DOJ Urged to Preserve S.C. Election Records

DOJ Urged to Preserve S.C. Election Records

Rebecca Abrahams Huffington Post Jun 22 2010

South Carolina's primary election for Republican governor heads to a runoff today amid calls for Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the ES&S iVotronic voting machines used in the June 8, 2010 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senate were faulty or corrupt.

Voter Action, a non-profit, non-partisan voting integrity group, is urging Holder to seize the electronic voting equipment before critical data from that election is erased during usage in the Republican run-off.


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More voting problems reported

More voting problems reported

By Paul Nyden, The Charleston Gazette

Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times

Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse.
"I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes.
"But I am scratching my head. Why did the machine switch my votes five different times? I asked someone to come over and explain it to me," Belozier said on Wednesday.

Machine ballots omit candidates' names

Machine ballots omit candidates' names

By Renee Dudley,  The Island Packet

A day after problems with incomplete paper ballots were reported, some Bluffton voters said the absentee ballots they cast in person on machines at the Hilton Head Island elections office weren't recorded correctly.

Three of four candidates for Bluffton Town Council also said they have heard complaints about the island election office from residents voting absentee in person.
The three candidates who said voters have contacted them about absentee voting problems -- Jeff Fulgham,
Normand "Gus" Thomas and incumbent Fred Hamilton -- said Tuesday that voters had been reporting problems since last week.

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