http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/03/hennepin-county-election-day-problem/
(podcast available)
MN: Minnesota Majority poll watchers accuse themselves of voter fraud
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/11/minnesota_major_5.php
MO: Martin Challenges Election Results
http://www.kplr11.com/news/kplr-martin-challenges-election-results-110310,0,3851922.story
He lost by fewer than 5,000 votes and now Ed Martin, the republican candidate for the 3rd congressional district in Missouri wants an investigation into Tuesday's election.
His campaign has 3 concerns.
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They also want to know why the last votes that came in after midnight came in heavily for Carnahan.
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He also feels it was inappropriate for the chairman of the St. Louis Board of Elections to hire a firm that was hired by Carnahan during the campaign.
NC: Elections of judge, clerk create vacancies* (iVotronic vote flipping)
http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/issues-38323-site-polling.html
Alamance County Board of Elections Director Kathy Holland said a polling site at Haw River and another at the Burlington 4 precinct site experienced problems with iVotronic voting machines that needed to be recalibrated.
"We had two confirmed issues, but that's all," Holland said.
Holland said voters who attempted to cast their votes at these sites had their votes incorrectly recorded but the matters were resolved after the machines were recalibrated. These voters were able to vote again to ensure their ballots were accurately recorded.
NC: Election glitch still under investigation* (ES&S iVotronic w/RTAL)
http://www2.morganton.com/news/2010/nov/04/election-glitch-still-under-investigation-ar-510303/
Mace said three precincts were having problems closing out voting machines to get the results to the board of elections office. She said when poll workers tried to download results from their voting machines, the machines would freeze up and had to be rebooted. She likened it to a personal computer that sometimes freezes up and has to be rebooted.
NC: Election snafu taints local voting process*(Surrey Co paper voter roll wrong)
http://www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/10142355/article-Election-snafu-taints-local-voting-process?instance=secondary_opinion_left_column Yesterday voters were surprised, and understandably upset, to learn unless they were registered Democrats they were not on the rolls of registered voters.
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That this is the second major snafu to strike Surry County during the past two elections -- a year ago, Teresa Lewis was declared Mount Airy's new mayor, only to have that decision reversed in Deborah Cochran's favor when it was discovered some votes were added incorrectly
NC: Outcome in Court of Appeals race will wait
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/04/780603/winner-of-court-of-appeals-race.html
..counties won't begin tabulating the runoff results until Nov. 29.
NE: Printing error puts 455 ballots in limbo* (they will hand count them)
http://columbustelegram.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_e4fa3ca0-e720-11df-94d8-001cc4c002e0.html The ballots failed to go through the scanner because of a misalignment in the printing process.
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The problem is bad printing on the back side of some of the ballots printed by Election Systems & Software of Omaha."
Olmer said a voter would not see anything wrong with the ballots but to the equipment's electronic eye, the printing is so skewed it kicks the ballots out as unreadable.
NV: Angle Files Voter Intimidation Complaint with Justice Department
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/02/angle-files-voter-intimidation-complaint-with-justice-department/
NY: Genesee's voting machine problems remain a mystery*
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_f3ed0fd6-e7d3-11df-9f20-001cc4c03286.html
Genesee County election officials don't know what caused problems in closing down four electronic vote scanners at the Knights of Columbus polling place in Le Roy after Tuesday's election.
NY: How many Nassau ballots are left to count? No one knows
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/how-many-nassau-ballots-are-left-to-count-no-one-knows-1.2428462
PA: "Fat Fingers" Hamper E-Voters
http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/78867/fat-fingers-hamper-e-voting-in-pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, the big issue has been "vote flipping," says Pamela Smith, the president of Verified Voting. Vote flipping--a common problem with touch-screen voting machines--occurs when a voter touches the screen to vote for one candidate and the screen registers the other candidate instead.
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