I was thinking this afternoon:

With all these touch screen voting systems, one would think it wouldn't be hard to "time stamp" every vote. Is it legal to go back and look at the votes (minus personal information) and track basic voting trends like if republicans vote more during the day or at night. Stuff like that. Just curious. I'd be curious to see stats like that from ACTUAL votes rather than exit surveys.

I was thinking this afternoon:

With all these touch screen voting systems, one would think it wouldn't be hard to "time stamp" every vote. Is it legal to go back and look at the votes (minus personal information) and track basic voting trends like if republicans vote more during the day or at night. Stuff like that. Just curious. I'd be curious to see stats like that from ACTUAL votes rather than exit surveys.

I don't know what the formal rules are, and it will vary district by district, but overall you probably can't because the point is to always protect the integrity of the voter at all costs...

I don't know what the formal rules are, and it will vary district by district, but overall you probably can't because the point is to always protect the integrity of the voter at all costs...

that's what my thoughts were too. I know voter protection is pretty strict.

Edited August 26, 200817 yr by Athomeboy_2000

You can kind of figure that out from exit polling actually. Democrats tend to vote earlier in the day than Republicans.

 

Which is why the first wave of exits in PA were 60-40 Kerry in 2004 and Kerry won the state by less than two points.