Voting Glitches in San Joaquin County

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Fox 40

June 6, 2006

STOCKTON — Voters at several San Joaquin County polling places were turned away Tuesday because of machine glitches and voting inspectors who failed to show up.

In a handful of Stockton area precincts, polling places opened as much as three hours late after voting inspectors didn't arrive for work, said Debbie Hench, the county's registrar of voters. Voters were sent to nearby polling places where they were allowed to cast provisional ballots.

Hench said she did not know how many voters were affected by the no-shows, but added that the problems began when some inspectors didn't pick up their equipment on Monday night.

Machine problems caused other voters to be sent away without balloting in Stockton, Lodi, Tracy and Morada.

Voters at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Stockton couldn't vote for nearly three hours because the machines broke down twice, poll workers said.

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