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Blame game: It's on (KY) Story Here Archive |
The first whiff of trouble with some of Kenton County's voting machines came just minutes after the polls opened at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Election Day. Kenton County Clerk Rodney Eldridge took a call from a poll worker; there appeared to be a problem with straight-ticket voting on the so-called handicapped machines, voting devices called E-slate that were maintained by Lexington-based Harp Election Services. |
Improving the count: Oklahoma, others pose solutions for a better election system in Boulder County (CO) Story Here Archive |
| At first, election watchdogs and transparent voting activists rejoiced. ... But it took only eight months before problems that still dog the county’s election process showed up. Boulder County was now slow — very, very slow. |
'Daily Voting News' For November 09, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Programming source of machine error (KS) Story Here Archive |
Crawford County Clerk Don Pyle told Crawford County Commissioners Friday morning about an error in reading votes that could affect the outcome of the already tight Crawford County Attorney’s race. The error came from a programming glitch in the card that tells the machines what to do. In this specific case, the card didn’t ask a scanner used at Countryside Christian Church — affecting Pittsburg Ward Four, precincts one, two and six — to follow sequencing numbers on the bottom of the ballot. |
Manufacturer to examine faulty voting machines (PA) Story Here Archive |
SUNBURY County officials won't know exactly what caused the voting machine glitch in Northumberland County Tuesday until the later this month when representatives of the manufacturer examine them. |
'Daily Voting News' For November 08, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Gap in judicial contest narrows (NC) Story Here Archive |
The correction of a vote-counting error has narrowed the gap between incumbent Judge Chester Davis of Forsyth District Court and challenger Amy Allred, making a recount possible in a contest that Davis now leads by 896 votes. |
Revised results give Democrats sweep in county board race (NC) Story Here Archive |
Ted Owens is out and Ray Gasperson is in, and the Democrats now have all five seats on the Polk County Board of Commissioners. That’s the result of revised election results issued Wednesday morning for the county board race after an apparent “glitch” was discovered in the process for reporting results. Becky Kennedy, chair of the county board of elections, says the county asked Karen Brinson, the district elections technician for the state, to visit Polk County yesterday to assess the problem. Brinson reportedly rebooted the computer and proper functioning was restored. Kennedy says a setting on the computer used to properly report results was possibly "clicked or unclicked," and it's undetermined how or why. She says there is no evidence of any problem with the accuracy of the voting machines in the county or anywhere else in the state, and the change in the report setting on the computer could have resulted simply from a power surge. |
Human Error Suspected In Election Results Delay (FL) Story Here Archive |
Fireworks over Hillsborough County's election debacle intensified on Thursday, as more indications of possible human error surfaced and Democratic officials called for state and federal intervention. |
Machine error could affect Crawford County attorney race (KS) Story Here Archive |
GIRARD, Kan. — A programming error in the voting machines at one Crawford County polling place could swing the outcome of the county attorney’s race. |
About 130 Hamilton Co. ballots tossed after error (IN) Story Here Archive |
At least 130 people who voted Tuesday at Carmel's University High School had their ballots tossed because of a clerical mistake. The paper ballots, used to speed up voting because of heavy turnout in the Clay Center precinct, were discarded Tuesday evening because poll workers didn't initial them as required by state law, said Hamilton County Election Board President Tory Callaghan Castor. |
Error comes from voting machine programming (KS) Story Here Archive |
Crawford County Clerk Don Pyle told Crawford County Commissioners Friday morning about an error in reading votes that could affect the outcome of the already tight Crawford County attorney’s race. The error came from a programming glitch in the card that tells the machines what to do. In this specific case, the card didn’t ask a scanner used at Countryside Christian Church — affecting Pittsburg Ward Four, precincts one, two and six — to follow sequencing. |
Ousted Johnson Still Blames Voting Machine Firm (FL) Story Here Archive |
TAMPA - In an interview this morning, ousted Hillsborough County elections supervisor Buddy Johnson insists human error played no part in the delayed count of Tuesday's voting results. Rather, he said, the fault lies with Premier Elections Solutions, the Texas company Johnson handpicked to provide voting machines. |
Error in voting machine could affect four races (KS) Story Here Archive |
Crawford County Clerk Don Pyle told Crawford County Commissioners on Friday about an error in reading votes that could affect the outcome of the already tight Crawford County attorney’s race. The error came from a programming glitch in the card that tells the machines what to do. In this specific case, the card didn’t ask a scanner used at Countryside Christian Church — affecting Pittsburg Ward Four, precincts one, two and six — to follow sequencing. |
'Daily Voting News' For November 07, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Slow going for local counting; County blames ranked-choice voting for lines at polls, delayed results (WA) Story Here Archive |
Massive turnout. Fewer polling places. A new voting system. Sluggish computer software. Mix it up and you have the ingredients for long lines and late results for Pierce County elections. |
Ballot glitch didn't affect outcome, Williamson spokeswoman says (TX) Story Here Archive |
A software defect that caused as many as 590 Williamson County voters to get the wrong ballot Tuesday did not affect the outcome of any races or propositions, county spokeswoman Connie Watson said Wednesday. |
Chesapeake's electronic poll books were voting-delay villains (VA) Story Here Archive |
City officials said Wednesday they will investigate problems with electronic poll books that helped cause lines as long as 1,000 people on Election Day. |
Vote software is under fire (FL) Story Here Archive |
MANATEE COUNTY - Florida's touch-screen voting systems might be history, but elections officials still depend on computer software to tally the paper ballots. And once again, problems with that software on the night of the big show delayed election results Tuesday and left candidates in close elections in Sarasota and Manatee counties going to bed without knowing how they fared. |
Software problem election issue; Officials unhappy about time needed to resolve matter (WV) Story Here Archive |
FAIRMONT — Following the election, Marion County’s election officials are pleased with the voting machines but unhappy with the software. County Clerk Janice Cosco said the computer software usually has a problem tabulating the early votes, but the problem is generally resolved very quickly. Once the tabulation gets going, everything’s finished in short order. Tuesday night, that didn’t happen. |
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