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Computer Problems Already Affecting Florida Voters

Posted by timothy on from the voting-early-but-not-so-often dept.

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."

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  1. That's orange county. by DarkAurora · · Score: 5, Informative

    Orlando is in Orange county.

  2. Electronic voting in India a lot better! by megazoid81 · · Score: 5, Informative
    The latest election in the world's largest democracy went mostly without glitches. The catch? The election relied heavily on electronic voting machines. To the tune of 380 million people voted on electronic voting machines in India.

    The machines aren't too fancy -- certainly not fancy enough to run bloatware like Windows. However, they follow a simple low-tech protocol that works and shut down if tampered with. And, as with all things India, they cost $200 a pop, compared to $3000 per machines in the U.S.

    The U.S. election authorities can learn a lot from India's last election. Read all about it here.