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Republicans own Burlington county and hate...

they're cheating!!!

Hey Temmy, I can feel change too. My change feeling is making me sick though. Go ahead and put Obama in there then 6 months from now lets see if you still have that egg sucking grin on your face with that warm and confident feeling that the savor has arrived.

I voted on the new paper ballot machines the polling place at the local school was well organized and voting was not a problem .

I hope these voting machine breakdowns are not all over the country.

Make every vote count .

All the States should have tested all these machines a few days ago and we would not see these problems.

I believe Obama will win and Americans will not stand for the GOP Necons trying to steal this election.

This time the people will win and so will Obama.

Obama Drama ... We gotta stick it out people, we knew there would be something to try to stop us. Hang in there & make your vote count! Get everyone out there to the polls & at least we can say we did what we could.

Obama/Biden '08

Why not go back to paper? These electonic voting machines seem to conveniently break down with calculated regularity in battleground or democratic areas. All paper takes is some organization to make it work efficiently. Oh. Wait...organizaiton... Sorry – foolish of me!

Since these irregularities and machine breakdowns seem to be happening in battleground states and in highly African American areas, there should be neutral inspectors to witness any problems so that all votes can be verified and accounted for . Otherwise this is not a democratic election. Maybe you need to go to the finger dye and all paper ballot method. Yes and maybe you should have other countries oversee your elections just as Jimmy Carter does in third world countries.

You heard him, VOTE OBAMA AND TAKE AMERICA BACK

I predicted 4 months ago that Virginia will be the next "fixed" state, following Florida 2000, and Ohio 2004. It's only 10AM and already there are problems. The least that should be done at the end of the election is a recount of the problem votes. (Hopefully not the sham that the Florida recount was.) Although I have faith enough to hope that it will not come to that. Vote Obama 08!!!

We are all Americans!

Hold on, don't leave, stay strong, your vote does count.

I'm an Air Traffic Controller. If I ran airplanes the way election officials ran the election process, the airplanes would be crashing at all the major airports. BEFORE THEY LEFT THE GROUND.

That's curious – I wonder to what degree voting machine break-downs (or mysteriously lost ballots – forgotten on the back of pick-up trucks, etc.) are disproportionately impacting urban and/or minority areas.

Very interesting!

How can you all vote for Obama and say "God bless America"? God doesn't want us to murder our children. He wants us to raise them to be free in our great country. Vote with your heart, wherever that leads you.

Look, its not difficult to figure it out
1..People who are only given a couple of hours off to vote can't wait in long lines = less Democratic votes
2..People who can't afford to take the day off to cope with the long lines = less Demoratic votes
Regardless of who wins this election the American voters should DEMAND that the people responsible for this debaucle, election after election , never be allowed to be involved in another election.

The whole world is watching and laughing. No other country in the Free World would tolerate this.

@thomas: "Who makes these voting machines that break down on election day – the only day they are needed to function properly."

The answer is Diebold (now known as Premier Election Solutiions). Their CEO, Walden O'Dell, was active in the re-election efforts of Bush in 2004. 'Nuff said.

Don't like the way this country is run? Vote for new leadership. Not Bush in a maverick wrapper.

I meant to say, Me and My wife just voted for Obama/biden.
I have 300 family members throughout USA, who will also vote for DEMOCRATS.

GO VOTE, DONT LISTEN TO ANYONE, VOTE OBAMA

Lets kick Sarah Palin out to Alaska.

Why not just use paper and pencil like the rest of the world? Sure would save a lot of head ache – and money.

Maybe this is a sign that Obama shouldn't be president.

Another reason we need to just use paper ballots with optical scan technology...we have verification (paper trail) and we don't have to rely on these accursed machines holding up democracy.

This is HISTORY in the MAKING! Obama '08!

I am amazed that you all, are prepared to cue for hours. How ever do mums with young children manage to vote. I do not think anyone here (UK) would cue hours to vote.

I just can't comprehend how an hour after the polls open all these machines are breaking down. Is this America?

