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Slow going for local counting; County blames ranked-choice voting for lines at polls, delayed results (WA)    Story Here  Archive
The News Tribune. November 6, 2008. by DAVID WICKERT
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.

Chesapeake's electronic poll books were voting-delay villains (VA)    Story Here  Archive
The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2008. By Mike Saewitz
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
Herald Tribune. November 6, 2008. By Christopher O'Donnell & Todd Ruger
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
Times West Virginian. November 6, 2008. By Katie Wilson
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.

Computer glitch slows Scott County vote reporting (IA)    Story Here  Archive
Quad-City Times. November 6, 2008. By Kurt Allemeier
The problem in reporting Scott County vote totals Tuesday started with a simple message: “Contact administrator.” The computer message pointed to a voting equipment memory card failure that turned into a software problem and ended up with a human solution. The problem wasn’t solved until after midnight Wednesday, delaying candidate celebrations until unofficial results were reported.

County's count last in state; Glitch delays Wayne election results until after midnight (IN)    Story Here  Archive
Pal-Item.com. November 6, 2008. BY BILL ENGLE
The national media placed Wayne County last in Indiana in counties reporting election results. Results were released to the public at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, long after McCain, the Republican Party's presidential candidate, had conceded the race for the White House to Democrat Barack Obama. County officials said part of the problem was a computer glitch that stopped the vote count. Part was the large number of absentee ballots cast.

Voting blemished by minor glitches (AR)    Story Here  Archive
Arkansas Democrat Gazette. November 6, 2008. BY EVIE BLAD
High voter turnout Tuesday strained local election systems, causing a candidate to question the integrity of results as precinct reports were printed Wednesday.

Williams, Link ousted in general election (AR)    Story Here  Archive
Carroll County News. November 6, 2008. by Anna Mathews
According to Election Coordinator Cathy Ellis, an inked black block in the upper left hand corner of some paper ballots did not contain enough ink to satisfy the counting machine. When she called Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the company that provides the electronic voting machines, software, and printed paper ballots, she said they immediately suggested she try filling in the box with a black marker.

Glitch puts vote count in slow lane (SC)    Story Here  Archive
The Post and Courier. November 6, 2008. By Schuyler Kropf, Glenn Smith
Charleston County officials on Wednesday blamed a computer glitch and a flood of absentee ballots for election night gridlock that left voters still waiting for results a full day after the polls closed.

Officials: Early voting could improve e-voting    Story Here  Archive
Computerworld. November 6, 2008. By Todd R. Weiss
In what may be a low-tech answer to a high-tech issue, election officials say early voting across the nation may have led to fewer Election Day e-voting problems in many states this year.

Blame Game In Boulder Ballot Counting Snafu Begins (CO)    Story Here  Archive
The Denver Channel (ABC 7 News). November 6, 2008
BOULDER, Colo. Nearly two full days after the presidential election was called, election workers in Boulder County were still counting ballots Wednesday afternoon. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 113,000 of the 166,000 ballots cast had been counted.

Counting machines were not reading some ballots correctly because of dust on the ballots, possibly coming from the creases after the mail-in ballots were folded.



'Daily Voting News' For November 05, 2008 - Morning Edition    Story Here
John Gideon
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues

'Daily Voting News' For November 05, 2008 - Evening Edition    Story Here
John Gideon
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues

'Daily Voting News' For November 06, 2008 - Morning Edition    Story Here
John Gideon
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues

Dust, Creases Slow Ballot Count In Boulder; Workers Have To Inspect Ballots (CO)    Story Here  Archive
The Denver Channel. November 5, 2008
BOULDER, Colo. Election workers in Boulder County were still counting ballots early Wednesday. Counting machines were not reading some ballots correctly because of dust on the ballots, possibly coming from the creases after the mail-in ballots were folded.

Voting Glitches Mar Election (FL)    Story Here  Archive
Tampa Bay Online. November 5, 2008. By CHRISTIAN M. WADE
TAMPA - With computer glitches delaying Hillsborough County's voting results by hours, election supervisor Buddy Johnson was hanging on to his job Tuesday night by a slim margin. Results were delayed almost from the very beginning. Students at the University of South Florida were still in line to vote at 10:30 p.m., and elections officials said computer problems were causing delays.

Final counts delayed as ballots sorted (IN)    Story Here  Archive
Journal Courier Online. November 5, 2008. By Brian Wallheimer
Tippecanoe County Clerk Linda Phillips said a card had apparently not been uploaded properly. "These were early votes that we entered into the machine. We didn't tell the software to count them," Phillips said. Election officials had to place the cards back in the machines to see if they had been uploaded properly.

Glitch postpones Manatee vote totals (FL)    Story Here  Archive
Herald Tribune. November 5, 2008. STAFF REPORT
MANATEE - Election results in several local and regional races were not final Tuesday night because a computer glitch prevented Manatee elections officials from counting as many as 50,000 ballots.

Miami County set to recount 7,500 paper ballots (OH)    Story Here  Archive
Dayton Daily News. November 5, 2008. By Nancy Bowman, Staff Writer
TROY — Miami County election officials were making arrangements early Wednesday, Nov. 5, to recount up to 7,500 paper ballots following the failure of a ballot scanner memory card.

Voting glitch in Rockingham County (NC)    Story Here  Archive
GoDanRiver.com. November 5, 2008. By Steve Lawson
The normal efficiency of the Rockingham County Board of Elections office developed a glitch Tuesday evening as the final election results were being tabulated.

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