Do you think your votes are actually counted?

Answer 1

Don't know hope so.

Answer 2

Of course they are, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just...silly.

Note to those how believe the entire American voting system is rigged (NOT the author of this question specifically):

a) if your vote REALLY doesn't count at all...then your screwed and there is nothing you can do about it.

b) I'd like to see some evidence that would support your outlandish claims.

c) I think it is an insult to this entire nation to doubt the very democratic process that makes us all free people today.

d) Democracy fails the second we believe tha it doesn't work...don't kill democracy.

e) VOTE ANYWAY (cause I know it counts). If you don't vote, then that is probably why you think things are messed up. People ask me all the time why Bush was able to be reelected when a resounding portion of the population did not approve of hos leadership. Then is always simple: The very same people who objected to Bush's actions on moral grounds and in the name of freedom and fairness, lacked the conviction to make it to the polls.

Answer 3

EXCERPT FROM SALON.COM --

"States that are hostile to voting rights have -- intentionally or unintentionally -- created laws or regulations that prevent people from registering, staying on the rolls, or casting a ballot that counts," observes Michael Slater, the election administration specialist for Project Vote. And with roughly a quarter of the country's election districts having adopted new voting equipment in the past two years alone, there's a growing prospect that ill-informed election officials, balky machines and restrictive new voting rules could produce a "perfect storm" of fiascos in states such as Ohio, Florida, Arizona and others that have a legacy of voting rights restrictions or chaotic elections. "People with
malicious intent can gum up the works and cause an Election Day meltdown," Steele says.

One of the few public declarations of the Republican intent came in 2004, when then state Rep. John Pappageorge of Michigan, who's now running for a state Senate seat, was quoted by the Detroit Free Press: "If we do not suppress the Detroit [read: black ] vote, we're going to have a tough time in this election cycle."

For the 2006 elections, with the control of the House and the Senate in the balance, Salon has selected six states with the most serious potential for vote suppression and the greatest potential for affecting the outcome of key races. In nearly every case, the voter-suppression techniques have been implemented since 2004 by Republican legislators or officials; only one state has a Democratic secretary of state, and only one has a Democratic-controlled legislature.'

Regarding Diebold... Check out this link, which is completely unrelated (copy and paste):

http://www.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8113627p-8006175c.html

Pertinent quotes, from above link:

“I can say there are many systematic problems with Diebold machines that have been identified in many contexts,” Brown said. “That there were technical glitches with the machines is not surprising, and it’s one indication of the kinds of things that can go wrong with the machines and it’s something to be concerned about.”

The day before the election, the Democratic party urged voters to choose paper ballots instead of the touchscreen machine. They say Diebold’s touch screen machines may be insecure and vulnerable to attack.

The Diebold electronic voting machines nationwide have been criticized by voter groups and computer scientists who say they are vulnerable to fraud. Diebold has defended the machines, saying they are secure when elections officials follow proper procedures.

Answer 4

in 2003 in alaska in 17 out of 40 districts your vote for bush was counted twice.

Answer 5

No, I actually think my votes are counted.

Is that the same thing?

Answer 6

oh yes...some are counted 2 or 3 times in democratic cities such as Chicago and Detroit

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

maybee for local elections. other elections are all fixed.

Answer 9

If you vote Republican they count.

If you don't, then why should they?

Answer 10

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/