http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101102/ARTICLE/11021062/2055/NEWS?Title=At-least-one-vote-for-a-quiet-day-Kathy-Dent-s Sarasota County. On the last day of early voting Sunday, half the equipment went dark at a Venice polling place.
Election watchdogs flocked to the poll to see what went wrong, but the cause was determined to be a power outage caused by a small animal on a power line.
FL: #10969 Nov. 2 2010 / 3:17p.m. ET Brooklyn , Duval, FL
http://www.ourvotelive.org/report/10969 davisoperator 2010 General Election, Voting equipment problem: MLV called to report a broken voting machine. A technician already came out to inspect the machine and acknowledged it was broken, saying he would bring a new one - that was more than two hours ago.
GA: Voting Glitch Caused 20 Minute Delay* Video (epoll book prob)
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/25606978/detail.html
Some voters in NW Atlanta cast their ballots the old fashioned way on Tuesday. A computer glitch forced people to fill out provisional ballots at Bolton Academy on Adams Drive.
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The polling manager told CBS Atlanta News that the check in computers quit working around 9 in the morning and remained down for about 20 minutes. The glitch temporarily prevented some people from using the electronic voting machines.
http://www.ourvotelive.org/report/10084 gakoperator Precinct: RW21A, Polling Place: HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Followup needed 2010 General Election, Voting equipment problem: Voter reported diffuculty getting machine to properly record Gov vote. First polling machine. Reported to poll manager. Told to call Fulton Co registar; no answer
IA: UPDATE: Voters express passion over political ads, judicial retention
http://www.easterniowagovernment.com/2010/11/02/update-three-voting-machines-malfunction-in-linn-county/ Linn County..Miller said ballots had been rejected by some machines, including one at Taylor Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, and were going to be replaced. He said the memory card in the machine will remain the same, so no votes will need to be recounted.
IL: #10792 Nov. 2 2010 / 2:51p.m. ET Orland Park, Cook, IL
http://www.ourvotelive.org/report/10792
nykoperator Precinct: 10, Polling Place: Village of Palos Park Recreation Center 2010 General Election: Machine not taking votes, can't get ballot back. Receipt coming out of the machine says no votes recorded. reporeted it to the poll workers, who are not doing anything about it. This has been going on for a while. Would like a call back when the issue is resolved ..
IN: Voting Machine Glitch At Pine Valley* (straight ticket flipping)
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Voting-Machine-Glitch-At-Pine-Valley-106524763.html FORT WAYNE, Ind. He tells us he tried to vote "straight ticket" for the republicans. But when he reviewed his ballot, the machine had marked his votes for all Democrats. He called over an election judge, who re-set the machine, which then worked correctly.
KS: Kansas attorney general investigates election-related phone calls*
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/01/2379849/kansas-ag-probes-election-calls.html
Some Democrats have complained of receiving phone calls telling voters to go to the polls Nov. 3 -- although the election is Tuesday -- and giving false information about the documents voters need to cast a ballot. In Kansas, first-time voters need to only show ID.
KS: Dems decry bogus robocalls*
http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-11-01/dems_decry_bogus_robocalls
The calls tell people to take a voter registration card and proof of home ownership to election stations on Wednesday. The election is Tuesday, and the documentation addressed in the calls isn't required to vote
KY: Vote-buying alleged in four Kentucky counties* (vote buying, machine probs)
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/11/02/1506063/voting-going-smoothly-across-kentucky.html
The Kentucky election fraud hotline received 105 calls by 2:30 p.m. with complaints from at least 46 counties, including four allegations of vote-buying in Crittenden, Knott, Perry and Russell counties.
According to the Kentucky Attorney General's office, which administers the hotline, calls ran the gamut -- complaints about voting machines and election officials, electioneering, general election fraud, disrupting the polls and more.
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Fayette County. In one precinct, Meadowthorpe, both machines had to be replaced, so there was no voting for about 45 minutes.
"Everything was down at Meadowthorpe," Ware said.
Machines also had to be replaced at Sayre Village, Boone Station and Stone precincts, Ware said. Voting was delayed for about 30 minutes at Hollywood precinct early in the morning while machines were repaired.
And at least 25 precincts called for extra machines Tuesday because of long lines of voters.
MD: Voting Machine Glitch Worries GOP Candidate* (Diebold, vote flipping)
Board of Elections says issue is common, urges voters to double check their votes.
http://timonium.patch.com/articles/voting-machine-glitch-worries-gop-candidate
At least two voting machines at Pine Grove Middle School in Parkville had to be restarted after some voters had problems voting for Republican county executive candidate Ken Holt.
Joe Seehusen, a spokesman for Holt's campaign, said he received a complaint about a "voting irregularity" at Pine Grove Middle School Tuesday morning where a voter said he "pushed the button for Holt but got the write-in screen."
Seehusen also said that while he was present at the precinct two other voters reported that they had voted for Holt only to received an indication that their ballot was cast for Democrat Kevin Kamenetz. The voters caught the error and changed it before finalizing his ballot.
An elections judge at the precinct then cast his own vote and had a similar experience, Seehusen said.
The glitch resulted in at least two machines being shut down for a brief time.
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Katie Brown, county elections director, attributed the issue to a "calibration error."
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