Voting problems already; Could be the story of the day

[dajoki]

Voting machine problems bedevil multiple states
Updated 11/7/2006 11:30 AM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints &
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-07-election-main_x.htm


Election machine glitches caused delays and jangled nerves in at least three states today as voters began turning out for midterm elections that could set the tone for the last two years of President Bush's term in office.

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Voting was delayed in dozens of precincts in Indiana and Ohio, while in Florida some election officials had little choice but to turn to paper ballots instead.

"We got five machines — one of them's got to work," said Willette Scullank, a troubleshooter from the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, elections board.

Election officials in Delaware County, Ind., planned to seek a court order to extend voting after an apparent computer error prevented voters from casting ballots in 75 precincts. Delaware County Clerk Karen Wenger said the cards that activate the machines were programmed incorrectly.

"We are working with precincts one-by-one over the telephone to get the problem fixed," Wenger said.

In Florida, voting was briefly delayed at four districts because of either mixed up ballots or electronic activators being unintentionally wiped out, according to Mary Cooney, spokeswoman for the Broward County Supervisor of Elections. Voters were forced to use paper ballots after an electronic machine broke in the Jacksonville suburb of Orange Park.

[w13rd0]

1. And just think...

...our taxpayer dollars went to pay for this travesty. "Help Americans Vote" indeed... Bush is a failure at EVERYTHING. That's if we are to believe these issues aren't intentional.

[dajoki]

3. I just assume it's intentional n/t

[gasperc]

2. Rove setting up his bullshit counterpunch

will blame huge GOP losses on fucked up voting machines that they haven't fixed since 2001

[dajoki]

4. I don't care what they blame...

as long as we win.

[subterranean]

5. The silver lining is...

I think this election might spell the end of the black-box voting machines. Because of the many, many problems with the machines nationwide, there will be overwhelming public demand to return to a paper-based system.

[Doctor_J]

6. That's odd

MSRNC had on a Cuyahoga county official on who said "Ours could be a model for the entire country". Someone's lying...

[dajoki]

7. Very odd!!

:shrug:

[ProgressiveEconomist]

8. k&r