Read these posts and tell me who's to blame.
Voting Machines|Politics | 2008.02.05 • 16:30 EST
What's going on with Los Angeles' voting machines?
...John Ennis, one of the founders of the vote-watching group Video the Vote, says that the biggest problem so far involves independents who want to vote in the Republican or Democratic primary. Poll officials seem confused over whether they're allowed to do this. (As I wrote yesterday, unaffiliated voters in California are allowed to vote for Democrats, but not for Republicans.)
...Update: In a note to the press, Hillary Clinton's campaign says: "False reports about voting problems in LA are being drudged up -- Everything is going smoothly in LA."
Update again: The L.A. Times looks into glitches -- finds a few, but notes that the election's mainly running smoothly.
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/02/05/la_voting/in... Fact - there ARE problems in Los Angeles County Voting:
CA: Los Angeles County - More Details on 'Double Bubble Trouble' in Los
Angeles County Hundreds of Thousands of Non-Partisan Voter Ballots May Not be Counted
in California's Open Democratic Primary Election
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5659 CA: Los Angeles County - Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today
Independent Voters Have Trouble Voting, and Having Their Vote Counted,
in the Open Democratic Primary
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5658 CA: San Diego County - Like the Old Days: Ballot Counting Slow But Steady
http://www.kpbs.org/news/local ;id=10844
CA: Santa Clara County - Local precincts blow through ballots
Unaffiliated voters snap up Dem tickets
http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-2-6-02-06...