Shame

Glitches may happen with technology, it's true. Your election process though is in dire need of reform. It is no longer the envy of the world. more a laughing stock. Money has permeated and corrupted every aspect of American society. Funny then that you can't find the money to fix the problem of something as simple as voting.
You Americans are also overly analytical. This is one reason your nation is so divided. It is NOT a melting pot, rather a nation of refugees – too easily divided and exploited along religious, political and economic lines. The rigging of election is jsut a symptom of thsi malaise.
Please let each vote be counted in a sane and judicious way.

Of course everything is the GOP fault – Everything that goes wrong in this country – including election day,is their fault. You are all a bunch of whiners. Be careful what you wish for because we will be stuck with higher taxes and more people on welfare if Obama gets elected today. How do you think he is going to pay for all of his promises? But then again, he will back track on them all between now and January.

Notice that all of these counties/precincts are majority African-American? Looks like some Tom Foolery is going down....

I am about 15 miles from Willingboro, a pretty heavy minority area, truth be told. If this is true, it sounds like 'some people' are up to bad tricks with the good people who live in Willingboro. This is not fair and hopefully the right people will fix this today. The Rethugs will not steal this election this year!

They have only had four years to make sure these machines worked properly. How much time do they need?

From a non-US citizen, not black or white or red or blue. Just very concerned for the USA and the world and therefore supports OBAMA/BIDEN. To-day most of the USA will prove whether it has a good God or one that spawns smear and fear.

No surprise. Mccain can only win if he cheats and lies and attacks Obama's character.. why would election fraud be any different..disgusting!!

Watch the demographics of where the problems are. Mostly in swing states, in the critical precincts (read Democrat/minority). And that's also where most of the paperless voting machines are. If Obama loses, this will be why, and if we sit by and let it happen again we are all complicitous in the end of our democracy. If he loses we need to shut the country down, call a general strike, and march on Washington.

I've got my gas,tar AND feathers ready!!

EXCUSE ME, FOLKS.
On election day, there is supposed to be no endorsing, no yapping about your candidate. Come on. Get out the vote and SHUT UP until it's over!

McCain – Palin 2008!!!!!!

NObama!!!! EVER!!!!

Obama is such a cheater!!!

Calm, down, all............. After all of this, the last thing you need is a heart attack the night of the election....... Tomorrow is a new day. Accidents can happen/people are fallible/machines are not perfect. Most importantly, all of us are watching.

Change is Coming

I went to vote this morning only to find out that I was not registered. Odd since I have lived in this town for 7 years and was registered in the last election. My name was on the list on the last election, and no mailing had been sent to re-register. I had to fill out a provisional ballot and I was not the only one! Could this be a scam by desperate Republicans to delay votes for Obama as these will have to hand counted and then may not even count as official votes.
Are the others not listed Democrats?

Anyone in NJ who pays -any- attention to voting issues will have already voted by absentee ballot, which is open to anyone. The Princeton University report came out several weeks ago about how NJ voting machines can be completely hacked, and all votes changed, within seven minutes. The head judge in Mercer has been trying to order the state for TWO YEARS to replace the voting machines, and now there's evidence they're not trustworthy.

If you're a New Jerseyan and you just noticed -today- that there's a problem with our voting machines, get your head out of the sand for 2009!

I pray there really is nothing wrong in this election. We need Obama for America and the world.

America!!! there should be no excuse of machines breaking down! This is a game like in a developing country in Africa say Uganda.
People watch out!!!

WHO THE HE– IS IN CHARGE OF THESE MACHINES. THIS IS PATHETIC!!!!! CAN GO TO THE MOON BUT CAN'T GET A LITTLE MACHINE TO WORK RIGHT. ONLY IN AMERICA.

look people dont give up on what we know we need to do,,, make your vote count, stand fast, stand strong, stand together, if you see some one getting out of line because its been to long talk to them give them the push to stay in the fight,,,, look i have been in the military for 17 years and love what i do, i would never give up on my soldiers and would never let them give up on themselfs,,,, so man up TAKE THAT HILL, and we will win, huurrraaaaa

OBAMA-–BIDEN,,,,

Are we REALLY surprised at all these "problems"? Third time will NOT be the charm for Republicans – WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!!

Why cant they make sure that the machines are working on day before election? I dont understand. Whats so difficult in it? I hope Obama wins. seriously enough is enough.

Didn't CNN do a special on switched memory cards rigged to vote for
Republicans? I would not use that "repaired" machine.

