Contra Costa (CA) election site part of nationwide crash

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Contra-Costa-election-site-part-of-nationwide-5869440.php

Contra Costa County’s election website went dark for more than five hours Tuesday, becoming one of many sites nationwide to fall prey to a malfunction linked to a Florida software company.

The downed site made it difficult for voters in the East Bay — and elsewhere — to get information, notably the location of polling sites, a common search on election day, Contra Costa County officials said.

The crash, which also affected election websites in Ventura and Shasta counties, hit Contra Costa County about 7:30 a.m. Election officials said the site was back up and running by 1 p.m.

Tampa, Fla.-based SOE Software said the problem was due to an unexpectedly high number of users on the election sites it hosts, according to Scott Konopasek, Contra Costa County assistant registrar.

Who on Earth buys election software from Florida?! (h/t EFerrari )

[Nictuku]

1. Co Worker couldn't vote because of this

My co-worker couldn't find his poll location anywhere online (he had moved since the previous election, and didn't receive anything in the mail like he should have)

End result was he didn't vote.

This sucks, and is kind of suspicious.

[Retrograde]

2. Did he think of using that 19th century technology

the telephone, to find out? Or contact the county registrar before election day, like when he noticed he didn't receive the state or county voters' guides? It's not like THEY keep this information a big secret.

Yeah, I'm in a PO'd mood today, not so much because of the GOP wins back east but because less than 30% of registered California voters bothered to vote. Sometimes I'm glad I'm old.

[Nictuku]

3. I was frustrated with him as well

.... like so many, he seemed fairly apathetic about it all.