Deep South States have major touch screen switching, machine problems, many unable to vote, suppres

[philb]

suppression of minory voters and voter purges, ID problems, long lines, really problematic elections


Texas (Touch Screen Switching in several counties, Disappearing votes, machine problems, long lines, shortage of backup paper ballots, purges and registration problems for minorities, malfeasance)

www.flcv.com/Texas6.html

Three counties in Texas report vote-flipping on the Diebold and ES&S machines
El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez said 16 people complained Friday that a vote cast on their touch-screen ballot was the wrong vote when they reviewed their ballots." http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6719 , http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6721
www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=26

Tarrant County. Tx, Vote-switching in Governor race from Dem to Repub
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6815

Collin County - near Dallas. Vote-switching to Republicans. Diebold touch screens switch votes from Libertarian to Republican, and from Democrat to Republican. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6709

Jefferson County. Widespread Vote-switching from Democrat to Republican on the ES&S iVotronic screen. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6691

Tarrant County. Vote-switching. Some voters said they selected gubernatorial candidate Democrat Bell and the eSlate machine switched their vote to Republican Perry. The eSlate is not a touch screen machine. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6815

Travis County (Austin). Hart InterCivic eSlate chops off the last part of candidate names on the review screen. This is the same problem that occurred on the machines in Virginia. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6677

Hidalgo County. Tx, ES&S-programmer error compiled votes for U.S. House race incorrectly.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6795

Smith County. Tx, The county's central tabulating computer failed on election night. www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17488980&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=227937&rfi=6

Williamson County. Tx, ES&S iVotronic computer software counted each electronic vote three times, making the initial reported vote total about 6,500 more than the actual total. Most of the votes in the county were cast on paper ballots. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6874
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6880

Nacogdoches County. Tx, Eight eSlate electronic voting machines malfunctioned on election day. One broke down while a voter was using it. Vendor technicians were called to fix it. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6855

Bexar County (San Antonio). Some ES&S iVotronic machines failed to work, and paper ballots weren't available. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6818

Falls County. A shortage of paper ballots forced many voters to use the eSlate e-voting machines instead, causing long lines and long waits. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6796

Tom Green County. There was a shortage of ballots because of the high number of voters who chose paper ballots. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6821

Williamson County. ES&S iVotronic failed pre-election testing when straight party selections did not record a vote for Precinct 3 Commissioner. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6722


El Paso County, Texas,
Problem logs requested by KTSM newschannel 9 show that, in the presence of an election judge, "a janitor in precinct 108 removed tamper seals and opened some voting machines." http://www.ktsm.com/news/local/4726001.html

[texpatriot2004]

1. I saw that in Texas nm

[philb]

2. Arkansas- real mess- TSS in several counties, machine and compiler malfunctions, long lines, etc.

Arkansas (Touch screen switching in several counties, major machine malfunctions in several counties, insufficient backup systems, long lines, many unable to vote, glitches and compiler problems, etc.)
www.flcv.com/Arkansa6.html

Touch Screen Switching
Cleburne County. Ark, Vote-switching on DREs. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6910
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/11/its_charlies_fault.aspx

Sharp County. Arkansas, Votes tabulated on the ES&S software showed up multiple times
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6809

Benton County.Arkansas, Computer error with ES&S iVotronics affects several races; Two electronic files containing ballots were found uncounted in a bag. Including them in the count changed the Lowell city clerk race into a tie.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6820 ; http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6869 http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=96136.18745.108277
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6888

Crawford County. Ark, ES&S provided the ballot printer with the wrong format, and the software provided by ES&S for the scanners wouldn't read the ballots, which had to be counted by hand.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6859 ; http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6870
Some votes not included in totals, http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6859

Poinsett County. Ark, Candidate for mayor of Waldenburg voted for himself on the iVotronic, but the tally shows he received no votes. Eight or nine other people said they also voted for him.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6852 ; http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6901

Carroll County. Officials had trouble merging totals from early voting, absentee ballots, and election day. ES&S technician didn't know how to help them. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6840

Faulkner County. Ark, early vote totals were added twice to the totals. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6830

Clark County. Unity software compiling results from the ES&S iVotronics added in the test ballots.
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6786

Lawrence County. Undefined problems with the ES&S iVotronics forced some voters to use paper ballots. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6819

