ralfmaximus:

jakovu:

saywhat-politics:

When you vote a straight democrat party it changes Beto to Cruz on some machines. If you’re in Texas and voting please RECHECK your answers. If your machine does this, notify someone working at the polling site.

The issue is with specific machines that let you push one button to vote straight-ticket, which is a “feature” that is configured by the people running the machines. 

Essentially they build a small script that tells the machine which checkboxes to check when somebody selects “straight ticket”. When used correctly it’s a nice time-saving feature.

However.

An unethical person might “incorrectly” program the feature to select whomever they want, thus hijacking votes. Of course, when caught, it’s just “a programming error” and nobody goes to jail for tampering.

The workaround is NEVER use the “straight ticket” feature if offered.

Instead, hand-select each vote then verify the results before you submit. It’s seriously not very tedious and has a much higher chance of not being messed with.