A cautionary, cute election fraud activist story....

[IndyOp]

This morning I bought MY very own copy of Rolling Stone and headed off to the copy store to make copies of the Kennedy article for a few friends. I wound up at the copy store next to the place where I bought the magazine - national chain, supports Rethugs, felt much guilt chosing convenience over politically smart choice. :(

So, there I am at the copy store and the first thing I do is pick up a memory card with magnetic strip that will track the number of copies I make - you know - like the kind of card you get when you vote on some voting machines.

I make copies - enlarging, changing the contrast, and trying text/image setting to get the graphics to show up as well as possible. I decide that I've monkeyed around enough and have a nice clean copy that I can use as a prototype. Please note that I am a pefectionist and tend to waste a lot of money doing this sort of thing. This morning my charge was $7.60 when I thought I was done. I pushed the button and out popped my memory card. Happy!

Well, there was just ONE more little flaw I needed to fix, so I returned to the machine and put the memory card back in - the wrong way. So I pushed the button and out popped the card and I reinserted it and.... VOILA! My $7.60 charge was gone!

:woohoo:

I made the last few copies I needed, paid $1.60 and left with a big smile on my face -> :D

The thing is this:
Memory card mess up today -> Good! :D
Memory card mess up on election day -> Bad! :( :cry: :mad: :grr:

:kick:

[cspanlovr]

1. HA! Got 'em where it hurts!

[MissWaverly]

2. Hey those could have been votes

and it would have reset to zero.

The machines are reliable, trust us.

[tanyev]

3. And now that you've fessed up on a public forum,

the copy police SWAT team will soon be breaking down your door to haul you away. Be careful! :scared:

[IndyOp]

5. Please note - I didn't confess to anything, I didn't do anything

even slightly inappropriate or illegal. I paid the charge they told me to pay.

:)

[Peace Patriot]

4. Nice bit! Memory card in, memory card out--and the whole country gets

Alzheimer's.

:think: :patriot: :argh: :patriot: :think:

[LouisianaLiberal]

6. Are you saying that it is acceptable to steal from Repubs?

It may not be illegal, but it is unethical.