Garland County. Undefined problems with ES&S iVotronics and optical scanners.
Ballot programming error on the ES&S Personal Electronic Ballot (PEB) which brings up a voter's ballot on the iVotronic. "When we got to the point of trying to do our three amendments, everything just scrambled," said Garland County Election Commissioner Charles Tapp. A similar problem occurred in Sebastian County. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6697
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6759

[philb]

3. Kentucky- another huge mess- switching, disappearing votes, malfunctions, compiler problems, etc.

Kentucky (Switching, Disappearing votes, widespread machine malfunctions, insufficient backups, compilation problems, long lines, many unable to vote, minority purges and registration problems, ID problems, intimidation)
www.flcv.com/Kentuck6.html


Kentucky: Scott, Woodford, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Daviess, Grant and Nelson Counties. Trouble combining totals from the old Danaher 1242 machines and the new Hart InterCivic eSlate machines caused problems and long hours for officials. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6804

Calloway County. Vote-switching on the review screen of the Hart InterCivic eSlate. Straight-ticket Democratic votes were switched to Republicans in all the contested races. http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=26

Kentucky House Speaker Jody Richards yesterday called the new electronic voting machines "horrible." & Vote-switching on the Hart InterCivic eSlate e-voting machine
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6812
Calloway County, Kentucky, A professor at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky (Calloway County) used the eSlate in early voting and reports that his Democratic straight-party votes were switched to the Republican party in contested races: www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=26
Kentucky: Bell, Bullitt, Breckinridge, Henry, LaRue, Livingston, Marion, Pulaski, Union, Warren, Wayne, Webster and Woodford Counties. Scanners used to read absentee ballots weren't working properly. Hart Intercivic, http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6804

[philb]

4. Tennessee- TSS, major machine problems, long lines, thousands unable to vote, etc.

Tennessee (Touch screen vote switching, machine problems, machine distribution problems, long lines, voter purges and registration manipulation, malfeasance, minority voter suppression, ID problems, etc., thousands unable to vote)

www.flcv.com/tenness6.html

Touch Screen Switching
1924 Polling Place Problem Shelby Tennessee Wells Station Elementary School voter cast votes - on last screen none were recorded - went back and then was able to vote properly - thinks that some voters would not notice
Williamson County. Tn, Only two ES&S iVotronic touch screens working, long lines
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6763

Hawkins County. Tennessee, ES&S iVotronic touch screens didn't work. Most of the voting machines were down until noon http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6763

Shelby County. Tennessee, Several electronic voting cards, used to cast ballots on Diebold touch screens, are missing from a polling place in Memphis, according to the Tennessee Republican Party. "Once cast, an illegal vote made with the reprogrammed Smartcard would be indistinguishable from a legally cast vote," Davis wrote. http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local/article/0,2845,MCA_25340_5115699,00.html

[philb]

5. Mississippi - TSS in several counties, machines malfunction, long lines, no backups, many can't vote

Mississippi (Touch Screen Switching in several counties, machines malfunctioned, long lines, insufficient backup systems, many unable to vote)

www.flcv.com/Mississ6.html

2087 Polling Place Problem Neshoba Mississippi No The machine was pre-set (lights were lit) to vote for the republican ticket. He had to unclick the Republican ticket and then click the Democratic ticket.
Hinds County (Jackson). Ms, many of WINVote touch-screen machines malfunction
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6769

Hinds County (Jackson). E-ballots offer the wrong candidate for House of Representatives, omit school board contest. Officials say the wrong WINVote "location card" was used. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6761

Hinds County (Jackson). At Margaret Sherry Library on Popps Ferry Road, three of seven WINVote touch-screen machines were working while at D'Iberville Community Center, just four of 13 were working. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6769

Hancock County. Ms ,Diebold TSx voting machines aren't working throughout the county. “Huge mess”. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6762

Harrison County. Diebold touch screens break down, screens freeze, printers malfunction. Many of the 66 machines had to be replaced during the election. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6760

[philb]

6. Georgia- TSS, disappearing votes, machine malfunctions, minority voter purges, suppression,etc.

Georgia(Touch Screen Switching, Disappearing Votes in several counties, machine malfunctions, long lines, widespread purges of minority voters, minority voter suppression, requiring more ID for some than others and more than rule requires)


2034 Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia Woodbridge School Had to try several times to get proper candidate selected. Others were having same problem. Concerned that ballot wasn't cast properly. Poll workers knew about the problem.

