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Early voting glitches in 2 counties in Ga., Tenn. Story Here Archive |
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Elections officials were untangling early voting glitches in at least two states Friday after a Tennessee county reported some voters had gotten ballots for the wrong district and an Atlanta-area county discovered problems with some of its absentee ballots. |
Glitch Forces Gwinnett Co. to Reprint 10,000 Absentee Ballots (GA) Story Here Archive |
A voting glitch in Gwinnett County has forced elections officials to reprint 10,000 absentee ballots. The ballots were filled out by voters, but are unreadable. |
Officials should check, check again before Nov. 4 (SC) Story Here Archive |
Let's hope Beaufort County elections director Agnes Garvin is right that only a handful of absentee ballots went out without necessary directions for voting in city and town council elections. Let's hope all is right with electronic voting machines that don't display the names ed in those races where you choose more than one person and that the votes are properly recorded. |
Berkeley officials: Minimal voting problems (WV) Story Here Archive |
Approximately 3,700 voters have cast early votes in Berkeley County, with less than a half dozen individuals reporting problems with the county's voting machines, Berkeley officials said Thursday. But those words did little to comfort Martinsburg resident Lyle Peterson, who said he had problems last week trying to cast his vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "I kept trying to vote for Obama, pushed him for my selection but it would come up for John McCain. It took three times before it came up right," Peterson said Thursday. |
Concerns raised over electronic voting (TX) Story Here Archive |
At least two Palo Pinto County residents say they experienced early voting problems when the touch-screen voting machines they used kept switching their straight-party vote from Democratic to Republican. |
Voting fraud prevention has some Lee County voters venting (FL) Story Here Archive |
What Lee County elections officials consider a necessary precaution against voter fraud has left a Bonita Springs woman worried about whether her vote will be counted |
'Daily Voting News' For October 23, 2008 - Morning Edition Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
'Daily Voting News' For October 23, 2008 - Evening Edition Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours (GA) Story Here Archive |
Technical problems at several Fulton County polling places caused voting lines to grow long and tempers to grow short Wednesday evening. Computers at the North Fulton Government Center and other county polling places lost their connection to the state's database, officials told CBS 46’s Joanna Massee. That glitch created a big headache for election workers and long waits for voters. |
Ballot snafu could affect D.C. absentee voters (DC) Story Here Archive |
Voters in the District of Columbia who requested an absentee ballot may have received the wrong ballot. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has only received one complaint from a voter who was sent the wrong ballot, but the problem could extend beyond one incident, D.C. BOEE spokesman Dan Murphy says. |
More voting problems reported (WV) Story Here Archive |
Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse. "I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes. |
Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits (FL) Story Here Archive |
Vote tabulating machines that malfunctioned during a test conducted as part of the problem-fraught recount of an August judicial race performed flawlessly Wednesday. With a record number of absentee ballots to be cast in the Nov. 4 presidential election, the results brought smiles to the faces of election officials who have repeatedly said they don't want to be center stage in yet another election meltdown. |
Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved (SC) Story Here Archive |
All absentee ballots cast using machines at the Hilton Head Island and Beaufort elections offices have been counted, Beaufort County elections officials said Wednesday. County Elections and Voter Registration director Agnes Garvin said the county machines were working properly and counting residents' votes as they should. |
Some voters are mailed incomplete ballots (FL) Story Here Archive |
Erroneous absentee ballots have been sent to 69 North Port voters, a gaffe that came to light 13 days before Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent stands for re-election. Dent’s opponents cast the mistake as the latest example of the county’s election problems, the most notable one being the controversial congressional election in 2006 that made Sarasota County a national symbol for problems with touch-screen voting systems. |
'Daily Voting News' For October 22, 2008 Story Here |
A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Midland County Voter Mystery (TX) Story Here Archive |
Imagine showing up to vote, providing your identification but being told your vote won't count. Greenwood's Crystal Kennedy experienced just that. "I've been registered, I voted last year and now it's saying I can't and this is a big election", said Kennedy. |
Voting machine issue confusing to some (TN) Story Here Archive |
Some early voters are confused by an anomaly in the voting machines. 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. |
Ensure Voting Machines Work (WV) Story Here Archive |
We have been told by three people that when they attempted to vote for specific candidates, machines at the City-County Building initially recorded votes for others seeking the same offices. One case involved a vote for president, another for sheriff and the third for magistrate. In all three cases, voters noticed the improperly recorded votes and, with help from poll workers, were able to correct them. |
Problems force Flagler to switch to old voting machines (FL) Story Here Archive |
Flagler County elections officials switched voting machines for early voting Tuesday to eliminate a problem that had kept them from scanning 96 ballots during early voting hours Monday. |
Machine ballots omit candidates' names (SC) Story Here Archive |
Old town Bluffton residents Nancy and Bill Roe were among the voters who said they noticed a problem. Nancy Roe said she ed all her choices on the screen at the booth Friday. She had attempted to cast a ballot for the general election, Bluffton mayor and council, and the various statereferendum questions. She said she clicked on all her choices including two candidates for Bluffton Town Council. But when she reviewed her ions before actually casting the ballot, she noticed that her two picks for the Bluffton Town Council did not register. Her husband had the same problem. |
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