Democrats Might Have Won the Last Big Election of 2013 With a Newly Discovered Voting Machine

[Gothmog]

79. I have been an election judge

All of our individual voting machines are hooked up to a Judge Booth Controller (JBC) where the vote is recorded. After the closing of the polls, the election judge runs two tapes showing all votes. One tape goes into the judges packet with the other key forms and the second tape is left on the JBC. The JBC and the laptop used to check in voters are taken to the election office drop off off location or to the main election office After being taken back to the main election office, the JBC is plugged into the county computer for the votes to be tallied. The paper printouts on the JBC and in the judge's packets are backups for the machine.

In this case, it appear that the paper printout was what told the election office about the missing machine. The drop off procedure can be hectic when more than one precinct shows up to check in their machines at the same time. My daughter was the election judge for the November election in Texas which for my precinct only involved some constitutional amendments. The checklist at the drop off location did not have a line for her precinct but they fixed that and took the machine. I checked later and the vote totals for our precinct were on the county's website and so I know that they counted that machine.

Again, this is based on my experience as an election judge in Texas. I imagine that similar technology is used in VA.