Texans say voting machines changing straight-ticket choices

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By WILL WEISSERT today

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O’Rourke.

The secretary of state’s office said Friday that there have been reported issues with Hart eSlate voting machines, which are used in around 30 percent of counties statewide and feature a wheel for selecting candidates and buttons to move from screen to screen. But it says they are caused by voters themselves and often occur when they complete and submit ballots too quickly.

“The Hart eSlate machines are not malfunctioning, the problems being reported are a result of user error — usually voters hitting a button or using the selection wheel before the screen is finished rendering,” said Sam Taylor, spokesman for the office of Secretary of State Rolando Pablos, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

https://apnews.com/a8825810d10441f2ad828e95d6851d55

[defacto7]

1. Oh, so that's why they flip from Democrat to Republican.

BTW, they just described machine error not human error.

[irresistable]

4. I hate those machines....you have to be so careful.

I never vote straight ticket, though....I always go through each race individually. Even then, it is so easy to toggle the vote back and forth. It is definitely not an intuitive design.

[msongs]

2. if the voter can "cause" this then are are defective for allowing such things to happen and

should be designed so voters cannot do those things. doh!

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. Paper ballots counted by computer and 100% audited by hand

The totals should match, computer count versus hand count

[Susan Calvin]

5. Yep. nt