(see below)
(see below)
not
enough working machines, malfunctioning machines not recording everyones vote)
http://www.flcv.com/orangets.html
“write-in
vote” for Donna Frye for mayor. She got
the most votes but wasn’t named the winner. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3965
mandated by the Secretary of State. In one precinct
nearly half the ballots were provisional
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=11-16-04&storyID=20110
ballot option, poll workers did not offer it and
were resistant to providing it even to those who asked. http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3833
Only two of the 10 touchscreen counties,
can
vote on paper. Even though the voters are properly registered, three counties
absentee ballots, paper ballots requested by voters at
the polls, and provisional ballots
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/10106097.htm
Nearly two dozen polling places in
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3883
Voters report that they haven't received their absentee ballots
yet.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20041030-9999-2m30voting.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041012-9999-1m12absentee.html
Most absentee ballots had blacked-out portions on the back, the
result of elections officials trying to correct a mistake without reprinting
ballots http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3530
San Bernadino. Thousands of voters may
be forced to cast provisional ballots when they go to the polls because the
county registrar is overwhelmed with a flood of late registrations
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3507
http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=3430
Machine problems/polling place problems/misfeasance
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034208 |
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Late opening; Other polling place problem |
Pico Park Community Center, 9528 Beverly Blvd., Pico Rivera,
Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, California |
inkavote machine not working. Voter in front of her
found that machine did not register
votes on ballot. Knowing this, this voter punched hard 4 times on each
vote and got it to work. |
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019519 |
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Machine problem |
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The wrong ballot appeared
on the screen. Diebold machine was used. Voter
was also told by another voter that their voting machine at the same polling
place "froze" - but that it later "unfroze". |
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033995 |
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Registration-related problem; Machine problem |
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Voting station had wrong voter lists. Workers having them sign
in.(Not provisional ballots) Guy-in-charge (Tall african-american man) said to workers that they were not
allowed to use two out of seven polling boothes and
said (paraphrase)"When it gets busy encourage voters to vote only for
national elections." Seems to be a problem with machines/and voter
lists. |
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034208 |
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Late opening; Other polling place problem |
Pico Park Community Center, 9528 Beverly Blvd., Pico Rivera,
Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, California |
Chaos at the polling location. One table not open
and it is |
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035475 |
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Machine problem |
Whittaker and |
Voting machine skipped between 71 and 77 in between two voters. |
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036524 |
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Machine problem |
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Machine is misrecording votes, and precint worker says that's just how it is - doesn't give
new votes. Voters cannot line up the card correctly b/c does not fit right in
the machine. |
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037596 |
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Machine problem |
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No machines to vote. Making everyone vote by provisional ballot.
People left because they had to wait for so long. Also heard on KPFK about
the problem. |
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039103 |
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Machine problem |
eastwood elementary school, westminister,
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voting machines broke. paper
ballots improperly put into box under the table,WHERE
THEY COULD NOT BE SEEN. voter is very unsure whether
votes are secure. |
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049118 |
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Machine problem |
Whaley Middle School ( |
No voting machines at |
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049990 |
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Machine problem; Late opening; Other polling place problem |
10401 Gibson (Whaley Middle School), |
Polls did not open until |
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050238 |
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Machine problem |
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Says machine didn't work - punched holes with the ink system.
They never told her not to punch it through or that she did it wrong and just
took her ballot. |
|
050502 |
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Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem; Other polling
place problem |
1717 Grammercy |
parking lot closed by church administrator, no handicap parking
available, polling place not well lit...appears that the polling place is closed
from a car. Claims that access would be impossible in a wheelchair b/c of
buckled sidewalk. Did not feel safe getting to the polling place because of
the lack of light. This morning none of the machines were working. noticed
several people seeing the locked gate and are leaving. Poll place is open,
but it is not apparent. |
Registration Problems/Provisional ballot problems
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036211 |
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Registration-related problem misfeasance |
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Caller originally tried to register to vote over a year ago.
