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Machines today at a still facility. Workers are adding security devices and making sure them all work come election day. Any time a vote is cast on a voting machine in philadelphia, it cant be taken away. Reporter once you select your candidates and then hit the vote button, your vote is protected three ways. Its saved to a cartridge as well as the motherboard of the voting machine, and at the end of the night, poll workers will print out a paper copy of the votes cast in this booth. Schmidt says in the cases of postvote tampering, its been individuals who play with five or six votes. He says postelectionday audits pick up extra votes cast. In rare cases where its happened, he says its not enough to influence the outcome of the election. They have prosecuted people and there have been guilty pleas in almost every case. Reporter officials urge you to not only show up at the polls but pay attention. If something looks out of the ordinary, dont hesitate to report it. Deanna durante, nbc 1 ....
Today, theyll look slightly different come election day. You wont see this secure cartridge or the printout that logs your vote. Each machine is tagged, and its locked. It will be opened at the polls. There is no hacking into 4,000 standalone voting machines. Theyre not connected to the internet. Reporter he says there have been cases of voter fraud but after the votes have been cast, and he added, by people who have been able to access the numbers. Theyve indicted people. Theyve prosecuted people. There have been guilty pleas in almost every cases. Reporter he says once a voter hits the button, the vote is recorded more than once. The final votes are counted up about three weeks postelection. Even though your vote is stored, counted, and printed out, all votes along with it are counted again. As for comments about votestealing, schmidt wont address them. He says he can only speak about the sanctity of the election process in the city of philadelphia. Any time a vote is cast on a votin ....
Intense. Tasha roots was talking with neighbors outside her home late last night. What her neighbors did not know is that would be the last time they would see her. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal has the latest. Reporter the heavy smoke from this Early Morning fire woke up the entire neighborhood. The woman who lives inside this home was trapped in the burning house. Friends and neighbors say they tried breaking those windows to get the victim out but firefighters later found her body inside. Friends and family identified the victim as 45yearold tasha roots, shes lived here in salem for years and neighbors say she was chatting with them just last night, everything seemed fine but by 3 00 in the morning her house was fully engulfed in flames. Witnesses described smoke pouring out of the windows as relatives and friends tried desperately to get her out in time but this fire was far ....