Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names

[rpannier]

U.S. Senate candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville because of a computer glitch that also affects other candidates with long names, city officials said yesterday.

Although the problem creates some voter confusion, it will not cause votes to be cast incorrectly, election officials emphasized. The error shows up only on the summary page, where voters are asked to review their selections before hitting the button to cast their votes. Webb's full name appears on the page where voters choose for whom to vote.

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Jean Jensen, secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections, who said yesterday she only recently became aware of the problem, pledged to have it fixed by the 2007 statewide elections.

"You better believe it," Jensen said. "If I have to personally get on a plane and bring Hart InterCivic people here myself, it'll be corrected."

link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301178_pf.html

on note:
Jean Jensen should be fired if she's not an elected official. If she is she should be recalled and kicked out of office. Promising to have the 'problems' fixed by 2007 is not acceptable.
This is the problem with those damned computerized machines.
It noted that the machine cut off the last name of an independent candidate.

[Nitrogenica]

1. LOLOLS... 2007

Is her name Jean "jean" j.

What if her name looked like that on a ballot?

The IQ of some is very very low.

Just sayin'

[dsc]

2. James Webb is a long name?

That is nine letters. William Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Jimmy Carter Richard Nixon all longer. Gerald Ford. Dwight Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. John Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson. I literally can't think of a President with a shorter name than Webb's. If his name is long, then just what is a short name>

[inamatteroftime]

3. CALL TO ACTION

VIRGINIA SENATE RACE - JAMES WEBB'S LAST NAME IS LEFT OFF THE BALLOT:
A DEMOCRATIC CALL TO ACTION!


It is an easy and simple two step process:


1. Email or call the Virginia State Board of Elections to complain, NOW!

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Voter_Grievance_P...

Contact the Virginia State Board of Elections at 1-800-552-9745, or via email at:

[e-mail]


2. http://www.participate.net/reportitnow/contactthemedia...

REPORT IT NOW! Complain to ALL media outlets in your area regardless of where you live! Follow the simple and easy instructions below:

a. Click on the above link under #2.

b. Type in your zip code
c. Check off five (5) boxes at a time to send to specific media outlets(TV, Newspaper, Radio). You can only send 5 messages at a time. IMPORTANT! BE SURE TO SEND COMPLAINTS TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS BY REPEATING THIS METHOD UNTIL ALL MEDIA OUTLETS ARE CONTACTED IN THE LIST FOR THE ZIP-CODE THAT YOU TYPED IN!

d. Scroll down to where it reads, "Editable text."

e. "Highlight and delete" the default message in the Editable text field.

f. Fill in your complaint about Jim Webb's last name being deleted on the Virginia Senatorial ballot.

g. Fill out your contact information.

h. When you are done, scroll down and click on the blue "Send Message" button.

i. After you are finished e-mailing your local media, type in the zip codes for "Virginia media outlets", and repeat the whole process over again for the following VIRGINIA & WASHINGTON D.C. zip codes:

1. Richmond: 23219
2. Virginia Beach: 23462
3. Herndon: 20170
4. Roanoke: 24018
5. Abingdon: 24210
6. Alexandria: 22302
7. Washington D.C.: 20510

COPY AND PASTE THIS DEMOCRATIC CALL TO ACTION TO A-L-L THE BLOGS THAT YOU POST TO! There can be NO excuse for Jim Webb's name being left off the Virginia state ballot for this very tight race. We as Democrats cannot stand idly by why this kind of chicanery is going on.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

[rucky]

4. My plumber told me the same thing about my downstairs toilet. n/t

[Generic Brad]

5. Let me guess

Only Independents and Democrats are getting their names cut off nationwide. I have not heard of one example of this happening to a Republican. I smell a rat.