How can America go into 3rd world countries and claim to monitor their election process when you cant even get it right??

how convenient the machines broke down today, the ONLY day it needs to be working!

I say it was a plan by the Republicans! better watch that mechanic he might be rigging it in favor of the MacBuch

YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS TO PLAN FOR THIS ELECTION. CAN'T YOU GET IT RIGHT FOR ONCE

"most advanced country in the world" and yet a 3rd world country can at least VOTE!!! Bullcrap for sure.

DON'T WORRY ACORN SUPPORTERS WILL HELP WITH THE PAPER BALLOTS AND ERASERS!!!!!!!!

I was at this polling place and was able to vote. Do not let this discourage you. The machine I used was working fine. Stay in line and be patient. You vote does count.

Being from Willingboro, my thoughts are " WOW, like i didnt sooo expect willingboro to muck it up"

seriously?!!! this is bs! I'm not surprised,we've got nerve telling other countries how to run their elections & we can't get it right-Come on people!

"Pennypacker Park Elemenary School"
Hope they learn to spell.

Go Obama, I can feel change in me, change is sure on the way. God bless American

We the people will not allow the Republicans to steal this election again! WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!!!

Talk about bad planning. With all of the mention of long lines and wait time this community still had only one machine per voting district. No back ups. I voted there at 6:45am and the spirit was so wonderful. The people in the line with the broken machine were all reserved to hold their ground and make every vote count. But really in 2008 ONE machine. They have to do better.

Here we go, already with the BS! It's okay though, this is something that can not be stopped! They always seem to come up with a way to discourage people – HANG IN THERE EVERYONE, BE PATIENT AND STEADFAST – IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY!

Hey Palin Supporters - I have only one question – If she was in perfect health condition why did she have to wait until the EVE of election?? Apparently everything with republicans has got to do with the timings - she is cleared of troopergate just on the eve of election, she releases a medical note just on the eve of election!!! Too much of a coincidence? But then she was tooo busy attacking obama left and right!

I'm NOT a fan of obama either but there is no way on this earth that a moron like her can represent me!!! i'm a female and i think she is an embarrasement to my kind!!!

hah! And the world makes fun of "3rd world" and under-developed countries! What a joke! Rigging elections isn't for that part of the world only! Americans need to look in their own back yard!

LET'S BE THE "SMART AMERICAN'S" THAT GOOD OLE SARAH PALIN SAY'S WE ARE AND VOTE ONLINE...

My Gosh, the unthinkable. Really? How come no back ups? This is pretty disgusting, giving that the Greatest Country in the World has Third World voting systems.
This is really scary. I wonder who is mucking up the works?
Come on America, grow up. Your citizens deserve the right to vote.
How could you ever send anyone to another Country to overseer their votes, when you cannot get it right yourselves.

Doesn't anybody TEST these things before election day???

This is totally inexcusable!!!!!!!

The world is watching !!!

It has been awhile that I have seen our comments all match! I TOTALLY AGREE with all of U. The FIX, for me is simple. SUE all of the companies that made these machines! WE had to pay for them, so why not DEMAND our money back! Take all of these SLOT MACHINES and dump them in the ocean, maybe they will make good fish homes!!

This must be a heavy Republican district–Machines aren't working-Obama's winning-I smell a RAT !!! There's a pattern here.(ACORN?)

things that make u same hmmmm.. down where I am at too

Who is the manufacturer of these machines? Please post a response. America lets hold these companies and election officials accountable....please post names.

Shame. These problems occur only in the poorer districts or those with an African-Amercian majority. How long are they going to patiently take this subversion of their voting rights?

Me thinks this is going to be a long night.....

VOTE. Regardless of what you hear, VOTE.

Obama/Biden '08

No reason for this. This is sad on election day. Do they think we are that stupid. Please stop stealing elections you crooks!!!

This is not unusual .... and is very unfortunate. Why can't they get it right?

The comment about the breakage being in a heavily populated African American community is very telling indead! Maybe this is not just coincidense........

Go Obama! A New Day Is Dawning.

Well ofcourse they are BROKEN! Come on now people lets get the polls working so everyones' vote can be counted!

I live in the Bahamas and we are watching this election as the rest of the world.

If America does not have the capability to have a FAIR election, then what gives them the right to "govern" or overseen or even speak about Iraq's elections?

