2008-10-17 Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes

2008-10-17 Paul J. Nyden Charleston Gazette \2008 US presidential election\voting fraud\West Virginia http://wvgazette.com/News/200810170676 Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes  At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want to win. Virginia Matheney and Calvin Thomas said touch-screen machines in the county clerk's office in Ripley kept switching their votes from Democratic to Republican candidates. [...] Calvin Thomas, 81, who retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood in 1983 and now lives in Ripley, experienced the same problem. "When I pushed Obama, it jumped to McCain. When I went down to governor's office and punched [Gov. Joe] Manchin, it went to the other dude. When I went to Karen Facemyer [the incumbent Republican state senator], I pushed the Democrat, but it jumped again. "The rest of them were OK, but the machine sent my votes for those top three offices from the Democrat to the Republican," Thomas said.

&ldquo;At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want to win. .. Virginia Matheney and Calvin Thomas said touch-screen machines in the county clerk's office in Ripley kept switching their votes from Democratic to Republican candidates.&rdquo;   