[LINK] US voting machines - problems already

[Jan Whitaker]

>http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/15869924.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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>Glitches cited in early voting
>*Early voters are urged to cast their ballots with care following 
>scattered reports of problems with heavily used machines.*
>*BY CHARLES RABIN AND DARRAN SIMON*
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>After a week of early voting, a handful of glitches with electronic 
>voting machines have drawn the ire of voters, reassurances from 
>elections supervisors -- and a caution against the careless casting of ballots.
>....
>Debra A. Reed voted with her boss on Wednesday at African-American 
>Research Library and Cultural Center near Fort Lauderdale. Her vote 
>went smoothly, but boss Gary Rudolf called her over to look at what 
>was happening on his machine. He touched the screen for 
>gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, a Democrat, but the review screen 
>repeatedly registered the Republican, Charlie Crist.
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>That's exactly the kind of problem that sends conspiracy theorists 
>into high gear -- especially in South Florida, where a history of 
>problems at the polls have made voters particularly skittish...




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