Food for thought....

Willingboro,NJ is 70% african american and 20% white,10% other. However Willingboro is 95% ran by whites; one Highschool with poor graduation rates; no football team; and a all 95%white police force. Broken Polling Machines...is not surprising here at all. Willingboro was rapped of its pride and money over 15 years ago. Blacks were in low numbers from the early 70's and started growing rapidly in the late 80's and 90's and of course as usual the whites move out in droves looking for "whiter" I mean higher ground. County government see's what is being neglected in Willingboro, they just dont care.

Have there been reports of broken machines in any other areas besides heavily populated, likely-to-be major Democratic voting areas?

I voted in Newark this morning. The line was nearly out the door and there was only ONE electronic voting machine. Hopefully nothing goes wrong with it, because it didn't look like there was a back-up.

I hope everyone casts their vote & makes their voice heard regardless of whom you are voting.

This is a shame. These people knew these machine wash't working. Why didn't they test them yesterday. Didn't they vote at that poll?

Electronic voting machines are too easy to manipulate, period. At least with an ATM, you walk away with SOMETHING in your hand (cash, or at least a printed receipt) but with electronic voting machines… nothing.

Give me a voting machine as simple to operate as an ATM, one that matches numerically my printed ballot receipt to its digitally stored counterpart.

If our banking system can do it, so can our electoral system.

It is long past time to throw all of these worthless voting machines into the Marianas Trench. Paper ballots are good enough for every other democracy, and they're good enough for America too.

oh how surpirsing!!!!
wonder who is behind that and all the machines that are broking down all over the country??? winck wink

mm

NOT THIS TIME ROVE, NOT THIS TIME LIMBAUGH
NOT THIS TIME HENETY,
NOT THIS TIME MCBUSH
NOT THIS TIME

WE THE PEOPLE WILL WIN
WE THE PEOPLE WILL ELECT OUR PRESIDENT
THE YOUTH WILL FINALLY HAVE A SAY
NO MATTER WHAT THE REPBUBLICANS AND GOP, RNC, NRC, AND LIMBAUGH'S TROOPS DO NO THIS TIME

WE THE PEOPLE WILL WIN AGAINST ALL ODDS

OBAMA BIDEN 08 /12

well, I just hope this is not intentional. Qatar supports Obama!

The election is broken if the machines don't work.

I don't buy it ... too many problems with voting machines. Other similar technology employed in all of our stores work flawlessly for years on end ... why not the voting machines?

America, the world is looking. The election was stolen in 2000 and again in 2004, it cannot and will not be accepted again. There is no excuse for voting machines malfunctioning at 8:00 o'clock on the morning of such a historic day. GET IT TOGETHER AMERICA!!!

LETS TAKE THE EXTRA 10 BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH THAT WE WILL HAVE AFTER WE STOP GIVING IT TO IRAQ AND USE IT TO GET NEW VOTING MACHINES THAT WORK. AMERICA ITS TIME! ITS TIME FOR OBAMA-BIDEN, VOTE TODAY!!

@thomas: "Who makes these voting machines that break down on election day – the only day they are needed to function properly."

The answer is Diebold (now known as Premier Election Solutiions). Their CEO, Walden O'Dell, was active in the re-election efforts of Bush in 2004. 'Nuff said.

Wow... This wreaks of conspiracy... We only need these machines on election day and within the first 30 minutes they are broke? If I lived in this community I would be demanding the Mayor or Govenor terminate the employment of the election commissioner who has the responsibility of ensuring these machines are working properly.

GOOD GRIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Republicans are STILL spewing their lies EVEN TODAY.

Obama/Biden '08

trudy- It's only gross negligence that the machines were not checked in time to fix any problems. It is NOT a plot to take over the world hatched by those that can spell english words and use proper english grammar.

This makes no sense! The GOP is going 2 try and steal this election and the polls R all wrong! Have networks that R polling people 4gotten how many people R actually unemployed! I have never seen a broke person pay 4 internet service @ home without job...who polled them? Or what about the people who have 2 work 2 jobs, just 2 have enough 2 pay the mortage? They R not voting N these polls. They R 2 busy and 2 tired and im sure not waisting money on payin 4 the internet...and now adays, most of us young people use cells. I actually get online on my cell often but i dont have 2 pay outrages prices on my phone 4 internet like most others. No 1 has ever called and polled me? These polls R wrong! Obama should win by a Landslide! Obama/Biden~2009~

Not even Diebold can steal this one.

