On: Texans say voting machines changing straight-ticket choices

[randcraw]

Does the machine flip the user's straight-ticket UNIFORMLY across the possible parties? Or does it seem to favor one party over all the others?

If this is really user error, the simplest solution for this is for half the machines to place the republican straight ticket first on the wheel, and on the other half, to place the democrat straight ticket first.

But somehow I think that level of fair-mindedness will be unlikely. (BTW, I lived in TX for a bit, so my jaundice was fairly earned.)

[brigade → randcraw]

For these machines, apparently incumbents are selected by default. Which in Texas are predominantly republican of course.

[mcintyre1994 → brigade]

Smart and incredibly unethnical sales strategy assuming those incumbents have some say in who gets that contract.