| Date |
Problem Type |
State
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Vendor
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Description
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| 11/4/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
ESS |
In Craven County, all vote totals in nine of the county's 26 precincts were electronically doubled, increasing the totals for president by 11,283 more than the number of votes cast. Correcting the mistake changed the outcome of at least one race. ES&S Votronic machines used. Automatic warning of double-counting didn't work.
Story
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| 11/4/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
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In Onslow County, a software error changed the order of finish in the race for seats on the county commission. The error didn't change who won the seats, just the order in which they finished. A floppy disk that compiles voting data from the counting machines was programmed incorrectly.
Story
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| 11/4/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
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In Yadkin County, about 1,000 ballots were accidentally counted twice.
Story
Archive |
| 11/3/2004 |
Malfeasance |
NC |
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Gaston County. A recount of curbside ballots found that the county had collected 803 such ballots. But Gaston reported only 708 votes in the presidential election, and Don Wright said it was unlikely that 95 voters had skipped that race. The executive director of the state board, Gary Bartlett, ordered Wright not to recount the ballots, which would establish whether some votes were missed. Bartlett said Gaston has already reported official results, and the number of votes was too small to change the result of any contest.
Story
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| 11/2/2004 |
Election law |
NC |
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Voting a straight party ticket DOES NOT include a vote for president. This is by state law in North Carolina and South Carolina only. Voters must vote for a presidential candidate separately.
Story |
| 10/30/2004 |
Ballot secrecy |
NC |
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North Carolina structured its early voting process with a retrievable ballot that is not counted until Election Day. So if election officials are notified that an early voter has died, that ballot can be removed.
Story
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| 10/27/2004 |
Voter challenges |
NC |
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Both major parties in the Carolinas plan to have observers at polling places, making sure legal voters are not excluded and bogus voters don't sneak in. Some may challenge voters' eligibility, while others will be trying to block challenges. Story Archive |
| 10/27/2004 |
Voter challenges |
NC |
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In Alamance County, N.C., earlier this month, the sheriff submitted a list of registered voters with Spanish surnames to the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an attempt to determine whether or not they are U.S. citizens. Story Archive |
| 10/21/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
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Forsyth County. Precinct chair says his ballot was not tallied correctly during a demonstration of the e-voting machines at an early voting site.
Story: Early voting going briskly Archive |
| 10/21/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
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Forsyth County. Kathy Cooper, director of elections, says problems with batteries dying on computers at early voting polls have already been resolved.
Story: Early voting going briskly Archive |
| 10/15/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
NC |
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Craven County. Voters' choices register incorrectly on the touch screen. The county official attempted to recalibrate the screens, but two machines had to be taken out of service. Story
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