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Glitch to keep polls open until 9 p.m.

1 in 5 paper-ballot machines malfunction, causing delays.

Nov 07, 2006 14:31 EST

By Jane Holahan, Anya Litvak And Ryan Robinson

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QUOTE(Bear Claws @ Nov 7 2006, 02:23 PM)

Ohmigawd, George Bush and Dick Cheney have hacked all the electronic voting machines! But don't worry: algore, Jesse Jackson and John Conyers are on the case, and will quicky determine that it's another Republican effort to steal the election.

Go ahead and vote for Bush and Cheney, if you want. Feel free to eat a Santorum brownie after dinner tonight, too.

owl

I went in to vote this morning and was told the escan was stuck in test mode. I left there trusting my vote would be scanned and counted after the problem was resolved. But there's just this little part of me that wonders......
JRM

jrmwarfare

Our votes are now a meaningless jokes.

Election, HA!! Slection will be the rule of the day!!

It's over gang, this Constitutional Republic is now Dictatorship!!

The Constitution and Bill of Rights just had the last stake driven through the heart. We've been taken and sold out as we watched!

The old machines worked just fine. As the saying goes ... "If it's not broke, don't fix it"! Well the fix is on!!

Robotspyder

QUOTE(Frank Speech @ Nov 7 2006, 11:12 AM)

What the he11 was wrong with the old style machines? People have been voting with them for the last 80 years with few problems. This is another case of "progress."

QUOTE(Tom Watson @ Nov 7 2006, 01:41 PM)

I totally agree.

Agreed. Technology does NOT always equal "progress".

Artie See

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Another voter at the site did not insert her ballot correctly, and so she had a problem, Turner said.

This morning in West Donegal Twp an election worker was inserting the paper ballots into the eScan scanner for each voter while they watched and verified that their ballot was accepted.

Lines were long, but did not appear to be the fault of machines or election workers, just a heavy turn-out.

aude_sapere

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