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2004 US Presidential Election
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November 02, 2004
Pennsylvania | AND THE CHAOS BEGINS... [UPDATED -2-]

Drudge has the siren out:

VOTES FOUND ON MACHINES IN PHILLY, BEFORE POLLS OPEN;
Before voting even began in Philadelphia — poll watchers found nearly 2000 votes already planted on machines scattered throughout the city… One incident occurred at the SALVATION ARMY, 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa: Ward 37, division 8… pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over 200 and one with nearly 500… A second location, 1901 W. Girard Ave., Berean Institute, Philadelphia, Pa, had 300+ votes already on 2 machines at start of day… INCIDENT: 292 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 7/7: ADDRESS: 122 W. Erie Ave., Roberto Clemente School, Philadelphia, Pa.; INCIDENT: 456 votes on machine at start of day; WARD/DIVISION: 12/3; ADDRESS: 5657 Chew Ave., storefront, Philadelphia, Pa… Pennsylvania GOP filing suit in Court of Common Pleas to have machines in question impounded, replaced with machines that did not already have votes on them… MORE… A gun was purposely made visible to scare poll watchers at Ward 30, division 11, at 905 S. 20th St., Grand Court. Police were called and surrounded the location… Developing…

UPDATED 10:28AM

No mention as to who the votes were for…

UPDATE 10:57AM - Drudge now has a page for it.

Update (from Admin)

KYW 1060 News Radio in Pennsylvania is reporting that this story is false and the Attorney General is claiming it never happened. Look for update post soon.

Cross posted here



Posted by Chublogga at November 2, 2004 09:45 AM | TrackBack
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>No mention as to who the votes were for…

No, but we can make an educated guess as to who would cheat. Typical liberal behavoir!

Posted by: odin [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 10:10 AM

Whoops, those votes were never cast. Wrong again sludge.

Posted by: Lakhim [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:03 PM

Any links to a source? From what I’ve seen on TV, the Kerry campaign is claiming that those numbers are how much the machines have been used, but the Bush campaign says that a technician has confirmed that the numbers were for how many votes had been cast.

Posted by: chublogga [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 03:11 PM

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