It seems that, when someone votes for the presidential candidate, the summary page shows only the first three letters of the candidate’s first name.
In Democrat Barack Obama’s case, that would be “BAR.”
The confusion comes because another presidential candidate is Bob Barr, whose name on the summary page should show “BOB.” The summary page of all the selections comes up before the voter actually casts his or her vote.
For attorney and Democrat Jim Andrews and two others, confusion ensued when they went to vote on the voting machines at New Harvest Lane near Knoxville Center.
“I voted for Obama, my partner voted for Obama, and the other lady voted for Obama,” said Andrews, who ran against then-Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison in 2002.
Andrews said he and business partner Liza Jean Holt were both trying to vote for Obama but kept getting “BAR” on the summary page.
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