USA Today: Ballots too big in at least 25 Illinois counties

CHICAGO (WTW) — Nearly a quarter of Illinois' 102 counties grappled Tuesday with primary ballots too large to fit into scanning machines — a glitch affecting hundreds, if not thousands of ballots that was expected to slow vote counting in some areas.

The problem apparently did not originate directly with two companies supplying the voting systems but with a graphics company that printed the ballots, said Rupert Borgsmiller of the Illinois State Board of Elections. Borgsmiller said he did not know how many ballots were affected, but with the problem affecting 25 counties plus the city of Aurora, he said.

One of the two companies, Lisle-based Governmental Business Systems, said it scrambled to help fix the problem, which in some cases meant trimming the ballots down to the proper size.

"They were printed elsewhere, but we are accountable," said Chris Riggall, of Governmental Business Systems, which was responsible for voting systems in nine counties.

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Prediction ... Romney will win big in Illinois.

Conspiracy .... the fix is in for Romney

???? ...... Now they didn't know that the ballots to be read didn't fit the scanning machines until tonight?


This fall whenever and where ever you can vote on paper .... either early or on a paper ballot @ you precinct.