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Computer Problems Already Affecting Florida Voters
TAGmclaren writes "The Sun-Sentinel is reporting on computer glitches already affecting the election in - you guessed it - Florida. Of the 14 early voting sites that opened in Broward County on Monday morning, 9 were reporting problems. In Orlando County, the touch screens crashed. More generally, SFgate.com is keeping track of all voting issues across the country - including lawsuits and other ballot problems." Update: 10/19 03:38 GMT by T : Thanks to reader Dale J. Russell for pointing out that "there is no Orlando County. The city of Orlando, Florida resides in Orange County."
In Orlando County, the touch screens crashed.
Well, at least we know the red and green phosphors are safe!
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/1098121671320_93530871/?hub=World
"And in Orange County, voting ground to a halt after the touch-screen voting system crashed for about 10 minutes.
A senior deputy elections supervisor could not explain the brief outage, but speculated a faulty Internet connection may have been to blame."
Yeeeehaw! Let the games begin.
"Of the 14 early voting sites that opened in Broward County on Monday morning, 9 were reporting problems."
Upon contacting their support center, the issue was resolved shortly after the operators were instructed to turn the power ON.
I guess John Titor was right. Here comes the beginning of WWIII. See you guys in 2036!
You should become a reporter. Really, with your unbiased reporting style, you could be the next anchor on CBS.
IE; Broken and unsatisafactory.
:)
Yep...that pretty much sums up my opinion of IE
They can type in DubyaDubyaDubya.mycrookedbrotherRulzHere.com
The voting machine I used had this friendly purple gorilla on it that helped me decide who to vote for!
The process is confusing to people who think the election is a kingdom in Everquest
When the poll worker asks why I spent 12 hours in front of the screen, I'll just say I was camping Al Gore, but he didn't spawn.
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You already said they were running on Windows.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi
No, but with luck he might learn that on November 2.
The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy strikes again!
Why does "vote rigging" always get translated into "computer problems"?
Please flee in terror in an orderly manner.
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Easy solution: Florida doesn't get to vote anymore.
this is my sig
I'm posting this message from a Florida Voting machine. Browsing under IE is great! Had to download and install flash plugin for a few sites, though. I have no idea why all these posters are saying this electronic voting system is insecure. Everytime these popup windows appear telling me they need to confirm my credit card information, the numbers are displayed as asterisks (*) when I type it in. This voting machine seems plenty secure to me.
$5 / month hosted VPS on linux = awesome!
Isn't some celebrity getting divorced/married/pregnant?
I'm very impressed. GO SF GATE!!!
that's the real news, we all knew touch screens would break.
because I have been enjoined by this Holy Office to abandon the false opinion which maintains that the Sun is the centre
( ) Republican
( ) Democratic
Try not to let all of these options confuse you!
Yes but he is spending money for a democrat. That makes him evil you see. God chose Bush to run this country and facilitate the return of the lord almighty by fulfilling the prophesies of the bible.
Soros is working for the devil. The Bush bagman are working for God. See the difference?
evil is as evil does
I think USA should outsource their voting to India.
While I agree with your first point, the problem with your second point is that it assumes that there *is* an election in 2008.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
AP--
Shuffleboard County voters registered shock and dismayed awe when they found out today that their new and improved resurrected pencil and paper and locked wooden box voting systems kept failing, to the point that voting officials had to suspend voting for the day.
"I don't get it" complained one voter, Ima Schnook, "we had those old trusty reliable computerised voting systems, always worked fine" she said.
Voting officials complained of delays brought on by the advanced technology, just normal glitches to be expected. "Yes" said Bob N. Apple, local registrar, "the new techniques have had some problems. First we had to bring out of retirement some "carpenters" who then had to recreate concepts like "hinges" for the box, and "screws" to hold it together", "not to mention" he said "paper disappeared back in '04, we had to go to a natural history museum to see how they used to make it, it was *harrrd work*, had to come in on saturday, real *harrrd work*".
Officials promise that the new "voting machine boxes and paper ballots" would have the wrinkles ironed out of them by wednesdays special elections, even if it was "hard work and we need to find better experts to implement the new design changes".