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Ensure Voting Machines Work (WV) Story Here Archive |
We have been told by three people that when they attempted to vote for specific candidates, machines at the City-County Building initially recorded votes for others seeking the same offices. One case involved a vote for president, another for sheriff and the third for magistrate. In all three cases, voters noticed the improperly recorded votes and, with help from poll workers, were able to correct them. |
E-voting machines good to go, Ireland says (WV) Story Here Archive |
Kent Carper, president of the Kanawha County Commission, said on Tuesday, "I am filing a complaint about ES&S with the secretary of state. I have several major concerns, including the lack of technical support to election officials. "When you look around the country, and see huge voter lines in places like Florida, you know these machines need technical support," Carper said. |
Senate race absent from local absentee ballots (FL) Story Here Archive |
Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent is apologizing to some voters for an error on absentee ballots, and sending out new ballots with a letter explaining the gaffe. Dent says the State Senate District 23 race between Republican Nancy Detert and Democrat Morgan Bentley was left off some absentee ballots. |
'Daily Voting News' For October 22, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated (SC) Story Here Archive |
She [County Elections and Voter Registration director Agnes Garvin] attributed questions about the machines to a software limitation that affects the screen voters use to review their choices before actually casting their ballot. |
Problems force Flagler to switch to old voting machines (FL) Story Here Archive |
Flagler County elections officials switched voting machines for early voting Tuesday to eliminate a problem that had kept them from scanning 96 ballots during early voting hours Monday. |
Vote Flipping in Davidson County, Tennessee Story Here Archive |
My wife, Patricia Earnhardt, had an early voting experience here in Nashville, Tennessee, where she saw her vote momentarily flip from Barack Obama to Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. She voted on a touch-screen paperless machine. Here is her story: |
Dispelling electronic voting myths (TX) Story Here Archive |
Voters were misinformed Monday at an early voting location at Randalls on West Ben White Blvd. As voters waited, the Travis County Elections Division said a "poll cat" gave voters inaccurate instructions. |
Early-voting problems in Putnam (WV) Story Here Archive |
Koon said he had no problem casting an early vote for president. "However, when I chose Jay Rockefeller - and there is at least a finger's distance between the two choices - it ed Jay Wolfe and printed his name on the receipt. "I pushed Jay Rockefeller again a few times and it canceled Jay Wolfe. Then I chose Jay Rockefeller again and it verified it." |
Voting Is a Touchy Business (WV) Story Here Archive |
While taking advantage of early voting at the City-County Building in Wheeling, Kusic noticed that the electronic vote she cast for her chosen presidential candidate was wrong. She attempted to fix her vote, but the same thing happened again - the vote was credited to the other candidate, even though she says she touched her candidate's name on the voting screen. |
Over 1,500,000 NYS Voters Purged (NY) Story Here Archive |
But a question has remained, how many voter records have been purged from New York State’s voter rolls? Now we have an answer. I submitted a Freedom of Information Law request for all records in New York’s NYSVOTER voter registration database. Early in October, I received a copy of NYSVOTER records from September 23, 2008. I wrote a program to analyze the 12,010,045 voter records and can now report the number of voters who have had their status set to “Purged” or “Inactive” in the Empire state, and the reasons given for the change. |
Leon County overcomes voting snag (FL) Story Here Archive |
Finicky machines that wouldn't accept legal-size ballots led representatives at two Leon County polling stations to resort to backup plans to properly record votes, Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho said Monday. |
Officials subpoenaed for hearing (TX) Story Here Archive |
Subpoenas were sent to officials with the City of Laredo, Webb County and the Laredo Independent School District by lawyers for Republican candidate Louis H. Bruni in advance of today's hearing on electronic voting machines. Bruni, a candidate for Texas Senate District 21, is seeking an injunction that would prevent the use of the machines during early voting and on Election Day for the 2008 general election, except for those needed by the visually impaired. |
Early Voting Underway In Colorado Story Here Archive |
"How could they run out when they'd only been open one hour," said Cat Madore, a resident of the Whittier/Five Points neighborhood. "No election is perfect," said Election Division spokesman Alton Dillard. |
Problems at polls (TX) Story Here Archive |
Early voting began Monday with Democrats crying foul over what some county party officials are calling misinformation on voting procedures. Officials from the campaigns of two candidates called advice from Williamson County Elections Administrator Rick Barron unsound. |
Lines, Voting Problems Continue For 2nd Day (FL) Story Here Archive |
Monday, when optical ballot scanning machines refused to read ballots Monday at several polling places, Supervisor Jerry Holland thought they had the problems worked out. Holland said seven machines that indicated the ballots physically too long or were affected by high humidity were replaced on Monday and 10 more back-up machines were ordered from the manufacturer. "Obviously from what we learned (Monday), we will make adjustments and make improvements to the equipment. We've changed out equipment, and at the end of the day, all the equipment was working," Holland said. |
Early Voting Can Be Fun! And Crowded! And Confusing! Also, Troubling! (TX) Story Here Archive |
Like this: He voted a straight ticket for one party. Then he wanted to deselect two judges he didn’t want to vote for. And he didn’t want to vote for the other party’s candidates. He didn't want anyone in those races. But when he deselected the first one, the machine showed him with a check mark for the other party’s candidate in that race. He complained to the election judge, who, he says, told him the machine did that automatically. The voter told the election judge he didn’t believe it should. She came over and watched the voter deselect the second judge. That one stayed blank. |
'Daily Voting News' For October 21, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Scanner Snafu Prompts Machines Removal (FL) Story Here Archive |
A brand new optical scan machine at the Northeast Branch Library wasn't working Monday. By two in the afternoon, elections workers swapped it out for an older model, but it turns out, optical scanners at two of the three other early voting sites in Leon County didn't work either. Only the scanner at the courthouse worked properly. "We just got rid of them and went back to what we used in 2006, our standard, precinct-based scanners," said Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho. |
Early voting continues Wednesday at 10 a.m. (FL) Story Here Archive |
Lines up to 3½ hours long continued to plague early voting across Broward County on Tuesday, leading elections officials to scramble to find ways to cut the wait and ease frustration. |
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