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11. MI: New voting system won't be glitch-free

The Detroit News

Friday, August 04, 2006

Decision 2006
New voting system won't be glitch-free
John Wisely / The Detroit News

Election officials across Metro Detroit say all votes will be counted in Tuesday's primary -- despite new federally mandated voting machines, not because of them.
Prompted by the "hanging chad" fiasco of the 2000 general election, Congress required hardware changes. But among the problems local officials blame on the new voting equipment:
Ballot jamming.
Incorrect or incomplete computer programming that renders machines unusable.
Printer and display screen failures.
Misdirected write-in ballots.
Machines accepting multiple ballots but counting only one.
"It's a total mess," said Plymouth City Clerk Linda Langmesser. She had to reschedule a required public accuracy test after the equipment manufacturer, Election Systems and Software of Omaha, Neb., couldn't provide the proper computer programming in time.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060804/POLITICS01/608040336/1022/POLITICS

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