WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A number of states try to make voting a little easier by allowing voters to choose all the candidates from a single party with a single vote.
 

District 22 State Representative Joe Deshotel is asking voters to check their ballots after they have made their selection.

Rep. Deshotel tells KBMT 12 news he had an issue at the poll as he cast his ballot. Deshotel says he voted for each candidate individually and noticed that after he made his selection his vote for Barack Obama had changed to John McCain.
 
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Computer problems slowed voting to a crawl at some polling locations around metro Atlanta on Monday.

It was the first day that counties opened more early voting locations with the idea of easing the crush on Election Day. At the Northeast/Spruill Oaks Regional Library in Alpharetta, some people waited eight hours to cast their ballots.

Wait times of four to six hours were not uncommon Monday. In some places, the lines clipped along at 45 minutes to three hours.

ANGLETON — When Shelle Gaul checked her ballot after voting straight party, she noticed the person checked for president was not her choice.

Still using the electronic ballot, the Angleton resident scrolled back to the top of the ticket and corrected the error while voting at the Angleton location this week.

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.

SAN ANTONIO -- While early voting begins Monday, thousands of Bexar County residents can begin their voting as soon as they receive their mail-in ballot, although some are finding the ballots confusing.

Barbara Steele said she was very excited to learn she was eligible for a mail-in ballot, but she said she found the instructions confusing. One note -- No. 4 -- stated ballots should be completed using only the marker provided.

The problem? No marker or writing instrument was included with the ballot.