http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100914/NEWS01/9130327/1006/news01/Voting-machine-problems-reported-at-the-polls Dutchess County election officials dispatched technicians to two polling sites to address problems with new voting machines, Commissioner Fran Knapp said this afternoon.
The glitch, caused by faulty memory cards, has been fixed at the Violet Avenue Elementary School site, and technicians were working on a similar problem at Hyde Park Town Hall, Knapp said.
NY: Board Of Elections: New York, We Have A Problemhttp://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/09/board-of-elections-new-york-we.html
Having become aware of voting problems through media reports, direct complaints (and a major trashing by Mayor Bloomberg), the NYC Board of Elections has issued this statement:
NY: New Machines Prove Tricky...for Election Workers*
http://syosset.patch.com/articles/new-machines-prove-trickyfor-election-workers
Board of Elections employees figure out problem at Berry Hill Elementary.
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officials from the Nassau County Board of Elections arrived and immediately deduced the problem: The two malfunctioning machines were clogged because the blue boxes under the machines that hold the backup paper ballots were closed. The machines were unlocked, the boxes were opened and everything returned to working order.
A Nassau Board of Elections worker said there had been intermittent human error around the countyat one polling station the blue box was off to the side and the ballots were falling right to the bottom of the machinebut there had been no actual machine malfunctions.
NY: New machines pose a few problems at the polls for some voters, county officials working to smooth out process* (with video)
http://saratogian.com/articles/2010/09/14/news/doc4c8fa6d39eb3b785622752.txt
When the polls opened at noon, inspectors at some polling places -- including at least two in Saratoga Springs -- were unable to get the scanner machines working. The commissioners said 40 technicians were working throughout the county and four were assigned just to Saratoga Springs.
NY: 3 voting machines repaired in NYC suburb *
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13149866
NEW YORK (AP) - Primary day started slowly in one New York suburb where 3 of 5 new electronic voting machines were out of service when polls opened.
Voters in several districts in Pelham were turned away or given emergency ballots because of a glitch in optical scan machines making their debut Tuesday. The machines were out of service about 2 1/2 hours.
NY: Are New York's Voting Machines Secure?
http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=198 With comments by Prof. Doug Jones, underneath three of the 8 pictures taken of unguarded voting machines that had been left in the
polling location since last Thursday through election day.
NY: Oneida County election totals still delayed
http://www.uticaod.com/elections/x1902481275/Oneida-County-election-totals-wont-be-available-until-at-least-Thursday Final tallies for several local primary races remained unavailable Wednesday in the wake of problems Tuesday night with a low percentage of votes being called in, Oneida County election officials said.
NY: Voting machine glitches haunt primary voting in Broome County*
click here machine+glitches+haunt+primary+voting+in+Broome+County http://tinyurl.com/2dm6wqp
Technical difficulties were reported at many of Broome County's 190 electronic voting machines during Tuesday's primaries, forcing voters to cast emergency ballots for a few hours until the issue was resolved.
Board of Elections Republican deputy commissioner Karen Davis said that about 11:15 a.m. -- 45 minutes before the polls opened -- election officials learned the magnetic security keys, or "I-buttons," needed to activate the voting machines weren't working.
OH: OHIO VOTER PROTECTION LAWS IN A NUTSHELL
http://www.advancementproject.org/sites/default/files/publications/01-Ohio-Nutshell-2010_1.pdf
Advancement Project's 2010 "Ohio Voter Protection Laws in a Nutshell" is now available. These publications are intended to distill complex election law for lawyers, advocates, voter registration campaigns, and "Get Out the Vote" campaigns.
OK: State Question 746 to bring voter ID issue to voters
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x788124978/State-Question-746-to-bring-voter-ID-issue-to-voters
SC: South Carolina Campaign Finance Law Struck Down
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/09/15/south-carolina-campaign-finance-law-struck-down/
On September 13, U.S. District Court Judge Terry L. Wooten, a Bush, Jr. appointee, struck down a South Carolina campaign finance law that requires all groups that spend as much as $500 to "influence the outcome" of an election for state office to register as a Political Committee.
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