2038 Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia McNair MS Voter stated the ballot screen disappeared prior to casting her ballot. She said at least one other voter had the same problem. Voting precinct MP--McNair MS, Dekalb Cty

4647 Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia Hightown School While reading the last ballot measure, machine switched to summary page. She got it to return to previous screen and was able to vote for the ballot measure.

While on the summary screen, the screen went blank. Poll worker said she must have pressed the green vote button, but she is sure she did not. She is concerned whether her vote counted.

4014 Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia Cedar Grove United Methodist Church he followed instructions on computer, but it wouldn’t let him review his ballot before casting. He called the poll worker, who was unhelpful and told him he must have done something wrong. He doesn't know if his ballot was cast.

1874 Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia Flat Shoals Elementary School Voter wanted to vote for Mark Taylor but machine kept showing Sonny Perdue. Voter did not talk to election official about the problem, but after many tries it finally worked right
6004 Voter Intimidation Problem Polling Place Problem De Kalb Georgia Medlock Elementary No Diebold Machines - 2 or 3 (Rep., Dem., Ind.). Touch and other name disappears but wrong names jumped. Republicans came up when he touched Democrat.

5894 Voter Intimidation Problem Polling Place Problem Burke Georgia Office Park Yes Caller was voting & apparently chose Max Burns accidentally(intended to vote for Barnes). When she saw she had selected the wrong choice on the screen she asked the poll worker to help her change her vote. The poll worker did not come over but rather yelled instructions from her desk across the room & told her to just keep hitting next: Caller _____ saying she didn't want to hit next, she wanted to change her selection. Poll worker said 'no you just need to keep hitting next & that'sll take care of it." The poll worker came over a minute later & asked if everything was alright & caller said "no" she wanted to change her selection & the poll worker informed her that she should just keep hitting next and that would take care of it. Caller has already placed her vote &lost it

Bibb County, Switching on Diebold machines. Malfunctioning Diebold machine taken out of service, put back into use when lines get long. Voters were told to be careful selecting their candidates and to review their ballots. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6827
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6827

DeKalb, Fulton, and Cobb Counties. Vote-switching on the Diebold touch screen machines. By mid afternoon, 30-40 voters reported that votes for Democrats are switched to Republicans on the screen. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6826

DeKalb County. Diebold touch screen machines broke down causing long lines and dozens of voters leaving without voting. A judge ordered voting hours extended at one polling place. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6826

Bibb County. Problems reading memory cards. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6827

Jackson County. Long lines in Randolph precinct kept the polling place open two hours past closing time. http://www.mainstreetnews.com/2006/November/J1108A.html

Effingham County. Undefined Diebold voting machine problems. And, a computer malfunction prevented transmission of the results from nine precincts. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6831 , http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=6835

Clayton County. Diebold touch screen problems caused delays. Polling places stayed open late.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/15953232.htm

[philb]

8. But it was similar all over U.S.- really messy election in many areas of most states-summary

www.flcv.com/eirstss6.html
www.flcv.com/eirsppp6.html
www.flcv.com/eirsoth6.html
www.flcv.com/eirsdt6.html




ps: southern states are not unwinable for Dems, things are closer than some realise if there were real elections

[buddysmellgood]

7. Shhh. Just a glitch, a snafoo, an expected and reasonable gremlin.

Go back to sleeeeep.

[philb]

9. North Carolina & South Carolina- switching, disappearing votes, glitches, long lines, suppression,

North Carolina (Touch Screen switching, machines malfunctioned, polls late opening, long lines, many unable to vote, Voter Purges/Late Poll Changes w/o notification/receiving misinformation from officials, registration problems)

www.flcv.com/NCaroli6.html


South Carolina (Touch Screen Switching, Disappearing Votes, Machine malfunctions, Long lines, many unable to vote, major minority voter suppression, widespread voter purges, late poll changes without notification, registration problems, absentee ballot problems, disability access problems, etc.)

www.flcv.com/SCaroli6.html



There seems to be a correlation between irregularities and competitiveness of the state or race.
The closer and more competitive, the more irregularities reported.