Voting Issues: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton

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Some Problems Reported As Voters Head To Polls
Voting Issues: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton
November 8, 2016 12:16 PM By Rick Dayton
Filed Under: Butler County, Clinton Township, Election 2016, Rick Dayton
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/11/08/some-problems-reported-as-voters-head-to-polls/

  "CLINTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Today is Election Day and for the most part,
   voting has been smooth.
   
   Many areas are already seeing long lines with some officials saying
   they wouldn't be surprised if voter turnout topped 80 percent.
   
   However, there have been some scattered issues where voters are
   encountering problems.
   
   "Every time I would push a candidate for the Republican party, it would
   come up for the Democratic candidate," said voter David Drane.
   
   Election judges in Clinton Township, Butler County confirmed there were
   issues with two of their eight automated voting machines. Most of the
   issues came when people tried to vote straight party ticket.
   
   However, others said they specifically wanted to vote for Republican
   Donald Trump only to see their vote switched before their eyes to
   Democrat Hillary Clinton.
   
   "I went back, pressed Trump again. Three times I did this, so then I
   called one of the women that were working the polls over. And she said
   you must be doing it wrong. She did it three times and it defaulted to
   Hillary every time," Bobbie Lee Hawranko said.
   
   Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe went to Clinton
   Township to check on the reports for himself.
   
   "If somebody has an issue, they should certainly let the judge of
   elections at the precinct know and also call their county bureau of
   elections as folks have done here this morning," Pa. Rep. Daryl
   Metcalfe said.
   
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   "Those machines should be taken out of the mix and they shouldn't be
   using those machines. They ought to be replacing those and using new
   machines to replace the ones that are acting up," Metcalfe said.
   
   Officials have recalibrated the machines and are confident that the
   problem has been resolved.
   
   "I would like to know that my vote was for Trump, and not for Hillary,"
   voter Bobbie Lee said.
   
   Allegheny County has also been dealing with some Election Day issues.
   
   A judge of elections did not show up when the polls opened this morning
   in Springdale Borough.
   
   When Margaret Vernon, more than three hours after the polls opened,
   sheriff's deputies escorted her into the facility. She will be charged
   by summons with failure to perform duties.
   
   Vernon told deputies she was ill.
   
   Stay with KDKA.com for more Details and we'll have more tonight on
   KDKA-TV News at 5pm"

``I hope that the fair, and, I may say certain prospects of success will not induce us to relax.''
-- Lieutenant General George Washington, commander-in-chief to
   Major General Israel Putnam,
   Head-Quarters, Valley Forge, 5 May, 1778

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``I hope that the fair, and, I may say certain prospects of success will not induce us to relax.''
-- Lieutenant General George Washington, commander-in-chief to
   Major General Israel Putnam,
   Head-Quarters, Valley Forge, 5 May, 1778

MikeWB

Trump's winning right now!!

I'll be opening a bottle of champagne if he wins.
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