Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Tabulating is still going on around the country and there are a lot of reports of problems with memory cards, software that is slow, over use of provisional ballots, voting system failures that have resulted in voting machines being locked-up, e-poll book errors and other issues. When appropriate I have included the voting system vendor....
- National: E-voting machines, registration databases have a mixed Tuesday
http://www.betanews.com/...mixed_Tuesday/1225926460 - AZ: Pima County - 80,000 Pima ballots may still be uncounted
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/265944 - CA: Opinion - Secretary of state's Web site let us down
http://www.contracostati....com/opinion/ci_10908011 - CA: Santa Clara County - More touch-screen machines malfunction [Sequoia Edge DREs]
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_10911038 - CA: Ventura County - Provisional ballots confuse voters
http://www.vcreporter.co...ots_confuse_voters/6418/ - CA: Ventura County - At least 86,000 ballots still not counted; some races left hanging
http://www.venturacounty...-still-not-counted-some/ - CO: Boulder County’s counting crawls on
Explanation for ‘paper dust’ still elusive [Hart eScan]
http://www.dailycamera.c...countys-counting-crawls/ - FL: Vote software is under fire [Premier/Diebold]
http://www.heraldtribune...e_software_is_under_fire - FL: Hillsborough County – Editorial - Call in federal help
http://www.tampabay.com/...orials/article891756.ece - FL: Hillsborough To Resume Tabulating Votes Today
http://www2.tbo.com/cont...gh-elections-office-bec/ - GA: Chambliss, Martin gear up for expected runoff
http://chronicle.augusta.../110608/met_482381.shtml - IA: Computer glitch slows Scott County vote reporting
[Diebold memory card failures]
http://www.qctimes.com/a...f98e671559233.txt?sPos=1 - IN: Early voting might have eased polling place jam at Northside Middle School
http://www.thestarpress....06/NEWS01/811060390/1002 - IN: Wayne County - County's count last in state
Glitch delays Wayne election results until after midnight [ES&S]
http://www.pal-item.com/...06/NEWS01/811060306/1008 - KY: Hand Counting Ballots In Kenton Co. Complete
[Hart eSlate]
http://www.kypost.com/ne...1-4e3f-8c5f-0e854c958bb3 - ME: Officials to push for early voting in Maine
http://www.fosters.com/a...0081106/NEWS81/811059833 - MN: Undecided Minnesota Senate Race Used Machines that Flunked Accuracy Tests
http://blog.wired.com/27.../11/ess-machines-th.html - MN: E-Voting Machines Used in Disputed Franken, Coleman Race Failed Tests
http://www.pubrecord.org...n-race-failed-tests.html - MS: Editorial - Mississippi Needs ‘Early Voting’
http://www.jacksonfreepr...eds_early_voting_110508/ - MS: Voting problems still unresolved
Machines switching votes are among issues cited
http://www.clarionledger...WS04/811060374/1001/news - NV: Registrar: No Washoe County votes lost due to malfunction
http://www.rgj.com/artic...105/NEWS19/81105075/1232 - OH: Brunner scolds Franklin County for glitch [voter data base problems caused voters to vote on provisional ballots]
http://www.dispatchpolit...ec=politics&sid=101 - OH: Lucas County - Paper ballots hold up Lucas County results
Staff spends an all-nighter feeding votes into scanners
http://toledoblade.com/a...0081106/NEWS09/811060408 - PA: Northumberland County - Voting machines under lock, key
Hardware glitch causes problem [Diebold/Premier TSx]
http://www.dailyitem.com...44.html?keyword=topstory - SC: Election numbers point to problems
Spartanburg County: Poll workers’ tallies, machines in question
http://www.goupstate.com...umbers_point_to_problems - TX: Williamson County - Ballot glitch didn't affect outcome, Williamson spokeswoman says
http://www.statesman.com.../11/06/1106problems.html - VA: Chesapeake's electronic poll books were voting-delay villains
[Diebold/Premier E-Poll Book]
http://hamptonroads.com/...ere-votingdelay-villains - WA: Pierce County - Slow going for local counting
County blames ranked-choice voting for lines at polls, delayed results
http://www.thenewstribun.../local/story/529926.html - WV: Marion County - Software problem election issue
Officials unhappy about time needed to resolve matter [ES&S]
http://www.timeswv.com/t...cal_story_311004541.html
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