| Date |
Problem Type |
State
|
Vendor
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Description
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| 11/16/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
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Escambia County. While the machines accurately counted the number of absentee votes, they began feeding an incorrect result into the office's computers. The tabulation error showed more than 85% turnout, when it was closer to 75%.
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Archive |
| 11/14/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CO |
|
Instructions on absentee ballots were wrong in several counties, including Denver and Adams.
Story
Archive |
| 11/9/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CO |
|
Boulder County. A printing error that distorted bar codes on Hart Intercivic paper ballots is being blamed for delays that made this one of the last counties in the nation to report election results. Scanners rejected ballots with the bad bar codes, requiring election judges to tally those votes race by race. Voting equipment was tested before the election. But the printing error occurred only on actual ballots that went to voters, not the test ballots.
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| 11/1/2004 |
Ballot printing |
WA |
|
Franklin County. About 25 absentee ballots were mailed without the secrecy sleeve. Voters are asked to place the ballot in a plain white envelope or request a secrecy sleeve from the elections office.
Story |
| 10/30/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CA |
|
San Diego. The first blunder occurred the first week of October, when the county had to send warning letters to 36,000 voters because of a mix-up with absentee ballots at a printing company in Fresno. Wrong ballots were stuffed in some of the ballot envelopes mailed to voters. So far, 65 voters have reported receiving the wrong ballots.
Story |
| 10/30/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CA |
|
San Diego. The method of determining if the absentee ballot is correct doesn't work. One voter reported, "One side was for San Diego, the other side was for Lemon Grove. The front of the ballot is correct. It's the back of the ballot that's wrong.
Story |
| 10/30/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CA |
|
Most absentee ballots had blacked-out portions on the back, the result of elections officials trying to correct a mistake without reprinting ballots.
Story
Archive |
| 10/30/2004 |
Ballot printing |
NE |
|
Cass County. About 925 absentee voters had received absentee ballots without the necessary officials signatures. They won't count. New ballots are being sent out to those voters.
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Archive |
| 10/26/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
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Palm Beach County. LePore said she received one report of a blank page on a ballot. She attributed that to a printing problem. She said there have been "sporadic" reports of people receiving incomplete ballots, but the problem is not widespread. Story Archive
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| 10/26/2004 |
Ballot printing |
NY |
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Monroe County. An Albany judge ruled that the Independence Party's nomination of two state Supreme Court candidates should be disallowed because of problems at the nominating convention. Absentee ballots are incorrect and voting machines must have the candidates changed. Story Archive
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| 10/25/2004 |
Ballot printing |
WA |
|
Chelan County. Absentee ballots must be reprinted. The auditor did not include the names of two judges, because she thought they didn't need to be on the ballot since they ran unopposed in the primary. Story Archive |
| 10/22/2004 |
Ballot printing |
IL |
|
DuPage County. A sample ballot printed in 43 newspapers misplaced a Democratic candidate and instructed voters to choose two candidates where only one will be elected. County officials say the actual ballots will be correct, even though the legal notice is incorrect. Story Archive |
| 10/22/2004 |
Ballot printing |
IN |
|
Marion, Vigo, Clay, Monroe, and Owen Counties. A judge ordered hundreds of absentee ballots to be completely thrown out because one candidate in one race was incorrect.
Story Archive |
| 10/21/2004 |
Ballot printing |
ND |
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Cass County. ES&S printed 120,000 ballots with incorrect text. Both "yes" and "no" would approve a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Bar codes used for alignment were printed incorrectly, too. ES&S is responsible and will pay for reprinting. Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
|
Palm Beach County. An unknown number of absentee ballots went out without a second page containing proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
Ballot printing |
OH |
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Cuyahoga County. Arrows on absentee ballots don't line up with the correct punch hole. "If absentee voters cast their vote by trying to line up the arrow with the punch card, they could punch the wrong number."
Story |
| 10/19/2004 |
Ballot printing |
OH |
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Hamilton County. At least two absentee ballots did not include Kerry's name. Workers accidentally removed Kerry when removing Ralph Nader's name.
Story |
| 10/18/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
|
Palm Beach County. State legislator received an incomplete absentee ballot when she chose paper instead of the touch-screen. Story1 Story2 |
| 10/12/2004 |
Ballot printing |
CA |
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San Diego County. At least 8 voters have received incorrect absentee ballots because of the printing company's error. Story |
| 10/12/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
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Sequoia was late delivering absentee ballots to Hillsborough, Pinellas, Palm Beach, and Indian River Counties.
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