| Date |
Problem Type |
State
|
Vendor
|
Description
|
| 10/26/2004 |
Paper ballots (late) |
FL |
|
Broward County. 58,000 ballots that were supposed to mailed out on Oct. 7 and 8 are late and appear to be missing. Story Archive |
| 10/26/2004 |
Registration errors |
FL |
|
Miami. People who register to vote and don't fill out the form perfectly will not be able to vote. Judge rules that the forms may be thrown out. Story |
| 10/23/2004 |
Voter intimidation |
FL |
|
Campaigners are harassing voters in counties across the state. A loophole in the state law fails to prevent campaigners from approaching voters during early voting. Story Archive |
| 10/22/2004 |
Fraud |
FL |
|
Pasco County. People posing as election officials went to voters' homes and collected their absentee ballots. Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
|
Palm Beach County. An unknown number of absentee ballots went out without a second page containing proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
E-pollbook |
FL |
|
Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Computers fail to connect to the main computer to verify voter registration.
Story Archive |
| 10/20/2004 |
Poor design |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. Poll workers closed the election on machines, rather than just shutting down for the night. Machines can't be used again in the election.
Story Archive |
| 10/19/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. In the second day of early voting, touch screen machines failed and had to be replaced. One machine froze as a voter was voting.
Story |
| 10/19/2004 |
Provisional ballots |
FL |
|
Florida voters can't use provisional ballots except in their home precincts, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday. Secretary of State Glenda Hood applauded the decision because it will help ensure an orderly election. Story
90 polling places were destroyed by the hurricanes. Story
|
| 10/18/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
|
Palm Beach County. State legislator received an incomplete absentee ballot when she chose paper instead of the touch-screen. Story1 Story2 |
| 10/18/2004 |
E-pollbook |
FL |
|
Broward County. Nine of 14 early-voting polling sites had trouble linking laptops to the main computers that confirm voter eligibility.
Story1 Story2 Archive |
| 10/18/2004 |
E-pollbook |
FL |
|
Orange County. Computer crash prevented voter verification and delayed early voting.
Story1 Story2 |
| 10/13/2004 |
Machine malfunction |
FL |
Sequoia |
Palm Beach County. Sequoia DRE. A routine test of Palm Beach County's electronic voting machines was canceled Tuesday because the computer network at the elections office malfunctioned hours before the public exercise.
Story Archive |
| 10/12/2004 |
Ballot printing |
FL |
|
Sequoia was late delivering absentee ballots to Hillsborough, Pinellas, Palm Beach, and Indian River Counties.
Story Archive |
| 10/12/2004 |
Registration delays |
FL |
|
Hillsborough County. As many as 6,000 applications will remain unprocessed when early voting begins on October 18. Pasco County is also rushing to get 3,000 processed by October 19.
Story Archive |
| 10/1/2004 |
Registration fraud |
FL |
|
Widespread allegations of criminal vote fraud in Florida, days before the state closes registration for the presidential election. Story |
