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Wisconsin

a kennedy

(35,765 posts) Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:09 AM Apr 2016

Computers down for hours for people in line for early voting...... [View all]

Oh yah, talk about suppressing the vote, just shut down the computers:

Computer servers for Wisconsin state agencies went down this morning.

According to the Attorney for the Government Accountability Board, Election clerks couldn't access the voter registration system, preventing them from issuing absentee ballots and printing poll books.

Clerks were able to get access to the system by about Noon.

Early voting ended Friday at 5:00 p.m.

http://www.news8000.com/news/long-lines-for-early-voting-in-la-crosse-statewide/38830136

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Computers down for hours for people in line for early voting...... [View all] a kennedy Apr 2016 OP

It is pretty amazing the similarities among the various states that encounter voting problems, and -none Apr 2016 #1

The time is long past due to bring in the UN election monitoring team Dragonfli Apr 2016 #2

Those purple fingers work quite well, even in 3rd World countries, so there should be no reason why -none Apr 2016 #5

Because we stupidly allow awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #32

could they have shut them down to hopemountain Apr 2016 #3

Wiconsin is open... Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #12

thank you. there hopemountain Apr 2016 #14

Wisc. has new Voter ID law (suppression law) Equinox Moon Apr 2016 #25

of course Kalidurga Apr 2016 #4

"the voter registration system": this is new, this is trouble, this is the source of f**ked up Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #6

We know there will be no investigation of this either! Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #7

With Walker in charge, the sky's the limit! mountain grammy Apr 2016 #8

This is where we need Anonymous! nt elljay Apr 2016 #9

yes - i believe someone has requested such. nt hopemountain Apr 2016 #15

No, this is where we need the Obama Department of Justice. L. Coyote Apr 2016 #20

Well, yeah, but elljay Apr 2016 #27

K&R. Overseas Apr 2016 #10

Of course they were. Our elections are a sham. AllyCat Apr 2016 #11

Elections are not a sham. L. Coyote Apr 2016 #19

Yeah, they pretty much are. HassleCat Apr 2016 #26

Other elections are not. OURS in the US are corrupted. AllyCat Apr 2016 #30

"If voting made a difference they wouldn't let us do it." ~ Mark Twain~ nt Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Apr 2016 #21

Why am I not surprised? nt Duval Apr 2016 #16

Wow...what timing for an outage. SoapBox Apr 2016 #17

If you know you can't win, there is still one option, steal it! Not the first time for sure. L. Coyote Apr 2016 #18

Big data and the cloud... what could go wrong. Fuck Google and the talking cars... we have real whereisjustice Apr 2016 #22

There's a shock. nt TBF Apr 2016 #23

Yet, another…. zentrum Apr 2016 #24

The things we are learning this election. azmom Apr 2016 #28

Republicans Know Sanders Will Be Tougher To Defeat corbettkroehler Apr 2016 #29

just like our infrastructure is crumbling from insufficient funding Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #31

But WI has same day voter registration, so it's nowhere near as bad as other states Land Shark Apr 2016 #33

Just posted this in G.D. midnight Apr 2016 #34