Voters told to return later in Alabama - All but one promised to do
so. Some problems were reported at the polls in Lee County early
Tuesday morning. Voters were told they couldn't enter the Loachapoka
precinct because of problems with the machines. Lee County Probate
Judge Bill English said there was a mix up with voting machines
between the Loachapoka polling place and Farmville. But it was all
straightened out about an hour later. We're told all of the voters
except one made plans to return later.
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Voting machines stolen in Alabama: Voting was delayed at Mount Andrew
after two voting machines were reportedly stolen...Williams added they
have no leads on who might have stolen the machines.
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Voting machines down 5 hours in 2 Mississippi counties
Blount said all voters in the two counties cast their votes on paper
ballots while the machines were down.
While the new machines had their most serious trials in Leflore and
Jackson, other problems ? ranging from computer problems to human
failings ? are being reported across the state.
Blount said problems with the new system are to be expected.
Hancock County Democratic Party chairman Chuck Tolar said a printer
error has shut down many of the machines across the county.
?At least one machine per precinct is up and going,? he said. Tolar
said he is unimpressed so far with the Diebold machines.
?If you ask me these machines are kind of fragile,? he said.
...Voting was delayed across Madison County when poll workers found
they had not been given the keys to unlock the Diebold machines.
?The keys were not in the little bag with everything else that we were
supposed to have,? Madison County Democratic chairman Rob Martin said.
?If you don?t have the keys, you can?t use the machines.?
[Well, the keys we saw in Emery County Utah were all the same and of a
generic variety you can buy at the local hardware store. Perhaps they
should add that to the pollworker's manual just in case of emergency.]
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Rock slides threaten voting machine power in California Crews
relocated power lines threatened by a huge rock slide near Yosemite
National Park, creating a slight snafu in today's election. Mariposa
County elections officials kept the polls open downstairs at the
school, but the voting machines only had limited power and one backup
battery. Officials kept paper ballots on hand in case the machines
went dark.
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so. Some problems were reported at the polls in Lee County early
Tuesday morning. Voters were told they couldn't enter the Loachapoka
precinct because of problems with the machines. Lee County Probate
Judge Bill English said there was a mix up with voting machines
between the Loachapoka polling place and Farmville. But it was all
straightened out about an hour later. We're told all of the voters
except one made plans to return later.
* * * * *
Voting machines stolen in Alabama: Voting was delayed at Mount Andrew
after two voting machines were reportedly stolen...Williams added they
have no leads on who might have stolen the machines.
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Blount said all voters in the two counties cast their votes on paper
ballots while the machines were down.
While the new machines had their most serious trials in Leflore and
Jackson, other problems ? ranging from computer problems to human
failings ? are being reported across the state.
Blount said problems with the new system are to be expected.
Hancock County Democratic Party chairman Chuck Tolar said a printer
error has shut down many of the machines across the county.
?At least one machine per precinct is up and going,? he said. Tolar
said he is unimpressed so far with the Diebold machines.
?If you ask me these machines are kind of fragile,? he said.
...Voting was delayed across Madison County when poll workers found
they had not been given the keys to unlock the Diebold machines.
?The keys were not in the little bag with everything else that we were
supposed to have,? Madison County Democratic chairman Rob Martin said.
?If you don?t have the keys, you can?t use the machines.?
[Well, the keys we saw in Emery County Utah were all the same and of a
generic variety you can buy at the local hardware store. Perhaps they
should add that to the pollworker's manual just in case of emergency.]
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Rock slides threaten voting machine power in California Crews
relocated power lines threatened by a huge rock slide near Yosemite
National Park, creating a slight snafu in today's election. Mariposa
County elections officials kept the polls open downstairs at the
school, but the voting machines only had limited power and one backup
battery. Officials kept paper ballots on hand in case the machines
went dark.
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