OC: Machine Malfunctions- broken voting machines prompt voter complaints

[rumpel]

Total Buzz

Voters throughout the county reported malfunctioning voting machines and technical glitches Tuesday afternoon.

Shirley Filadelfia said none of the voting machines were working at her voting site, the San Juan Capistrano Community Center at noon. She said there were paper ballots available for Democrats, but none for Republicans. She asked the poll workers to call her when the machines were fixed.

“There’s some voting irregularities -- only the Democrats were being allowed to vote,” she said. “My concern is how many people went there today and weren’t allowed to vote because of this.”

Filadelfia returned to the polls two hours later after the machines were fixed.

“It’s the first time I’ve had problems voting and it’s so unusual,” she said. “That’s why I was surprised. I’m not making any complaints against people at the poll, but something’s wrong.”

http://blogs.ocregister.com/buzz/archives/2006/06/machine_malfunctions_broken_vo.html

[emlev]

1. "She asked the poll workers to call her when the machines were fixed."

Hmm. I don't think the e-voting companies tell the pollworkers when they "fix" machines--or elections. D'U?

[lindisfarne]

2. Note that that is from a blog. Some blogs have reliable info.; others

don't. I don't know about this one.

Although this statement is troubling:
Brett Rowley, spokesman from the Registrar of Voters, said that the glitches people were reporting were not above normal for a primary.