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In reply to the discussion: Anyone watching Maddow ?! US Cities were given a black list of Russian IP address's !!!! [View all]Shell_Seas
(3,333 posts)69. Throughout every election here in Texas (local, state, national)
For at least the last several years, I have seen countless news stories of people being turned away from polls. Mostly related to voter ID laws. So, because of that, it could have easily happened, IMO.
Here are a few from the 2016 election:
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/A-report-from-a-voting-rights-advocacy-group-shows-that-hundreds-of-Texas-voters-were-delayed-or-turned-away-entirely-during-the-2016-presidential-election-because-of-confusion-over-the-/id-ad68ca909e0a4e9496f68b384899036c
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2016/11/08/elections-officials-say-someone-may-mailed-dozens-fraudulent-ballots-elderly-west-dallas-voters
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Anyone watching Maddow ?! US Cities were given a black list of Russian IP address's !!!! [View all]
YCHDT
Jun 2017
OP
What's fucked up about Dallas County is there are 4 other counties around it that are part of DFW &
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#5
That's DFW north & east of 635 while Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Duncanville, east Arlington, east FW
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#31
lol ... you're right about FW it reminds me of a really big Bakersfield CA. I can see Arlington goin
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#34
Collin County has McKinney and Plano West right? If so I can see why they're concerned, its...
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#41
That's some fucked up shit !!! This is empirical reporting of how the county systems can check a ...
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#15
I pray Mueller bust them wide open on this shit, Maddow's segment is proof positive that DHS gave
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#21
YEAP !!! She's making the point that these issues are usually happening in dem areas not red areas
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#8
Yes, this should be the staple answer to vote hacking; just show them this TRMS intro but the excuse
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#12
Our system is prepared for this sort of thing; Congress should now investigate.
Crash2Parties
Jun 2017
#6
He did a great job at the Senate Intelligence hearing. Did not let Gowdy's crap stand
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#14
I pray for her life, this is the first time I've heard reporting on black list check for IP address
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#13
You know, there's a small faction on DU that keep telling people "these are not the droids you've
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#25
We need to repeat, over and over: "ALL elections must be with paper ballots and MUST be audited"
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2017
#20
I am so glad she is covering it but what she needs to do is have Greg Palast on her show
Catmusicfan
Jun 2017
#26
What is hilarious is that the NC GOP is certain that Durham precinct issues were because
wildeyed
Jun 2017
#27
She showed a clip of the NC local media reporting there was something wrong with the voting
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#28
Yeap, I would bet there is a lot more cities like Dallas County that was hit with the blacklist of
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#37
This may not be 2016, she showed a clip of local NC station claming there were issues with the votin
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#38
i remember that; W seemed to "know" that FL wasn't going for Gore. it seemed very strange at the t
TheFrenchRazor
Jun 2017
#51
And...it was blue Houston that Russians wanted to monitor the polling stations
rainbow4321
Jun 2017
#47
You... are... f**kin ... kiddin ... me!! The Russians requested to watch the Texas votes in Harris?!
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#57
I saw that tonight, its like they wanted to put all the information out there so they can say the
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#58
In this day and age if people were being removed from rolls it would be obvious
Lee-Lee
Jun 2017
#52
Again, it happened in 2000!! People didn't know then and didn't complain until AFTER the election!!
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#59
THAT'S IT !!! BOOKMARKED !!!! No one is going to convince me the Russians took a look at the
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#81
... and I have said it wasn't obvious in 2000 until after the election was over so you're factually
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#93
"I can't fathom that the DNC wouldn't be doing that." Good point but they did NOT do this in 2000.
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#96
I live in Chapel Hill, NC and I thought there was something fishy in our vote totals
mnhtnbb
Jun 2017
#53
There was a clip she showed about the precincts, the talk on this issue from Durham would be interes
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#61
She said in the beginning of the segment that they don't have to screw with the vote tabulation ...
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#60
Trump did not win any of those 4 states. I knew that the day after the election.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2017
#76
not sure when it started, but one glaringly early example was bush the lesser winning
niyad
Jun 2017
#77
Yes, the polling in the US is very scientific and could be reverse anylized but NEVER IS when the...
YCHDT
Jun 2017
#82
The one good thing about the Russia hacks is it is calling attention to what computer
Amaryllis
Jun 2017
#83
Grassroots Dems have been increasingly raising alarms for years. Meanwhile....
LiberalLovinLug
Jun 2017
#87
The Russians and Republicans are still working together. They did it in Georgia.
rockfordfile
Jun 2017
#97