When she received her voter information she noticed that her name was mispelled. She sent in a corrected name form and sent it
to the registrar. When she moved in July she filed a change of address. In
October she called to make sure she was registered correctly and found they
had her incorrect name and wrong address. She tried using the secretary of
state website to register but when the information arrived in the mail it was
mangled and her personal information had been stolen. She also filled out a
registration form from the post office and mailed it towards the beginning of
October. She did finally receive a yellow voter registration card and a
sample ballot, however, when she went to vote they said her name was not on
the list and she was forced to use a provisional ballot. [P] |
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016309 |
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Registration-related problem |
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Caller originally called about her registrations status as the
local elections office informed her
that she is not registered. Someone from the hotline returned her call
and left a message for her suggesting she look for proof of registration. The
caller was following up re that message and informed me that she had located her receipt from when she
registered. She inquired what she now needed to do with the receipt. |
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049957 |
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Late opening |
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late opening and wrong procedure. Janitor apparently not
at site, so machines not set up, so btw |
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043373 |
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Other ballot-related problem |
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HIGHLY URGENT: REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: people at polling
place said they never received paper ballots, voter used touch screen machine
instead. Was offered paper provisional ballot. |
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051585 |
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Other ballot-related problem |
Firestation #2, corner of Kenry and |
requested a paper ballot instead of using the
touch screenm machine and was given a provisional
ballot. This is happenig a lot in this polling
place. On the envelope of the provisonal ballot,
there was a box saying he requested a paper ballot. |
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032974 |
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Machine problem |
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She is a volunteer attorney in the field and says that the |
|
034637 |
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Machine problem |
Fruitvale Presbyterian Church; |
Electronic voting machine malfunction reported. |
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035529 |
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Machine problem |
ROSE GARDEN INN, 2740 TELEGRAPH , |
CALLER TURNED IN ABSENTEE BALLOT, BUT THEN ASKED WORKERS ABOUT
MACHINE. WORKERS TOLD HER THAT THE MACHINES HAD TROUBLE STARTING |
|
035793 |
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Machine problem |
456 57th Street., |
the voters put the card in the machine, but the
card would pop out. When informed of the problem, the poll workers told them
to put the cards again. The voters put the cards back and it may / may not worked. At least 5 people involved. |
|
036888 |
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Machine problem |
5915 Sojourner Truth Manor Recreational Area, |
Caller and one other person in line did not want to vote using
the electronic machine and asked to vote on a paper ballot. She and this
other person were given a provisional ballot, not a normal paper ballot. [P] |
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037096 |
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Machine problem |
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Janet requested a paper ballot, as she is a computer programmer
and does not trust the machines. They gave her a provisional ballot, which
upset her. They then put it in a pink envelope and asked her to sign it with
her address. They had already verified her signature and ensured that she was
a registered voter, so she did not want to fill this information out, as the
ballot was then not a secret ballot. |
|
037571 |
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Provisional ballot problem |
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paper ballot given when machines broke. paper ballots put into "provisional ballot
envelopes." |
|
039163 |
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Machine problem |
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Electronic voting - a voter that she had been talking to on line
had a problem with the machines that he didn't want to report, so she decided
that she would report. While reviewing his votes, he discovered that the
votes were differently registered (for example, voted for one candidate - Kerry - for Pres. and the machine showed
that he had voted for a different person/ and votes on several different
propositions were different as well). She didn't get his name. She
decided to report this after thinking about it. |
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039232 |
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Machine problem |
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Discomfort with electronic machine. Requested a paper ballot.
Received a provisional ballot. Displeased with the fact that it was not
anonymous. |
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039792 |
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Machine problem |
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Inserted card into machine, entered all
votes, button appeared to scroll down to review votes, and machine turned
off. Diebold Machine, "Accuvote."
Notified poll workers--said the woman who knew what to do was getting coffee,
he waited, they decided he should vote again--turned on machine, completed
same process again, and same thing happened. At the same time, 2 more
machines went off. They started handing out provisional ballots. They let people
currently using machines complete voting, and are allowing people to use the
machines if they request, but are giving everyone else provisional ballots.
