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."

Comments

This is /. right?

[jargoone]

In Orlando County, the touch screens crashed.

Well, at least we know the red and green phosphors are safe!

Stop 0x0000000A

[ctnp]

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.

What they failed to mention...

[eviljolly]

"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.

Re:What they failed to mention...

[lukewarmfusion]

Election Official: The system won't work.
Tech support: What's wrong?
Official: I just told you, it's not working.
Tech: How do you know?
Official: Because when I try to vote, the machine doesn't respond.
Tech: What does it say on the screen?
Official: Nothing.
Tech: Is it on?
Official: How do I tell?
Tech: The lights on the front will be lit.
Official: There are no lights.
Tech: So it's off? Hit the power button under the lights.
Official: You're not listening. There are no lights.
Tech: What do you mean, no lights?
Official: I mean there are no lights. There's a screen, two buttons, and that's it.
Tech: Wait - what does your machine look like?
Official: It's bright red, is made of plastic, and it's about 12 inches by 9 inches. Why?
Tech: Are you trying to vote on an Etch-a-Sketch?
Official: Vote?

Re:The Hanging Chad Touch Screen

[servognome]

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.

Re:That's orange county.

[madmancarman]

Does it imply that products they release may be released on unsupported, buggy platforms?

You already said they were running on Windows.

Re:That's orange county.

[TRACK-YOUR-POSITION]

BTW, I suspect that Karl Rove learned long ago that the deadliest propaganda is ... the truth, or at least the facts.

No, but with luck he might learn that on November 2.

these things are great!!

[SethJohnson]

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.

Re:That's orange county.

[killjoe]

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?