Orange County (Some touch screens aren’t registering presidential vote-default to blank?; , broken machines, long lines, not enough working machines, malfunctioning machines not recording everyones vote)

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11/02/04, 12:09 PM PST

Machine problem

Sierra Vista Apartments/Clubhouse, 2955 Champion Way, Tustin, CA 92782, Tustin, Orange County County, California

She entered every vote in each screen, including president, then once she got to the final stage where she reviews all of the votes, she saw that the president vote was missing, and had to redo her vote for president.

042711	11/02/04, 1:51 PM PST	Other polling place problem	Orange, Orange County, California	Went to vote. Gave her number and escorted her into machine and entered her number then dialled to a presidential candidate and directed her to "vote for president" with particular name on screen. She was stunned. Went ahead and voted, then complained to that woman. Then went back and reported to supervisor at precinct. Thinks this was going on most of morning.
050700	11/02/04, 7:47 PM PST	Machine problem	Maxwell School/ Magnolia and Orange, Anaheim, Orange County County, California	Voted electronically and when he reviewed the summary page, his vote for president had been cleared out. However, he was able to correct the problem. He stated thxat other people at his location were having trouble with the Spanish language machine voting.

036524

11/02/04, 9:56 AM PST

Machine problem

Nazareth House 3333 Manning Ave , Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

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.

043590	11/02/04, 2:13 PM PST	Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem	Palmyra elementary school, Orange County, California	Caller saw official cancel out votes on the electronic machines because voter forgot to press the red button. Officialk cancelled the votes after the voters had already left.
049320	11/02/04, 5:55 PM PST	Other polling place problem	Bethlehem Temple Community Church, Rialto, San Bernadino County, California	Not given a receipt for electronic ballot. Machine said that he hadn't made any selections but machine wouldn't let him go back and fix it. Poll worker told him not to worry and just to push yes. Said that this "happens to everyone
050583	11/02/04, 8:00 PM PST	Machine problem	Bethlehem Church, Rialto, San Bernardino County, California	machine registered that he hadn't made all entries and he had checked twice; poll worker told him 'not to worry'
033995	11/02/04, 8:23 AM PST	Registration-related problem; Machine problem	Appartus Bay - Orange Table Fire Station #99 14145 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, LA County, California	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.

034208

11/02/04, 8:34 AM PST

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 8:30 a.m. Making people fill out provisional ballots. Volunteers do not know anything. Signs are only in English and no one is helping the non-English speakers. Later: inkavote machine not working. Voter in front of her found that maching did not register votes on ballot. Knowing this, this voter punched hard 4 times on each vote and got it to work.

035475

11/02/04, 9:22 AM PST

Machine problem

Whittaker and Lauden street, Los Angeles, philadelphyia County, California

Voting machine skipped between 71 and 77 in between two voters

040368

11/02/04, 12:17 PM PST

Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem

4400 Ladoga Ave, Lakewood (James Monroe Elementary), Lakewood, LOS ANGELES County, California

Voted touch screen on Oct 23. Informed on Nov 2 that no record of her vote. Caller believes that numerous other votes were not recorded because today she was told that few people were shown as having voted touch screen at that location, yet she saw a very large number of people voting. They told her today that only a handful of touch screen votes are recorded; she fears that hundreds of votes were not recorded.