A three-judge panel will determine whether Dallas County's electronic voting system violates federal law.
Federal court Judge Jorge A. Solis and two other judges will hear the case involving straight-party voting on Dallas County's electronic voting machines, Solis ruled last week.
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Two say machines tried changing their straight-party Democratic votes to straight Republican choices.
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.
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District 22 State Representative Joe Deshotel is asking voters to check their ballots after they have made their selection.
District 22 State Representative Joe Deshotel is asking voters to check their ballots after they have made their selection.
Rep. Deshotel tells KBMT 12 news he had an issue at the poll as he cast his ballot. Deshotel says he voted for each candidate individually and noticed that after he made his selection his vote for Barack Obama had changed to John McCain.
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By John Lowman, The Facts
ANGLETON — When Shelle Gaul checked her ballot after voting straight party, she noticed the person checked for president was not her choice.
ANGLETON — When Shelle Gaul checked her ballot after voting straight party, she noticed the person checked for president was not her choice.
Still using the electronic ballot, the Angleton resident scrolled back to the top of the ticket and corrected the error while voting at the Angleton location this week.
By Libby Cluett, Mineral Wells Index
Two say machines tried changing their straight-party Democratic votes to straight Republican choices.
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.
“When I cast an early vote [Wednesday] at Palo Pinto County Courthouse, my vote was switched from Democrat to Republican right in front of my face - twice!” reported Lona Jones, a Precinct 1 county resident.
By Beau Berman, CBS 7 News
Midland, Texas | Thousands of Midland County residents have cast their ballots in early voting but one woman's vote isn't going to count.
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.
When she went online to check for polling locations she typed in her information only to see that she was not recognized.
"It said I wasn't registered so the first thing I did was call the annex building and I said we have a problem here", said Kennedy.
By Alan Bernstein and Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle
Energized by disputes over a collapsing economy, foreign wars, a female vice-presidential hopeful and a historic first African-American presidential candidate, thousands of area voters trooped to the polls this morning for the first day of early balloting.
The result was part exercise in statesmanship, part circus. But it clearly seemed a day few of the participants would forget. As of 1 p.m., Harris County early voting totals had already surpassed the first-day total in 2004 of 20,868, according to the County Clerk's office.
Lines began forming long before the polls opened at 8 a.m., and tempers ran short at a few locations as glitches caused delays in the process.
Harris County election officials said the problems were not widespread and were being resolved.
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Mail-In Ballots Can Be Marked With Black Or Blue Pen, Pencil
SAN ANTONIO -- While early voting begins Monday, thousands of Bexar County residents can begin their voting as soon as they receive their mail-in ballot, although some are finding the ballots confusing.
Barbara Steele said she was very excited to learn she was eligible for a mail-in ballot, but she said she found the instructions confusing. One note -- No. 4 -- stated ballots should be completed using only the marker provided.
The problem? No marker or writing instrument was included with the ballot.
