Comments on: E-voting makes its mark

Watchdogs report no major problems with voting machines, but critics say security's still a worry.

exit poll discrepancy with electronic vote

It seems improbable that the exit polls that predicted Kerry wins in many contested states were all wrong. Were Bush voters claiming to have voted for Kerry? Were all the randomizations of data collection incorrect?

More likely, we've just witnessed a fraudulent election with massive manipulation of the electronic vote in order to create the appearance of a Bush victory. The means are available. And why else that intention of fraud would machine manufacturers, presumably eager to prove their trustworthiness to a skeptical public, refuse to include paper trails so that voters could be certain their votes were counted?

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Nope just poor positioning

The exit polls have never been a "sure indicator" because not everyone will talk to an exit pollster and not every polling station is covered. The stations that do tend to get covered are mostly urban, lighter suburban and almost no rural so they tend to show a less complete picture of the whole election.