Nice use of the English language Trudy (first comment posted). I'll vote for Obama now for sure.

I hope the lawyers are in place monitoring what's going on. If these broke machines have slowed down the voting process, those poll hours should be extended by the same amount of downtime.

I vote that all states switch to voting by MAIL, as we do in Oregon!! No machines, no lines, no fraud in over 12 years of doing it this way! Are we so in debt to Diebold that we have to keep using their flawed machines that interfere with true democracy in voting?

It works, people. Forget early voting and long lines. Contact your state voting chief and push voting by mail. That's another real change we can believe in.

Wow...my mother told me that the machines were broken...and I was shocked...only an hour in and the machines are broken?...but then again I shouldn't be surprised...

This is so sad to hear...they have had enough time to prepare...be encouraged and trust in God...GO OBAMA!

these machines should have been serviced long before election day, there is no excuse for this.

if you honestly believe that Republicans had anything to do with the broken machines, the Democrats have reached an all time low of displacing blame... first it's the Republican's fault that gas prices are so high (which is false), it's the Republican's fault that women can't chose to abort their full-term pregnancy and now this? Learn responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming us for everything, you can't rely on a government to get you out of your own mess.

Kinda makes you wonder.. Doesn't it?..

This maybe our last opportunity to repair our image in the world.vote for obama

Trudy @ the rest of you illiterate morons, america doesn't need obama, america needs idiots like you to learn how to read, spell @ write, so politicians don't take advantage of you!

Everyone got affected young and old black white or whatever the rich and the poor. Try not to see this as a color against color but about making a difference one vote at a time.

This honestly isn't exactly a surprise. We were all warned this was possible.

How reliable is the machine going to be?

How can our country that is the most advanced in technology with the millions of voters still in this position. Its rediculous. The world must be laughing.

The people of America need to DEMAND that these machines be scrapped and only paper ballots used. That is the ONLY way to have an honest campaign.

They should just use the paper ballots!

I suspect some shigity and trickery to take place! Why can't the republicans admit that they lost!

When can we have a fair election? Al Gore got more votes than George Bush but Bush still won....Is that really a democracy? I thought a democracy was when the people voted for their leader. Not when people voted for a smaller group of people to vote for their leader.

What a sorry state the Rep's have lowered themselves to. And here I thought they had hit bottom with the last few commercials! Lies, hate, divisiveness, deceptions, these are the things the Republican Party stands for. After this election has been won by Obama/Biden go back to your party history. Build a party that the founders would be proud of not what the likes of Carl Rove want.

i don't want any fraud in this election. this is the gop tricks

Democracy is comming to the USA

Sail on oh mighty ship of state
to the shores of need
past the reefs of greed
thru the squalls of hate
Sail On

In an age when you can "google earth", "GPS", and email using your telephone, voting machines are broken on the DAY of an election?
Hmmm....sounds fishy to me.

Everyone calm down. This was not done on purpose because it is an African American community. These people's votes will still count.

Makes you wonder.. doesn't it?..

Somebody should go to jail for the "broken" machines. I'm not buying it. It's voter fraud!!!

Good old Diebold Machines.....can always count on them to conduct a switch vote for the rethugsians!!!

I sense foul play!!

obama! Change is on the way!

what other day would they break?

Here we go again with problems... why they wasn't checked before "THE DAY". People check they car before driving out of town, so why not check the machines before one of the biggest days in history... are we looking at another 2004?

Maybe the machines just broke. Nothing complicated, they just broke. Are we now going to blame the bad weather on election day on some grand plot? Maybe your car broke because they did not want you to drive to the polls. Or maybe they just broke.

Leave it up to my home state to let election day roll around without tuning up the voting machines.

ooh dear, we already have broken down machines a few hrs before the polls open. I can see this whole thing being a big mess tonite. i am just hoping for the best.

Here we go with another hanging chad issue! Drama drama drama!

DC

Today Americans will elect Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. What does that really mean for America and the world?

