Why wasn't my submitted comment posted? Does CNN cull out responses they don't agree with?? I used to trust CNN, but it's beginning to look like someone's got an agenda. Ron Paul came in second in Nevada–that's a big story. Come on–Romney had the support of all the Mormons who voted in lock-step for their man. And the fact that Paul came in second is a huge story. Is CNN upset because they have egg on their face at being the only news organization to run with the racist story against Paul? Aren't y'all "supposed" to be unbiased?

Congratulations to Hilly Clinton,she will make a great president,Mr.Obama
should be running for the republicans,he seems to quote them quite a lot.

They need to scrap all them voting machines and go to paper .

Mike Ludwikowski

Forget your anger and learn english!

Your diatribe's effect is lessened by the abundance of mis-spelled words.

An apparent college grad,,,me,, I made it to 9th grade.

Gee, mostly what I see is a bunch of Liberals throwing up their arms about one county that has had so few votes it would harldy be a catalist one way or another in a presidential election. Leave it to the babies to find something to point a finger at and blame government and Republicans! Grow up! We don't live in a perfect world and a perfect world will never exist! Stop trying to create an utopian society and deal with the real issues, espicially holding people accountable for their actions, maybe if liberal programs didn't make it so easy for people, we'd be a better country. That's right, people would be left in the street and no I'm not saying anyone should be put their, but most choose to be there because it is easier to let someone else do the work. They would rather have some kind soal take their time and my money out of each day to give to them the necessities. DEAL WITH IT! LIFE ISN'T FAIR, STOP TAKING YOUR INEQUITIES OUT ON ME!

Is there an honest reason we voters have these electronic devices shoved up our a##es?

Paper and ink are bad enough when one considers what Al Capone once said. Which was " vote early and vote often"

Electronic devices don't have any means by which suspicions can be confirmed or refuted.

I would urge Americans to deny the system of this convenient means by which elections can be subverted and return to paper ballots!

I looked up an article on the local newspaper in Myrtle Beach, South Carlina (www.Myrtlebeachonline.com) and found out that this particular county has "fouled up several elections in the past." McCains local campaign chairman, State Rep Stacy Edge, is now calling for the local election chairperson, Sandy Martin, to fired. I guess someone has to be the scape goat.

Dont blame us good americans for the problems and faults of our government. We only have a few great people in USA government that stand for the people, one being Ron Paul. He gets my vote next week.

Can you spell "FIX" boys and girls?And KAREN,since your giving out rights as to who can blog and who cant,As one candidate said yesterday,you know what you can do with the flag pole or the sign handle.

A Canadian saying the world is laughing at us. Now THAT is funny!

This is f-ing pathetic!

BTW for those of you who arent aware DIEBOLD has CHANGED its NAME, it is now know as LHS… and still THE major voting machine company in charge of the elections… and is without oversight of the machines and voting cards.

One of the CEO's even has a felony record…

You Americans are hilarious! You are the only first world country that cant figure out how to run an election. Hanging chads, broken voting machines.etc…what a colossal JOKE! "America, the greatest country in the world "? PUH-LEEZ!!! The wolrd is laughing at you…

Would you stop whining that CNN is violating your free speech rights. They were nice enough to let me know that they have THOUSANDS of items to go through. They can't possibly get them all on. Read the hate being spewed on this site…. you really think there is censoring going on?

You don't have the right to blog anywhere you morons. If you can't get posted here, go get a sign and stand on your front lawn!

Any body 08 but the individuals commenting on this blog

America wake up you are in the eyes of the world. Stuff like this should not be happening.Hope the democrats should not have same ordeal come later this month.
G0 OBAMA

This is only a primary. The responsible thing to do is to reschedule the SC primary for later in the primary cycle and be thankful to have the chance to fix this before November.

I went in at 7:15 this morn to vote. The machines were down and the Poll workers didn't even know how to handle the paper ballots correctly. But we all figured it out. But I bet they just get tossed away. Very low turnout first thing this morning, but the weather here could be a factor. Ron Paul for President!

The problem isn't with the machines. There is a cartridge for each election, that's sort of a key to open a computer to be able to vote. Apparently, election officials were given the wrong cartridge (key) and the message the machine is spitting out is something to the effect of this voting station is not active for the selected election. Their is an authorization problem with the machines not accepting votes at all, so it's a validation problem. Some person distributed the wrong cartriges to the poll workers, and that's the major problem at this time.

It sounds like honest people don't have chance in politics even in America! Wow! So it's not the ideas that count but rather the images and liars, it's not the votes that count but rather the people or the counting machines. Is really this America of 21th Century?
Obama 08

What do you expect when there are no American Made Electronic Voting Machines?

