This is it. The day we have been waiting for. Problems began first thing this morning with machine failures in New Jersey. There were also reports of memory cards failing on AVS Winvote machines in Fairfax Co Virginia. The wet weather in some states has caused problems with paper ballots that have swollen enough to not work in optical scan machines. The ballots are being put in ballot boxes until they dry enough to be run. Voting machines in 8 Philadelphia precincts have failed and emergency paper ballots are being passed out.
Voting machines supplied for voters with disabilities have been removed from use by order of a court. The counties Hart Intercivic eSlates failed to register straight-party votes properly. National: Election Night (Popcorn Included) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/politics/04guide.html?hp National: E-Voting machines fail Michigan tests and others can be mis-calibrated http://www.inquisitr.com/7226/e-voting-machines-fail-michigan-tests-and-others-can-mis-calibrated/ National: E-Voting's Biggest Test In Several Key States, Electronic Voting Machines Have Already Flipped Votes From One Candidate to Another http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6173566&page=1 National: Nov. 4, 2008: What could possibly go wrong? http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/04/Nov_4_2008_What_could_possibly_go_wrong_1.html National: Voting machine problems reported on East Coast, in Midwest http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-votingproblems5-2008nov05,0,2933241.story National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states Issues arose in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118983&intsrc=hm_ts_head National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/57215/problems-e-voting-reported-early-battleground-states AZ: Pima County - County challenged over vote-counting for disabled Center: Pima can't count votes by disabled last http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/101570.php CO: Boulder County - 'Paper dust' could create Election Day hassle Election workers inspect ballots to guard against inaccurate results http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/nov/03/paper-dust-could-create-election-day-hassle/ FL: Palm Beach County - Ballot Crease-Vote Counting Controversy Grows http://www.cbs12.com/news/vote_4710522___article.html/absentee_ballot.html FL: Palm Beach County - Board rejects crease request http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/11/03/a11a_crease_1104.html KY: Kenton County - Kenton halts handicapped accessible voting http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081104/NEWS0103/310310111 KY: Kenton County - Kenton County Problem with Electronic Voting Machine http://www.local12.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4b94ae47-b1f3-41a7-8612-34f208f02d29 LA: Voting Rights Watch: Louisiana Democrats question massive voter purge http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-louisiana-democrats.asp NJ: Voting-machine malfunctions crop up at some polling places http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/votingmachine_malfunctions_cro.html NJ: Burlington County - Willingboro voting glitch fixed http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081104/NEWS01/81104010/1006 NV: Obama/DNC Incident Report Database Reveals Startling, Wide-Spread Voting Machine Problems Across Nevada During Early Voting http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6616 NY: New voting machine already has two votes http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20081104/NEWS01/81104009 OH: Ohio Election Day Watch Report: Further election problems in Ohio http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3265 OH: Franklin County - Voting machine complaints trickle in http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/a_woman_who_voted_at.shtml OH: Knox County - Obama, McCain missing from some ballots http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/obama_mccain_missing_from_some.shtml PA: Philadelphia - Some machine problems reported in Philly http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/voting-problems-reported-in-philly/ VA: Election monitors call for extension of VA voting hours http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Election_monitors_call_for_extension_of_1104.html VA: Fairfax County - VA/Fairfax County Machine Problems http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/vafairfax-county-machine-problems/ **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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