reconciling EIRS and VerifiedVoting.org

[foo_bar]

The 86 of 88 discussion got me thinking last night.

I got the complete incident data from EIRS and verifiedvoting.org, then hit a snag figuring out which incidents correspond to which voting technology. I guess EIRS hasn't figured it out either (see next paragraph); when you click on the "Voting Technology" tab on the EIRS site it just drops you into the VV.org national map.

The challenge is called database normalization. On the incident reports, the same county is spelled "Alleghany", "Allegheny", "Allegheny County", "Alleghany County", "Allegehny", "allegany", "Allegaheny", "ALLEGEHENY", "Alleganny", on both EIRS's website and their downloadable spreadsheet.

The "key" between the two sets of data is the county-state pair, since that's the finest level of granularity in the VV report (there's no zip codes on most of the incident reports). Thus it's impossible to reconcile the two datasets until a human being standardizes the numerous varieties of spelling, capitalization, omission, etc. on the county-state names (the VV.org report looks flawless).

I dumped both reports into mySQL (4.1, windoze p4), did a first pass on normalization, and wrote a quick SQL interface for the database-inclined. This example shows that every single touchscreen incident (8 of 8) went Kerry->Bush in Mahoning OH (as Conyers told Blackwell), and involved ES&S iVotronic (unknown version):
link

Here's all the machine reports in Florida (except for the ones with misspelled counties, missing counties, or wrong state (such as 'Broward Massachusetts')). Lots of ES&S again: iVotronic version 4.3 v.2 switched votes from Kerry to Bush 100% of the time like Mahoning, where version 4.2.7.4.5.0 switched people from Kerry to Nader, Kerry to "Browne", Kerry to Bush, and one Bush to Kerry:
link

Florida, Sequoia's AVC Edge v3.1: 19 out of 19 switches was a Kerry->Bush:
link

Looking nationally at Sequoia tech, every single incident (29 of 29 reports by visual reckoning) is a Kerry->Bush (not even Kerry->someone else), using AVC Edge or AVC Advantage ("Apparently the difference between the AVC Edge and the Advantage Is that the Advantage is Wheelchair accessible" -http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=167x1851). Half of them are in Florida, the rest concentrated in Snohomish WA, Douglas Georgia, Bergen NJ, and Franklin Ohio:
link

Diebold machines with "Accuvote TS" went 18 for 18 Kerry->Bush nationally. Also concentrated in Douglas Georgia, Franklin Ohio, and Harris Texas:
link

Only the latter-day ES&S and Diebold firmwares have the deterministic Kerry->Bush behavior; older ones like Accuvote 2000 or iVotronic 4.2 are all over the map. All makes of Sequoia do it naturally, but I didn't notice a single SAIC report.

I'll work on standardizing the spellings and 2-letter state codes. Feel free to play with the SQL interface if you know SQL; there's no danger of updating/deleting any rows. The tables are named incident and equip, and the column names are listed under the 'sql' button.

(edited for redundant syntax on links 2&5)

[Wilms]

1. kick n/t

[Iceburg]

2. Not impossible to reconcile -- use the state and county FIPs code

in the EIRS data set. Download the state and county FIPS code file from census.gov

This file contains comma-delimited records for each state and county. The records are of the format:

State Abbreviation, State FIPS, County FIPS, County Name, FIPS Class Code

For example:

FL,12,011,Broward,H1
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips65/download.html

Now you should be able to link to your vv dataset.

[foo_bar]

3. thanks!

Similar problem: the incidents with missing/misspelled counties have a NULL for county_fips (2722 of em).

Half of them should be fixable by eye; the ones without county (+county_fips), precinct, and polling place are pretty hopeless as far as discovering voting tech. But the '???' anecdotes are pretty low on specifics anyway.

[Wilms]

4. kick n/t

[foo_bar]

5. work in progress (sorry)

I'm trying to add "clean" data without overwriting the "bad" data; if the "bad" data doesn't checksum with EIRS's data, there's no way of knowing what was doctored and what wasn't. To that end, here's the mental spec for version 0.2:

1) None of the original EIRS data will be changed in any way, so that there's a clear "audit trail" to the primary source.