Another example of CHEAP Imports.

;o)

This is just to funny, I knew South Carolina couldn't handle this. and were suppost to vote again jan 26, CNN your hosting the debates here on monday. I hope you thought of a second place, first choice is a bust.

How convenient that the swamp water taste great and the the power goes out on one of the most important day in voter electorate history.

This kind of sufficitication in tampering with the voters rite is advanced, and no different than the scandel that took place during the last election with voters in Florida.

It has to be fustrating to see that this still exist. I thought this could only take place in Pakistan or Kenya, but this proves even in the western world, curruption still exist.

It is not normal procedure to "not test the machines" until the first voter casts their ballot. If the procedure is followed as printed on the literature given to poll officers, the machine is tested the night before when the poll is set up by the election workers. If the machine shows that it is not working properly, the election poll workers have a phone number to call that alerts election officials to that fact. The problems are usually remedied before the polling station opens the next day.

I have experienced voting machine failure myself, even a hour or so before the polls were to open, the officials were called, and the problem was solved ASAP. I have worked over 15 times as an election official, it is long hours spent dealing with many different types of people, a calm, well trained, and dedicated election poll worker is the best asset this country can have.

It is too bad the government does not want to reward those whose diligence and forthrightness towards honesty and pride in their country to a higher degree. The moneys paid for this thirteen to fourteen hour duty is at best estimated to be less then the minimum wage of this country.

That is very sad, and of course after many years, if one does sign up to work, it is with the idea of serving ones fellow man, not the renumeration one receives for long hours and very hard work. That is how the system has broken down, the ones who used to care, no longer do.

Mario!Glad Im not the only one that noticed the Censorship has gotten worse.I wait for days on end as waiting for moderation and then get wiped out or lost in the shuffle.So much for free speech.As the song said,"Welcome to the Machine"or Meet the New Boss,Same as the Old Boss"!

It's only the Republican primary today in SC so why don't you leave HRC and the democrats out of this mess. SC has always been a Republican stronghold and if there's any funny business today you need to question the GOP "values"

Enter "Twilight Zone Theme"

Louis in NY
Only the Republican primary is being held today in SC. The Democrat primary in SC is next week.
Either way this is inexcusable, but not that surprising.

PEOPLE– this is aRepublican primary. louis, HRC CAN'T win but thanks for showing that you just hate her regardless of the facts. Then soneone states "we can't trust our government". I despise the people in charge at the bush administration but the candidates are not "our government". who are you suggesting was responsible for this when you make a statement like that?

While i agree that the electronic machines seem to have a poor reliability record, lets at least base our wild conspiracy theories on the facts, shall we?

Clinton will hit the ground running

"Willy January 19, 2008 1:04 pm ET

This voting machine problem can be fixed by not allowing unqualified voters to vote. Well that mean 99.9% of the democrat voters. Uh oooh…."

It's a good thing the republican party has people like you so Bush can maintain his stunningly high 30% approval rating.

Jose,

The machines were all tested in advance, that's my understanding of it. These things happen from time to time, usually when it's least convenient. I actually had to vote early because I attend a college which is some distance from my home and when I voted (on the machine at my county registration office) it worked perfectly fine. So I have confidence that they'll fix the machines and get everything back up and running with plenty of time for McCain to get votes in Myrtle Beach and ruin our country's future.

Oh Lord, please not this again. I hope this can be resolved VERY soon and the machines in Nevada can be fixed also. I hate to see this as it casts a bad light on our voting system. It looks like we are some third world dictatorship with rigged elections.

Read - Ron Paul has a strong showing. CNN had to clarify that high turnout was not the problem!

Anytime Ron Paul has a strong showing, either the caucus is cancelled, or machines malfunction.

Now CNN doesn't want readers to know where the comments are coming from. Talk about censorship.

Willy, you are bad…lol.

Yes, why weren't the machines tested before the elections.

But leave it to CNN to tell us that there are problems of course.

CNN doesn't like to see alot of the blogs against it and now are just leavingstories as Permalink where you can't blog the story, yup leave it to our wonderful media wants to try and control us…as usual.

Go Mitt!

People are being "turned away and asked to check back later." This is outrageous! The officials know darned well the people aren't going to "check back later." STOP ELECTRONIC VOTING NOW!

More of a greater reason why colorado did away with the voting machines, the other 49 states should consider doing the same.
We need fair and honest elections, the voting machines do not ensure an honest election.

This voting machine problem can be fixed by not allowing unqualified voters to vote. Well that mean 99.9% of the democrat voters. Uh oooh….

