State Considers Decertifying Election Software

State Considers Decertifying Election Software

Thadeus Green The Times-Standard Feb 22 2009

After the disappearance of 197 votes in Humboldt County during the 2008 election due to a software programming error, California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, considers withdrawing the state's approval of the flawed software.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is considering withdrawing the state's approval of the flawed Premier Elections Solutions software that resulted in almost 200 ballots disappearing from Humboldt County's final November election results.

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Phantom Ballot Menace

Phantom Ballot Menace

Marty Levine Pittsburgh City Paper Feb 5 2009

Voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania say touch-screen voting machines used during November's election show more ballots than voters. 

Mac Booker's videocam moves in for what is arguably the world's least-dramatic closeup in a Youtube video.

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One Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins County

One Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins County

Liz Lawyer ithacajournal.com Nov 4 2008
Some voters had trouble voting with a Sequoia electronic voting machine at the polling place at Titus Towers on Plain Street today.

Shakedown afflicts machines for people with disabilities.
Some voters had trouble voting with a Sequoia electronic voting machine at the polling place at Titus Towers on Plain Street today.

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Technical Glitch Affects Machines in Clay County

Technical Glitch Affects Machines in Clay County

Keith Boles KAIT, Jonesboro, AR Nov 4 2008
RECTOR, AR (KAIT) - Nimmons and Rector voting machines were hit with minor technical problems this morning.

Some of the machines had not been zeroed out yet from when test runs were performed. The test, for accuracy, is called an "LNA" test.

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Computer glitch leaves Atlanta voters waiting

Computer glitch leaves Atlanta voters waiting

Marcus K. Garner The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Oct 31 2008

An Atlanta early voting center encountered a glitch that left hundreds of voters waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballots Thursday night.

An Atlanta early voting center encountered a glitch that left hundreds of voters waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballots Thursday night.
 

Adams County ‘quarantines’ machine that switched candidate’s vote

Adams County ‘quarantines’ machine that switched candidate’s vote

By Ernest Luning, The Colorado Independent

An electronic voting machine in Adams County repeatedly failed to accept a vote for a Democratic state Senate candidate — instead registering the vote for her Republican opponent.

An electronic voting machine in Adams County repeatedly failed to accept a vote for a Democratic state Senate candidate — instead registering the vote for her Republican opponent — at an early voting site last week and has been removed from service, the Aurora Sentinel reports Wednesday.

Voting machine complaints continue

Voting machine complaints continue

By Paul J. Nyden, The Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A few voters from different counties continue to experience problems with electronic machines during early voting.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A few voters from different counties continue to experience problems with electronic machines during early voting.

Eleven early voters from three counties - Jackson, Putnam and Berkeley - previously reported having problems with voting machines to the Charleston Gazette. At least five more voters in three other counties - Ohio, Monongalia and Greenbrier - recently reported similar problems.

Clerk says to double-check electronic ballots

Clerk says to double-check electronic ballots

 

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.

COALITION OF VOTERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT IN PENNSYLVANIA SEEKING EMERGENCY PAPER BALLOTS

Voter Action Press Release

COALITION OF VOTERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT IN PENNSYLVANIA SEEKING EMERGENCY PAPER BALLOTS

Oct 23 2008 | PLAINTIFFS CLAIM VOTING MACHINE BREAKDOWNS AND LONG LINES WILL DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS ‘A PERFECT STORM’ IMPACTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE PHILADELPHIA, PA – A coalition of Pennsylvania voters and civil rights groups, led by the NAACP State Conference of Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit today in federal court in Philadelphia seeking to ensure that voters receive emergency paper ballots on Election Day when 50% or more voting machines become inoperable at any polling site in the state. The lawsuit, filed against Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés, alleges that voters will be disenfranchised when they face the burden of having to wait hours in line, due to voting machine breakdowns, in order to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

“In Pennsylvania this year,” the complaint states, “an unprecedented interest in voting, a record number of newly registered voters, and a well-established history of widespread electronic voting machine failures have converged to create a perfect storm that, left unaddressed, unquestionably will result in the disenfranchisement of substantial numbers of citizens.”
 

More W.Va. voters say machines are switching votes

More W.Va. voters say machines are switching votes

By Paul Nyden, The Charleston Gazette

In six cases, Democratic votes flipped to GOP

WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week. This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, three voters in Jackson County told The Charleston Gazette their electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain".

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