Officials see few glitches across Ohio  (OH)

Mark Niquette    The Columbus Dispatch   04 March 2008

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's office is reporting only minor voting problems so far in today's balloting.

There was a report from one precinct in Lucas County where ballot issues were not appearing on touch-screen voting machines because of a problem with the encoder for the devices, spokesman Patrick Gallaway said.

A technician was dispatched to the precinct to fix the problem, he said. In the meantime, voters used paper ballots. Officials do not think anyone lost the chance to vote as a result, he said. Extra paper ballots were being sent to the precinct in case they are needed later.

There also were reports of a power outage in Shelby County that affected some precincts, but that county uses all paper ballots and voting was not affected, he said.