Uh oh! Equipment stolen days before special election; Sec. of State: 'Unacceptable' (GA)

[mfcorey1]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/voting-equipment-stolen-days-before-special-election-sec-of-state-unacceptable/513453377

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Channel 2 Action News has learned that critical voting machines were stolen just days before polls will open for a special election.

State officials are investigating after equipment was taken from a Cobb County precinct manager’s vehicle. According to Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the equipment was stolen on Saturday evening while the vehicle was parked at the Kroger on Canton Road.

Kemp’s office says Cobb County Elections waited two days to tell his office about the theft of the machines.

The four so-called ExpressPoll machines were the computers poll workers used to check-in voters, and check those off who cast ballots.

[Historic NY]

1. WTF are people riding around with election equiptment in vehicles..........

[Glitterati]

2. waited two days to tell his office about the theft of the machines

Because they are supposed to be under lock and key until election day.

[Chasstev365]

3. The machines are already fixed, folks!

[PsychoBabble]

4. Accident. Accident, I say!

[liberal N proud]

5. We will never see a fair election in this country again.

[WinkyDink]

6. Those machines can't just "fix" themselves, ya know!

[shraby]

7. Since they are supposed to be locked up until they are set up on election day, it's possible

they were stolen from the vehicle because anyone would know they were already were jiggered with and it would keep them from being used for the election.