Phantom Ballot Menace

Phantom Ballot Menace

Marty Levine Pittsburgh City Paper Feb 5 2009

Voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania say touch-screen voting machines used during November's election show more ballots than voters. 

Mac Booker's videocam moves in for what is arguably the world's least-dramatic closeup in a Youtube video.

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Willingboro Voting Glitch Fixed

Willingboro Voting Glitch Fixed

Courier Post Online Nov 4 2008

WILLINGBORO -- Voters needed to use paper ballots in the first hour of voting here this morning after an error by poll workers shut down some electronic voting machines, the Burlington County Elections Superintendent said.

Voters needed to use paper ballots in the first hour of voting here this morning after an error by poll workers shut down some electronic voting machines, the Burlington County Elections Superintendent said.

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Voting machine complaints trickle in

Voting machine complaints trickle in

By Ben Marrison and Jill Riepenhoff

Things must be going fairly well at voting locations as the complaints about voting glitches and other problems are relatively low. Unlike in 2004, when the Dispatch voter hotline rang nonstop during the morning hours, only a handful of complaints have been lodged.

Things must be going fairly well at voting locations as the complaints about voting glitches and other problems are relatively low. Unlike in 2004, when the Dispatch voter hotline rang nonstop during the morning hours, only a handful of complaints have been lodged.

Computer glitch leaves Atlanta voters waiting

Computer glitch leaves Atlanta voters waiting

Marcus K. Garner The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Oct 31 2008

An Atlanta early voting center encountered a glitch that left hundreds of voters waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballots Thursday night.

An Atlanta early voting center encountered a glitch that left hundreds of voters waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballots Thursday night.
 

Day before early voting, glitch found with machines

Day before early voting, glitch found with machines

by Matthew Thompson, Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston, W.Va. -- On the eve of early voting, problems with the general election ballots are causing Kanawha County officials to conduct an emergency test of its voting machines.

On Monday, the Secretary of State's office notified the County Clerk's office of a problem in the programming cards used in the M100 machines. 

The machines scan a person's optical scan ballot to determine if they have made any mistakes, such as voting for too many candidates.

County Commission President Kent Carper said the problem is in the section for Supreme Court candidates.

If a person votes a straight party ticket, then deviates from the party in the Supreme Court section, the machine still counts the vote as a full straight ticket, Carper said.

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