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Voting machine problems reported in key states
It looks like the e-voting machines used in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and Florida have run into some snags. (Oh, Florida.) Both voters and watchdog groups have reported temperamental direct-recording electronic machines (or DREs) that would crash and need to be restarted. Doesn't sound too bad, right? Oh, it can be a nightmare for those in line, depending on how many machines go down and for how long.
Some states offer backup "emergency" paper ballots that officials can distribute when faced with faulty machines. But there's only so many, and a polling location in New Jersey ran out by 9:30 AM. Officials began making photocopies, but some people were so fed up with the wait they straight up left and didn't vote.
By The Manta Dude at 5:54 PM ON 11/04/08
People wake up , if the machine crashes , crash the machine they'll never gonna let you vote fairly , how much of a choise do you ppl have annyway , flipping a coin might be more accurate in this 50/50 campain .
Now they just put one out of 2 puppets in the white house and the country'll still be run from behind the curtains ... remember 9/11 ? Your own Gouvernment blew up the towers and then blamed The Bushes Familie Neighbours for it ... think about that before u just simply put follow the rest of your fellow sheep ...
By murc at 6:17 PM ON 11/04/08
manta dude - grow up, and move out of your parents basement already, and get a life.
By merch at 9:54 AM ON 11/05/08
Ok maybe some did have trouble with the systems. But I know of one who didn't get voted in office and is now cring unfair. Wake up if you have nine tax liens. Do you really think people are going to vote you in office?
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