| Date |
Problem Type |
State
|
Vendor
|
Description
|
| 10/19/2005 |
Ballot printing |
CO |
Sequoia |
Arapahoe County. Voters in at least four precincts were mistakenly sent duplicate ballots for the Nov. 1 election. The duplicate mailings are a result of an error on the part of Sequoia Voting Systems, a vendor that the county contracts with to print and mail out ballots.
Story |
| 12/12/2004 |
Canvass anomalies |
NV |
Sequoia |
There were about 10,000 undervotes in the state's two most populous counties, Clark and Washoe -- ballots that had no vote for president.
Story |
| 12/8/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NV |
Sequoia |
Elko County. 271 votes were not counted in the election because three of the Sequoia touch screen voting computers had been left in test mode on election day.
Archive |
| 11/23/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. Review screen doesn't match selections. Poll worker agrees, after scrolling back through the selections.
Story
Archive |
| 11/10/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
Sequoia |
Buncombe County. Sequoia Advantage touch screen machines failed to display one of the races in two precincts. Officials estimate that as many as 500 or 600 voters were not given the opportunity to vote in the school board race.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Nine voting machines ran out of battery power and nearly 40 votes may have been lost in Palm Beach County.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
LA |
Sequoia |
Sequoia machine malfunctions are rampant in Louisiana. The list is MUCH too long to duplicate here.
Story
Archive
Update: Officials in Louisiana reported "minimal" problems, said Scott Madere, a spokesman for the secretary of state's Elections Office.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
LA |
Sequoia |
State election officials received about 200 complaints of problems with machines, including two confirmed reports of Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machines in New Orleans Parish that were not working.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NM |
Sequoia |
New Mexico Republicans complained at Bush-Cheney headquarters in Albuquerque that Sandoval County e-voting machines switched their Bush votes to Kerry. One Republican candidate for judge found he couldn't vote for himself at first.
Story
Archive |
| 11/2/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
WA |
Sequoia |
Snohomish County. Voters in at least four polling precincts in Snohomish County said they have encountered problems with the Sequoia electronic voting machines. When they touched the screen to vote for a candidate, an indicator showed they had selected the opposing candidate. It took at least four attempts before the indicator showed the correct candidate.
Story
Archive |
| 10/30/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach. After a woman finished voting, she realized the touch-screen hadn?t given her the option to vote on the two referendums for Boca Raton or for state House District 87. She was given the wrong ballot because the computer was programmed for the wrong ballot, but she can't re-vote.
Story
Archive |
| 10/26/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NM |
Sequoia |
Sandoval County problems escalate. Sequoia machines switch votes, won't register votes unless certain other races are voted, and switch straight party votes to another party. A check of the early voting site Friday morning found that problems were likely due to an "inconsistent stream of electricity," to some of the voting machines. Story Archive |
| 10/26/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NV |
Sequoia |
Las Vegas. Reports of misfeeds and printer jams on the electronic voting machines. The county clerk says no votes were lost, but the article fails to explain how the clerk knows that. Story Archive |
| 10/22/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NM |
Sequoia |
Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties. Votes change to the wrong candidate on the Sequoia touch screen. Both Republicans and Democrats had presidential votes changed, as well as other choices. Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
Poor design |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. Poll workers closed the election on machines, rather than just shutting down for the night. Machines can't be used again in the election.
Story Archive |
| 10/19/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. In the second day of early voting, touch screen machines failed and had to be replaced. One machine froze as a voter was voting.
Story |
| 10/13/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. Sequoia DRE. A routine test of Palm Beach County's electronic voting machines was canceled Tuesday because the computer network at the elections office malfunctioned hours before the public exercise.
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