New voting machine already has two votes (NY)
PressConnects. November 4, 2008. By Eric Reinagel

BINGHAMTON — The 20 voters lined up at West Middle School at 6 a.m. didn’t wait long to cast their ballots on the lever machines.
 
However, there was an issue with a new voting machine set up for the disabled.

Kathleen Evanek, an 11-year poll worker, was setting up a new computerized paper ballot system for disabled voters in Districts 17 and 20 when she noticed it wasn’t calibrated.

“When I opened it up, it already had two votes on it and it was supposed to be zero,” she said. “I don’t know enough about this machine to even attempt to recalibrate.”

Evanek said she couldn’t tell who the votes were for.

A custodian with Broome County Election Office was called to recalibrate the machine. There weren’t any disabled voters at the polling place at the time.

“I had nightmares about this,” said Evanek.