 2016 #23

They come out of the woodwork, Up, just to piss on discussion larkrake Jun 2016 #30

she got a valid reply larkrake Jun 2016 #16

Valid in a CT eyes but not anyone else. former9thward Jun 2016 #24

If you're in King County.... scscholar Jun 2016 #11

Thank you for your prompt reply. uppityperson Jun 2016 #22

All I needed was Zip Code, DOB, and my street number (not street name) to check..... Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #21

I live in Ohio... RazBerryBeret Jun 2016 #3

I get that sinking feeling too larkrake Jun 2016 #4

I have read, and I don't know if this is true or not, but... NV Whino Jun 2016 #5

I dont think primaries are a threat to the poweres. It is the General election larkrake Jun 2016 #9

Yeah, I'm not advocating voting by computer. NV Whino Jun 2016 #17

All votes are counted. former9thward Jun 2016 #13

In this scenario, mail in would be counted as they come in of coarse larkrake Jun 2016 #18

Your second question answers your first one jberryhill Jun 2016 #6

How so? Unless the receiving end is what is rigged? larkrake Jun 2016 #12

What do you mean by "the receiving end"? jberryhill Jun 2016 #25

we have state tallys now, but National race votes would go to one destination, states are bypassed larkrake Jun 2016 #33

No.nt 7wo7rees Jun 2016 #8

Volunteer and work an election day for your County's Board of Elections. FSogol Jun 2016 #14

that is comforting- are you saying they do a hand count after the machine tallys? larkrake Jun 2016 #19

First time I worked there, it kept a mechanical tally and the votes from each FSogol Jun 2016 #26

Thank you for that. larkrake Jun 2016 #34

State. n/t FSogol Jun 2016 #43

Every election this question comes up... TreasonousBastard Jun 2016 #20

Voting is covered under state law as they pay for it....there federal guidelines beachbumbob Jun 2016 #27

Hypothetical. moondust Jun 2016 #28

hypothetical, yes, but voiced often A national vote would eliminate that kind of interference larkrake Jun 2016 #35

I'd love to see moondust Jun 2016 #38

No it is just a question at this point larkrake Jun 2016 #40

In California, I use paper ballots that are scanned in to a tabulator. What to you consider counted? Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #29

I assume that tabulator is a computer? I dont think Calif is corrupted, any blue state is probably larkrake Jun 2016 #36

They didn't in 2000 in Florida. That's for damn sure. nt valerief Jun 2016 #31

"Secondly, why is there not a national voting process instead of state to state variences? " dumbcat Jun 2016 #32

Its been many many years since I read that, but it is a national race and no-one should be larkrake Jun 2016 #37

Start your amendment process, and dumbcat Jun 2016 #39

are you one of those "cant do it" persons? larkrake Jun 2016 #41

Sometimes dumbcat Jun 2016 #44

Are you essentially asking "why do we have an electoral college rather than popular vote"? metalbot Jun 2016 #45

that makes sense, thanx larkrake Jun 2016 #46

Depends on the state and localities. roamer65 Jun 2016 #42