Thank you Obama!!

As a Republican moderate, Obama's comment had a real impact–not that he is a "closet Republican" (obviously to the left) but that he can see beyond labels and stereotypes and provide our country vision to see leadership rises above pat ideology. He can talk to everyone, not just his "core constituency". A lot of moderates and independents will respond well to that.

A great leader like FDR, for example, can be recognized as great by even Republicans who may not have supported his programs at the time. Martin Luther King is respected by white southerners today, not because they agreed with his tactics, but they celebrate his impact on history and his peaceful means to do so.

Leadership, vision, and hope are what make leaders right for the times they come along. I am very open to supporting Obama at this point if he continues to rise above traditional labels and, I must add, avoid playing the race card.

1-17-08: Ballot boxes found slit; NH stops putting ballots in vault;
No worries, say New Hampshire officials when cuts up to eight inches long are spotted in newly delivered ballot boxes. "The only seal that counts is the one on top."

Except the seal on top can be peeled off without leaving a trace, then reaffixed.

Black Box Voting has been doing a chain of custody exam for the New Hampshire Primary's recount. On Wednesday night, Election Defense Alliance's Sally Castleman mentioned a troubling observation: After following the ballots back to the ballot vault following Wednesday's recount, she had the opportunity to enter the ballot vault, and noticed what looked like cuts, or slits, in the side of many ballot boxes. New Hampshire officials assured us that these cuts, which slice through the tape and seals do not permit access to the uncounted ballots, pointing to a label on the boxtop which they call a seal.

But the "seal" can be removed, like a Post-it, and reaffixed. So it's not a seal all!

We wanted to know if the ballot boxes were slit while in the vault, in the transport van, or came from the towns with slits in them.

I confirmed this morning that many if not most of the boxes scheduled to be counted today had slits in them. I went out when a vanload of ballots arrived, and saw that they were slit at the time they arrived by van. Susan Pynchon and I drove to two nearby towns and watched as they handed over their ballot boxes to "Butch and Hoppy", the two men who drive around in the state in a van picking the ballots up. We observed as they loaded boxes of ballots into the van with no slits at all in them. We videotaped each of these up close. They arrived at the destination without slits. The label on the top was affixed, but in some cases was crumpled, or also damaged.

Of cource, the label affixed to the top can be removed and reattached without telltale signs.

No vault tonight

A significant departure from the normal chain of custody path occurred tonight. They decided not to use the vault to store the ballots.

More tomorrow. More

There is nothing wrong with the machines. The machines are working exactly as planned. Don't worry, no-bid contracts to foriegn companies will ensure the American elections will be free and fair… And if not- have faith the free and fair press will inform you.

Wonder how this will play out.
I bet that it will all be a major HRC win now.

Anyone but Hillary '08

Why they're not using paper ballot to begin with? Paper ballot is much better, easy to audit it when the outcome is questionable.

I'm very fortunate, we are using absentee ballot, we have a record for our vote. I don't like voting machine especially when there's no way to audit it for discrepancy, it happened in Ohio in 2004.

Our right to vote shouldn't be subverted to a machine that has no record how each voters cast their vote, no paper trail to speak of.

What a suprise! Yet another state with electronic polling issues. Looks like this is going to be whom ever DIEMOLD machines prefers to win the election will win. The people of america are being setup again by special interest billionaires to sway the vote they way the see fit. Including most of the media that is biased and never gave equal time to some contenders from DAY ONE, and it continues, smack in the face of the people. Restore the republic, I am voting for Dr. Ron Paul, the only true guy with a great plan to help the people in this country. The others are all out for themselves and their selfish agenda that will never further the people or this country.

Florida Foul-Up Wannabies. At least they won't cry "Hanging Chads".

The voting machines may not be working, but it sounds like another machine is fully operational.

Oh, great. And so it begins, the electronic death of democracy.

Why weren't the voting machines tested in advance?

I am back!

I knew it! we can't trust our government to have a free and equal government! look at this, this precint could be a major factor in deciding the winner. the System is corrupt!

I smell a rat

I could be thinking of the wrong state, but wasn't it here that there was a push to decertify these machines as they had been decertified in other states and use paper ballots but they did not want to do this. It would be discouraging to have to wait for another count. I hope states keep enough paper ballots on hand to deal with these situations.

Are these the Diebold machines?

When will America start to catch on… voting should not be controlled by a private company who will not disclose how the machine works…

And I'm not saying that as a Ron Paul fan, I'm saying that as a democrat.

Here we go again voting machines down ? Just like all the
emails missing from the white house…………where is our
honesty in this country anymore ? Is it with only one person………..

Obama 2008