Snohomish County voters report problems with electronic voting machines

01:58 PM PST on Tuesday, November 2, 2004

From KING Staff Reports

SEATTLE - Voters in at least four polling precincts in Snohomish County said they have encountered problems with the electronic voting machines.

When they touched the screen to vote for a candidate, voters said an indicator showed they had ed the opposing candidate.

Those voters told KING5 News it took at least four attempts before the indicator showed the correct candidate. When they finished their ion, a review list generated by the machine did show a correct voting ballot.

An auditor has been informed and is looking into the complaint.

KING5 News North Sound Bureau Chief Jane McCarthy said a precinct worker told her that if there is a problem with a voting machine it is taken out of service if the problem can not be fixed.