http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20061107-0903-bn07vote.htmlSome glitches arise in county's computerized voting
By Karen Kucher and Angelica Martinez
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
9:03 a.m. November 7, 2006
SAN DIEGO – Computerized voting machines in several parts of the county weren't working early Tuesday morning and voters were forced to use paper ballots instead. But a county spokesman said there had been no reports of widespread problems with the machines.
Voting machine glitches were reported in Birdland, City Heights, South Park, La Mesa and National City.
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“They gave us a pencil and paper,” he said. “It was very unorganized. I've been going there for 30 years and this is the worst I've seen it.”
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He said voters were given absentee ballots and people sat on the floor filling them out, though there weren't enough pens for the voters who were waiting.
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One of the poll workers brought out plastic chairs and told voters: “Welcome to electronic voting.”
After being given paper ballots, people filled them out while leaning against walls or sitting on the chairs.
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County spokesman Luis Monteagudo said the problems appeared to be isolated.
“We are giving out paper ballots so people are still voting. If the machines don't work we are giving them paper ballots,” Monteagudo said. “Initially there may have been some precincts where the machines haven't worked, but we are not reporting whole precincts (that) are down.”
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