Palm Beach vote machines overheat, botching recount in Florida Senate race

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The Palm Beach County elections supervisor says aging equipment has overheated, causing mismatched results in the recount of ballots in Florida's U.S. Senate race.

 

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Why is it always the Democrat politicians who are incompetent?

Third world government at its best.

That's their fault, so they should go with the original results from election night.

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Ok so let me see if I understand this. When Obama was elected TWICE the machines did not over heat but when a Republican gets more votes the machine overheats. Sure 🙄

Mainekindxl Guess they couldn’t source replacement vacuum tubes. Any antique electronics collectors out there?

Yikes. How about in 2016

I would think that Palm Beach County with its population of retirees would have ample room in their budget to maintain or replace older equipment. Hmmmmmmmm?

Antiquated and inadequate voting 'infrastructure'. Hmmmm. Just like the rest of the good OLD USA.

OMG always Florida

Rick Scott asleep at the wherl as governor and now bitching about isdies and ridiculously and irresponsibly shouting ‘fraud’ and ‘cheating’...complete tool.

How convenient...

Signatures are never exactly the same. This a Palm Beach county judge's signature from his financial disclosure form. Thehe signatures don't match but it doesn't invalidate the form or confirm forgery. Most people are verified upon issuance of a provisional ballot by Florida ID

This is obscene.

We need to immediately stop saying “Every vote must be counted”. We are well beyond that and need to begin saying “Every vote must be VALIDATED. Even if it takes months. Our faith must be restored and VALIDATION is the only solution.

Where the hell do the taxpayers dollars go? Buy new machines.

LIARS!!!

Missed matched results. Who could have guessed.

Leftists will find any excuse at this point to cheat their way to victory.

Solution; in the future republican counties withhold turning in vote totals until all democrat counties have reported

Sounds like the Republican party.

5BlessedHarts I hope we have learned a lot from this election.

catikins9

From what I understand if a recount can not be completed by the deadline FL law requires the original count to be used. Every vote is counted it’s just not recounted.

1 county out of 67 has aging machines... yea, we believe that.

Lol and they expected to get all votes counted by Thursday?

Maybe if the state implemented a .01% INCOME TAX Florida could afford working voting machines, lots of ballot booths and enough polling places EVERYONE GETS TO VOTE!! Resist MAGA

Frau Bucher's having trouble stealing the election? womp womp

Florida will make up ANY excuse to get a Republican win. Shameful. Trumpish. SAD!

Just the way GOP likes it

Just give it to the democrats...I’m exhausted

Shouldn't Governor Scott have fixed this?

Whose responsibility was it to ensure that the voting machines were updated and in working order in each of the Fl counties.

Ridiculous....how could this be permitted to happen to something that directly effects the most important thing we do in our country!!! This should be criminal!!!

Translation: More dem votes coming!

craving_filled Why don't they bring in another machine?

Hahahaha such a cover up

When machines fail, use people to hand count. Or, get new machines and revote. Failing machines as an excuse is unacceptable.

Cause just maybe, those are the Same DAMN 🤔 Machines CLINTON EUGENE CURTIS rigged, he admitted Under oath in Florida's Court.... RECOUNT IS NEEDED 🤔

And if this makes it to the Supreme Court, Fight them tooth and nail. Both John Roberts and Kavanaugh have no business deciding any election anywhere ever again.

Marco Rubio voted 'NO' as did the entire GOP Senate on extra funds for Election security. Some of those funds would have been used to replace antiquated voting machines.

I live in southwest Florida,,we vote on paper ballots with no problems.

Hey, here's an idea: buy new equipment so next elections won't be fiascos.

Wink wink

Republicans have been in charge of Florida and failed to fund election boards in Broward. The problem has existed since 2000 Gore v Bush election.

Weren't Florida complaining about the machines a few years ago? Why didn't they buy new ones? And NOT from China or Ivanka!

PaulaChertok

BarbaraMain07 Extend the deadline. Get it right.

“Overheated”

Appalling and needs to be addressed. How many service people, assigned overseas, are being denied the right to have their votes counted?

Do the whole damn thing over! Next Election Day in 7 days same polling places and times; gee whiz; fixed it.

Yeah. That doesn’t seem suspicious at all.

Sources confirm they will go in front of a Judge saying since they are idiots the Dems should just be declared the winners. There is 77% chance the Judge will agree.

We in the twilight zone for sure, now. You can only get this stupid by going to college. Now change the law after the election. smh the teenagers are in charge.

And you people just think nothing going on please, aging equipment or incompetence INCOMPETENCE.....

Ya right. Who is surprised that something happened to the count Ya me either.

Of course it did...

Technically IF you can't count the Votes,its all void!!🗽🇺🇸

realDonaldTrump The problem isn’t with the voters it is with Florida and their antiquated equipment. This time it isn’t “hanging chads,” but aging equipment. But all our so-called POTUS can offer is illegal voters. You are a joke Mr Trump.

YOU WONDER WHY This is another 'Suspicious Event' one after another, year after year

Yeah. Sure they did.

They knew this would happen.

🤣🤣 are you kidding me

The 'mechanic' looked a lot like Debbie Wasserman wearing a shop suit. DWStweets

Negligence would appear to a significant issue in FL - Gov Scott

Looters,cheaters& stealers Do Anything to manipulate the Vote!🇺🇸🗽

Dear Florida, get you sh*t together or secede from the union. Sincerely, America

Yeah right! LockThemUp

Send the FBI. and then fire everyone.

They should just redo the election

Right

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