<![CDATA[Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote.]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@TwraSun/117484270657855967

Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. She's not alone. Other voters in Tennessee have reported similar issues while trying to vote for Democrats.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/5a8ae34d-c0bb-4b07-8020-053cb8f30cf8/dolly-parton-s-sister-stella-parton-says-that-a-voting-machine-in-tennessee-repeatedly-switched-her-selection-to-republican-marsha-blackburn-so-she-had-to-correct-her-ballot-paper-three-times-before-she-could-vote.RSS for NodeSun, 01 Nov 2026 18:35:19 GMTThu, 22 Oct 2026 14:51:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:38:56 GMT]]>@angiebaby doesn't this kind of look like a very common misalignment on the touch screen? I say so because I've encountered it all the time at like a gas station etc. on these resistive style touch screens. The bounding box is misaligned down from the actual selection so the top of the bottom box is actually the bottom of the top box. notice that when this person is able to select the democratic candidate its by moving their finger down, ie selecting the 'real' top of the bottom position box. not to say that this type of calibration couldn't be misused nefariously, and perhaps even more nefariously claimed to be a legitimate common bug when secretly nefarious. But saying that the voting machine 'repeatedly switched her selection' feels like a misrepresentation of whats going on on a technological level

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merveilles.town/users/jsenzel/statuses/117486016022908926https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://merveilles.town/users/jsenzel/statuses/117486016022908926Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:22:53 GMT]]>@helma @angiebaby voting machines should be legal only if the software is open source. Democracy is dependent on transparency and this is a perfect example why.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/tarmot/statuses/117485952951486627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/tarmot/statuses/117485952951486627Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:22:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:55 GMT]]>@angiebaby

Local family in-town for generations got their address changed to a non-existent one, with all of their previous mail-in options reversed.

The Rapeublicans are fucking the system.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/117485630645034033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/117485630645034033Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:48:58 GMT]]>@angiebaby I'd have clicked under or beside the D candidate to see where I'd have to go for the click to register there. And if not, then it smells.
BTW Is it illegal to video inside a polling booth?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/PatrickOBeirne/statuses/117485583643894465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/PatrickOBeirne/statuses/117485583643894465Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:34:15 GMT]]>@angiebaby eh that is just a calibration issue with the touchscreen. it worked as soon as the finger moved down enough

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/robenheimer/statuses/117485525757116682https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/robenheimer/statuses/117485525757116682Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:17:46 GMT]]>@angiebaby 👀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485460924300433https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485460924300433Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:42:55 GMT]]>@angiebaby Immediately thought of https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EV_c1-YTk8M

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/CarePackage17/statuses/117485323932273365https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/CarePackage17/statuses/117485323932273365Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:42:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:29:52 GMT]]>@angiebaby The only way MAGAts can win is by cheating.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/MyOpinion/statuses/117485272615901391https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/MyOpinion/statuses/117485272615901391Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:29:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:14:24 GMT]]>@helma

And if the Democrats do sweep the midterms with an overwhelming majority, there are still two months until they are seated in office. Which means two months for Republicans to incite chaos.

I hope enough Americans are willing to participate in a General Strike.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485211784168087https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485211784168087Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:14:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:11:40 GMT]]>@angiebaby She needs to tap 9 (!) times to vote. It is literally fraud, a rigged system. And Trump is going to profit from it, one way or another.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485201009349638https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485201009349638Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:11:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:04:05 GMT]]>@helma

This her own video and this comes from a mainstream news outlet.

Having lived in Tennessee, this does not surprise me one single bit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485171204476847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485171204476847Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:04:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:59:15 GMT]]>@PaulDitz

hahahahahaha

Speaking of Scantron! My autistic ass watched this video from beginning to end. 😁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2RvPFvR-CI

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485152177994700https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485152177994700Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:58:16 GMT]]>@angiebaby Wow, if this is true?!
🤯

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485148337783250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/helma/statuses/117485148337783250Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:58:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:57:04 GMT]]>@angiebaby And all those Scantron standardized tests I had to take in school prepared me for this. 😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/PaulDitz/statuses/117485143594035784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/PaulDitz/statuses/117485143594035784Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:57:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:55:55 GMT]]>@PaulDitz

We do here (in Oklahoma) as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485139086042749https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/117485139086042749Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:55:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, says that a voting machine in Tennessee repeatedly switched her selection to Republican Marsha Blackburn, so she had to correct her ballot paper three times before she could vote. on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:54:31 GMT]]>@angiebaby kind of glad NC uses written ballots that are scanned.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/PaulDitz/statuses/117485133617791923https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/users/PaulDitz/statuses/117485133617791923Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:54:31 GMT