They had gotten a new stack of provisional ballots. |
|
043373 |
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Other ballot-related problem |
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HIGHLY URGENT: REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: people at polling
place said they never received paper ballots, voter used touch screen machine
instead. Was offered paper provisional ballot. |
|
044416 |
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Insufficient number of ballots; Other ballot-related problem |
Lakeside Park Garden Vista Room |
URGENT: REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: Voter wanted to vote by
paper ballot, was told could only vote with provisional paper ballot, said
they had no regular paper ballots, and had been instructed to offer
provisional ballots to anyone requesting a regular paper ballot. Voter
believes many registered voters are voting by provisional ballot thinking
they are voting by regular ballot. Mostly people who don't trust computer
ballot machines. |
|
044512 |
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Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem;
Other ballot-related problem |
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Voter's sample ballot materials indicated that voter would be
voting using optical scan paper ballots. When voter arrived at the polls, the
only types of ballots available were electronic voting machine ballots and
provisional ballots. The precint had no regular
paper ballots. Voter used a provisional paper ballot because he wanted a
written record of his vote. |
|
044873 |
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Provisional ballot problem; Other ballot-related problem |
Sojourner Truth Manor |
FOLLOW UP. Machine polling place. Poll workers are handing out
provisional ballots in lieu of paper ballots, and telling people who are
entitled to regular ballots that they need to vote provisional when they
don't. They should be given authentic paper ballots instead, and the election
officials say it's not their problem. The election officials refuse to ask
the polling site to guarantee paper ballots for those who request them. |
|
047458 |
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Provisional ballot problem |
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didn't want to vote on machines and only given provisional
ballot; concerned that his provisional ballot wouldn't be counted |
|
047501 |
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Provisional ballot problem |
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Poll staffers handing out provisional ballots to voters on the
rolls who do not want to use electronic machines, but not explaining nature
of provisional ballots or how to use them. |
|
047724 |
|
Machine problem |
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When caller was handed his smartcard for voting, one poll worker
had to remind another that the card had to be "deactivated" before
he could use it to vote. Although he was able to vote successfully, he was
concerned that other people might have NOT had their cards deactivated before
they used them. Does this have any effect? [Entered by Tara Wheatland] |
|
049957 |
|
Late opening |
|
late opening and wrong procedure. Janitor
apparently not at site, so machines not set up, so btw |
|
051264 |
|
Machine problem |
1499 |
Diebold touch-screen machines at
African-American precinct. Voter drove workers to polls this morning. NONE of
machines were working from |
Voter Intimidation
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038690 |
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Voter Intimidation |
Public Library on MacArthur and |
Voters were in line and/or voting, not a particularly long line,
and someone informed them that the librarian of the library at which they
were voting was calling the police and when they came out they had all been
ticketed for $35. It was all open parking that said "Library
Parking" and the ticket said parking on "Private Parking."
Multiple people were cited. |
|
050817 |
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Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem;
Other ballot-related problem; Long lines |
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|
036121 |
|
Machine problem |
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Scantron machine to count ballots is not working.
Ballots are fed into the machine, but the machine is not working, so it
registers 0. |
|
034039 |
|
Machine problem |
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Touch screens went down - was told "activator" was not
working. Workers giving out provisional ballots to voters. |
|
040682 |
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Other polling place problem |
Rolff's Manor, |
Voting machines down. Was given a provisional ballot. Noted that
provisional ballot box was not locked. |
|
057769 |
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Machine problem |
Murrieta, |
Forwarded via e-mail to eirhelp:
Please help us! Without open examination by impartial computer programming
experts of the coding systems used to take, store, transmit and tabulate the
electronic votes, and without paper ballot copies to assure a fair recount,
the system is illegal, unreliable and clearly open to manipulation - if that
has not happened already. I had a questionable experience with the ``black
box" voting system this election, and a curt dismissal with ``voter
error" is unacceptable. What I experienced was not the result of ``voter
error." When I went to push the touch screen to select my choice of
candidate, at the lightest touch a gray check appeared next to the name of
the Republican candidate. I noticed this and kept pressing, and had to do so
quite hard before a green check appeared next to my candidate. I thought this
quite odd but figured that the touch screen wasn't as sensitive as it should
be, or some random coding problem caused the anomaly. Until I voted for one
Republican. The gray check appeared underneath my finger! This suggested to
me that this was no random coding problem, and I wondered how many less
strong or less observant individuals might not see this. Furthermore, when I
completed the candidate section and moved onto the propositions, the touch
screen responded correctly to my lightest touch, even in the same regions of
the screen that had been touched previously. There is no logical reason that
I can see for either of these developments, except for inadequate coding, and
the bias for Republican candidates has made me suspicious. I reviewed my
ballot and on the screen all appeared well. I did not take down the number of
the machine, again believing the circumstance to be an oddity, until my
husband spoke to me about his voting experience. He reported that a man had
stepped up to one of the machines and then shouted, ``Hey, someone's already
voted!" At this a poll worker rebooted the machine. He also told me that
he had the same touch screen anomaly, and he was on a different machine. All
it would take is one unidentified box in one or even each precinct with
inadequate coding to inaccurately and unfairly change the outcome of an
important election. Doesn't the idea that exit polls reflecting one outcome
and the results of manipulatible polling systems
with another outcome suggest to any thoughtful and curious journalist the
possibility of foul play, and the need for aggressive investigation? Doesn't
my experience suggest to responsible public employees the need to insist on
more stringent and fair electronic voting standards? When will you help us?
When will you protect us? When will you do everything in your power to ensure
our voting rights are protected and to remove all doubt from our minds that
the results of an election truly reflect the will of the people.
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033049 |
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Machine problem |
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Eight of Ten electronic machines not working; lines forming. |