quote: Programming errors and inexperience dealing with electronic voting machines frustrated poll workers in hundreds of precincts early Tuesday, delaying voters in Indiana, Ohio and Florida and leaving some with little choice but to use paper ballots instead.
In Cleveland, voters rolled their eyes as election workers fumbled with new touchscreen machines that they couldn't get to start properly until about 10 minutes after polls opened.
"We got five machines -- one of them's got to work," said Willette Scullank, a troubleshooter from the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, elections board.
In Indiana's Marion County, about 175 of 914 precincts turned to paper ballots because poll workers didn't know how to run the machines, said Marion County Clerk Doris Ann Sadler. She said it could take most of the day to fix all of the machine-related issues.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
GROAN.
Beware of hanging chads.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Chad, in this case, should be the name of the guy who sold them the machines.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
It seems that there's another thread on the elections. Perhaps someone (me) should put this there.