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Software glitch slowed vote tally in Sarasota (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, August 28, 2008 A software glitch in the county's new $3 million voting system slowed the vote tally and left elections officials adding votes with pencils and paper as they pushed to meet a state elections reporting deadline late Tuesday. |
Firm Accepts Blame For Hillsborough Election Glitch (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, August 28, 2008 TAMPA - The fallout from the delays in posting primary election results continued Wednesday, with the voting machine manufacturer calling a news conference to accept responsibility for the glitch and to offer assurances that the $6 million system will work correctly in November's general election. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 27, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Touch-screen machine glitch crops up again, and slows vote count tonight (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 A glitch with touch-screen voting machines in about 50 precincts has slowed election returns tonight, leaving the county with only about 58 percent of precincts for more than hour. The results are now almost all in after a lengthy delay. |
Hillsborough Election Equipment's Maker To Explain Problems (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 TAMPA - The makers of the election equipment used in Tuesday's primary in Hillsborough County are holding a new conference this afternoon to explain the problems with posting results. |
Computer glitch delays vote count in Sarasota County (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 A glitch with the optical scanning machines used Tuesday night had the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections busy Wednesday. When workers tried to count absentee ballots on election night, the optical scan machines would not communicate with the server. So more than 10,000 absentee ballots had to be hand-counted one-by-one starting Wednesday morning, and they're still counting them late Wednesday. |
Voter turnout worst in 10 years (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 An hour after the polls closed in Hillsborough, Johnson told reporters that his vote counting system had developed a computer problem that was preventing it from posting the tallies electronically — and he blamed Premier Voting Solutions. "I haven't been able to get a straight answer from Premier, but I will by the end of the night," he said. "I expect them to fix this issue. We've paid a lot of money. My staff has done a great job.' |
Johnson on defensive after slow election (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Johnson insisted Wednesday it was a near-flawless election, but you could clearly see the stress building Tuesday night after brand new optical scan voting machines proved by the Premier company counted all the votes just fine, but refused to post returns to the supervisor of elections web site. |
Vendor blamed for optical scan problems (FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Results from yesterday’s primary in Hillsborough County were slow to be released. Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson blames a software issue with the new optical scan machines manufactured by Premier Election Solutions. Johnson is not the only one critical of the Premier machines. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, the Director of Government Affairs for Premier Kathy Rogers said her company did not provide adequate documentation for their GEMS software to Hillsborough County to avoid the problem. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 26, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Tuesday, August 26, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Number of Northport voters turned away due to coding glitch (AL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 26, 2008 A number of Northport voters were turned away from the polls because their names were left off the master lists at their polling places. A coding glitch by the Board of Registrars caused some voters to be left off the master list at their polling locations, said City Clerk Rosemary Nichols. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 24 and 25, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Monday, August 25, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Recount set in Plymouth Township clerk's race (MI) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, August 25, 2008 Representatives of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers will be in Plymouth Township Tuesday, Sept. 9, to conduct a manual recount in the clerk’s race between deputy clerk Joe Bridgman and political newcomer Mary Ann Prchlik. The recount starts at 8:30 a.m.; the certification meeting is set for 2 p.m. |
Few glitches during primary elections, review reveals Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, August 24, 2008 In one case, election judges mistakenly put an electronic voting machine into "test mode," which prevented it from tabulating the ballots voters cast. Election officials noticed the problem at the end of the day when they received blank memory cards that were supposed to have recorded the votes. They corrected the problem by finding the paper printout the machine makes to create a physical record of each vote, Balink said. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 23, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Saturday, August 23, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Sec. of State releases summary of May 20 election foul-up (AR) Story Here |
| Published:Saturday, August 23, 2008 Faulkner County Justice of the Peace Jimmy Bryant requested some weeks ago that Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels seek more information concerning the problematic May 20 election. He found his request had been granted Friday evening when he found a summary of what went wrong on election night among his mail. According to a summary of the election night foul-up signed by deputy secretary of state Janet Harris and dated Aug. 12, election commissioners received an error message that something was amiss on election night but failed to heed the warning. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 22, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Friday, August 22, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
'Daily Voting News' For August 21, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Thursday, August 21, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Is New Mexico ready for Election Day? County clerks say "disturbing' flaws in voting system threaten Election Day disaster Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, August 21, 2008 New Mexico, a battleground state already known for problem-plagued elections, may not be ready for this year's grandaddy of electoral contests. |
'Daily Voting News' For August 20, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Wednesday, August 20, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
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