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Diebold Fails Again in San Diego

ptudor writes "An article in today's San Diego Union Tribune reveals nearly 3000 absentee ballots in the San Diego primary one month ago were miscounted. 'The miscounts occurred because multiple scanners simultaneously fed the absentee ballot data into the computer tabulation system. The large number of ballots and candidates on them overwhelmed the system. Diebold spokesman David Bear said the company has provided a software fix to the county for the new problem.' The irregularities were found in a routine post-election review." You can also read more about the problems on election day.

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  1. Real counting? by lordsilence · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I hope they fix all these issues in time, before those votes count for real...
    There won't be any software-fixes for a flawed political-system!

  2. Re:He ain't heavy by RealBeanDip · · Score: 0, Redundant

    > He's my brother

    No, you got it wrong...

    He's my Sysadmin.

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