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Dolly Partons sister claims Nashville voting machines changed her vote multiple times
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Just a reminder that the Tennessee voting machines in both Davidson and Williamson counties -- the two mentioned in the article -- are both made by ES&S, a company with a long history of questionable behaviors.
Elections in the US are state-run, usually run by an Elections Commission (or office with similar name) via the Secretary of State. Thus, anyone who sees this kind of thing at the polls can also personally check the manufacturer of that machine, often via their own Secretary of State's website. Here's Tennessee's: the actual maker of the voting machines in each county is listed in a pdf linked near the top.
Very few people seem to pay attention to who is behind the actual machine, but the right wing has been all over it since the dawn of electronic voting. From Bush v Gore and the temporarily negative 16,000 votes in Volusia County in 2000 to today, electronic voting machine anomalies are many. Without going into detail, not all voting machines are alike, and whenever there is fuckery, the same manufacturer names seem to crop up.
Whatever your beliefs, it's worth paying attention to, especially if your own machine does not seem to be acting without bias.
If you're not sure who runs your town's machines or how to find that information, search "[my state] voting machines made by" in DDG or another search engine that has no financial motivation to steer you wrong by promoting misinformation or fake sites. Also, make sure you look for .gov links. For example, I used "nashville tennessee voting machines made by" in DDG and the Tennessee Secretary of State site was the first hit.