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Voting Machines Malfunction: 5,000 Votes Not Counted In Kansas County

Posted by samzenpus on from the our-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes A malfunction in electronic voting machines in Saline County, Kansas, left over 5,000 votes uncounted. That's roughly one-third of the votes cast. Counting those 5,207 votes didn't change any outcomes in this case however. “That’s a huge difference,” county Chairman Randy Duncan said when notified by the Journal of the error. “That’s scary. That makes me wonder about voting machines. Should we go back to paper ballots?”

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  1. "Malfunction" by ourlovecanlastforeve · · Score: 2, Funny

    What an astounding surprise that voting machines malfunction so frequently.

    That's totally not what I would expect from the US government.