For America, it means that Americans outside of the continental USA no longer have to lie about their nationality because of shame

For the rest of the world, it means that countries will be able to breathe easier, knowing that the most powerful country in the world is no longer ruled by mad men, angry men, revengeful men, or bitter men with asex to grind.

I pray that this historic day will be smooth without hitches and nuances of rigging and may God bless the people of America and god bless The United States of America

Unreal! Could this be a conspiracy?

Pitiful. We need Jimmy Carter to watch over our elections like we're a developing nation. When he's involved I trust the results of other countries' elections more than our last few. "...put a man on the moon, but we can't..."

Thank goodness this presidential election is not going to be close. ...But I would be surprised if there's not at least one congressional election that is without controversy.

Maybe they were hacked?

Hopefully that is not the start of a bad day,
Vote
Obama/Biden 08

this is one of the problem with voting machine?pls the official there should wake up.

Who makes these voting machines that break down on election day – the only day they are needed to function properly.

pehaps they should leave the machines broken. recalling the decacle of the last two elections and voter fraud and rigged elections, who knows if the "fixed" machines wont attempt to pull the ole baitand switch to the opposite candidate one is voting for? i say how convienent the machines "chose" to break on this particular day. hmmmm....

AMERICAAAAAAA, the world is watching!!!

Early in the game. Already broken

Really, how convenient. Happens to be broken in a heavily populated African American community. When will this garbage ever stop?

This is going to be a long night....................

at wont suprice me ,if the republican pull a dishonest Trick again to winn the election ,the done at so many Times , we neat OBAMA , THE GLOBE NEATS OBAMA RIGHT NOW THE EUROPEAN DONT LIKE US VERY MUCH PLEASE AMERICA ,WE NEAT CHANGE NOW >ORAK OBAMA

... that's "machines" as in more than one! They didn't know a national election was scheduled for today? Hope they have enough paper ballots and the ability to count them!

wow this just goes to show us how serious they take our voting process we have to do better fixing our system of voting

I suppose that this type of failure will cause the loser to say that technological failure skewed the results. A unified consistent system and technology needs to be implemented before the next time around in all states!

This is going to be a LOOOOOONG day. I'm just waiting on similar reports from NC, GA and FL

this is awful to happen in a country that is suppose to set an example to the world, yet on election day it is worse than a third world country wher e yo send your people to supervise their election I think this is a slap in the face.

This morning 11/4/08 my wife and I arrived early to our voting place..Kennedy High School Waterbury, CT. We waited only a few minutes, but once inside, the workers right hands didn't know what their left hands were doing. ALL the voting booths had either NO PENS, or the ones they had were DRY!

My wife and I did our best to fill in the ovals we've selected, yet we are worried about our votes even being counted, coupled with the rest of Waterbury's voters.
One worker there told us that if the optical scanner couldn't read our selections, the paper would have been rejected. Somehow that doesn't make myself nor my wife sit at ease! We called the CNN number provided once home and they connected us with someone who did his best to put us at ease, but even he was without words for this voting problem as the entire staff there is obviously inept!

Please someone, anyone, get this place cases of the felt tip pens they need! This the most importnat election of our time and this problem is absolutely unacceptable.

Worried voters,
Greg & Patti Maher in Waterbury, CT

Joe the Fixer ?

The Drama starts now......God help us

For my comment above, the location is Lewis Ginter Library, precinct # 308.

Do they not test these things before election day. How do they happen to break down on the actual day.

I was in line at 5:30 am to vote. I was about the 30th person there. The early arrivers were there anywhere from 4 – 4:45. The librarian who was supposed to open the polling location (a library) overslept, and so the polling location didn't open until 6:25 am. because the officials were backed up with turning on the lights, turning on the machines, and getting everything set up. By this point, there were about 300 people waiting to vote and people were getting very antsy and frustrated, especially the ones who had been waiting awhile.

why in the world weren't these machines tested yesterday? If they use paper ballots they better make sure they are not thrown in the trash, but are counted. I don't trust these people at the polls, i don't trust the repair people fixing these machines as far as I'm concern they can rig them to give Obama's vote to mccain. It would be nice if we can have a clean elections and nobody tries to steal it from Obama.

Obama/Biden

JUNK.

PAPER BALLOTS ARE THE ONLY RELIABLE WAY TO COUNT THE VOTES.