Some votes miscounted in primary, officials say (Diebold Fails Again

Florida_Geek

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Some votes miscounted in primary, officials say (Diebold Fails Again

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040408-9999-1m8vote.html

By Luis Monteagudo Jr. and Helen Gao
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
April 8, 2004

County officials said yesterday they discovered a new problem with the flawed March election � 2,821 absentee ballots that were miscounted in the Democratic presidential and Senate Republican primaries.

The miscounted paper ballots did not affect the outcome of the races, and county officials have corrected the results.

The software glitch that caused the miscounts has raised new doubts among county officials about the $31 million electronic voting system used in the March primaries.

County Chief Administrative Officer Walt Ekard said his confidence in the system has been "dampened." Meanwhile, a state official raised the possibility for the first time that the system could be dropped for the November election.

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arcane1

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Thu Apr-08-04 04:59 PM
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1. absentee's, huh?

You mean like the kind of ballots that disgruntled soldiers in Iraq will be voting with?

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Florida_Geek

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:10 PM
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3. But that is the good feature of PAPER Ballots.

Had these been Touchscreen nobody would know that they were mis-counted.

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arcane1

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:11 PM
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4. out of sight out of mind

sadly :evilfrown:

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wryter2000

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:10 PM
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2. I don't understand

How are absentee ballots counted by Diebold? I voted absentee, and I filled out a paper ballot.

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Florida_Geek

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:11 PM
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5. Optical Scanner made by

Diebold and normally sold at the same time as their Touchscreens.

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wryter2000

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:47 PM
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7. Oh shoot

Is there no safe way to vote? At least they still had a piece of paper from me.

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Florida_Geek

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Thu Apr-08-04 06:10 PM
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9. Right but in that ONE county they WILL be auditing

their scanners from now on. Which is good.

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skooooo

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Thu Apr-08-04 05:42 PM
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6. How in the hell can we have a fair election...

...with this computer system?? Does anyone not think that the Republicans will find some way to cheat? It makes me wonder what the point of even voting is anymore.

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TroglodyteScholar

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Thu Apr-08-04 06:04 PM
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8. Want your vote to count?

Verified Voting

Black Box Voting

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