2) All "fixed" data will be appended to new columns, so it looks something like:

case.....county.....county_fips.....new_county.....new_county_fips
12345....ALLGHANEY.....NULL.....Allegheny.....003

3) I'll compare the census fips to EIRS fips, to fill in some of the gaps, and also compare the county_fips to the county_name (I noticed some of the county_fips on EIRS were deduced incorrectly, or at least don't match the Census description)

4) This modest milestone should be ready by around Thursday.

[Peace Patriot]

6. This will one day be a document like the Magna Carter and the...

Declaration of Independence--odd as the comparison may seem--because all three represent the initial efforts of a people to free itself of tyranny! First you write it down, you declare it--in this case, the evidence of the mechanism of tyrranny. Think of all those election volunteers, voters and others who went to the trouble to record this information--information that has heretofore always been lost to history! The records of actual voters and their experience of disenfranchisement! This is a great work!

Profound thanks for your work on codifying the information!

[emlev]

7. I don't know if this will be helpful or not

and it may be obvious, but the reason for all the misspellings of county names (also polling place names, etc.) in the EIRS system is that most of the reports were taken by phone, sometimes on a cross-country phone call staffed by a volunteer who didn't know the names of the places the voters (and would-be voters) were talking about.

I coordinated the input to the EIRS in the Albuquerque/NM statewide office of the Election Protection Coalition. If I can be of any help, please let me know.

What's a FIP?

[foo_bar]

8. it's a 3-digit geographic code issued by the Gubmint

see: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips.html

most of the reports were taken by phone, sometimes on a cross-country phone call staffed by a volunteer who didn't know the names of the places the voters (and would-be voters) were talking about

Aye, that's the rub. I once had a friend with a Polish surname who collected two dozen credit cards, each spelled differently (before the banks wised up to social security #s)

If I can be of any help, please let me know.

When you say "most of the reports were taken by phone", could you give me a rough breakdown on the other collection methods? (the database doesn't have a source/method column)

[emlev]

9. EIRS data collection methods

Thanks for the clarification of the acronym.

As far as I know, there were two basic methods by which incidents were reported to the EIRS. The first is through the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline. My understanding is that calls to that number were routed to several locations staffed with volunteers, including at least one that had legal volunteers (lawyers, paralegals, maybe law students). The second method was that the Election Protection Coalition (EPC) stationed volunteers at polling places to assist votres and take complaints where necessary. If memory serves, there were crews in 17 states, but multiple cities within those states. Problems were much, much more likely to be reported if they occurred at polling places staffed by EPC volunteers, as we were trained to do our best to check in with each voter about their experience as they left the polls. This gets a lot more information than depending on people who have problems voting knowing the phone number to call and feeling comfortable enough to make the call. So places on the EIRS map that showed few complaints weren't necessarily places with clean elections; they may well just be places where the EPC didn't have crews and there wasn't much publicity about the call-in line.

I don't have a sense of the percentage of complaints that were called in versus those collected in person by EPC volunteers. There were probably also a few complaints made by people who contacted local EPC offices in person or by phone. As far as I know, these were the only collection methods.

Note that a complaint being taken in person doesn't mean it was taken by someone familiar with the geography (place names, etc.) in the area, as thousands of EPC volunteers traveled from their home states to "swing states" to volunteer.

Any more questions?

[foo_bar]

12. nothing further, your honor

May I PM you in the future?

[emlev]

14. Does the prosecution rest? NEVER! n/t

[Melissa G]

10. kick!

[foo_bar]

11. it's 3/4 there

I seem to get more things done when I'm not on DU, why is that? :P

[Melissa G]

13. My husband and kids think I should ask that question

A Lot more often!:dem:

[foo_bar]

15. does anyone (else) mind if I continue working on this?

One of the forum elders does, but I can't tell if he speaks for the silent majority:

So far, you have showed us nothing, a week after claiming that you were embarking on your self-proclaimed research project.

I call it an obfuscation project.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=369374&mesg_id=378119

If anyone else feels this is taking too long to be credible, please speak up. I have to work 60 hours a week (and wake up in 5 hours), so I can only devote the equivalent of a part-time job. If matching voting incidents to voting machines is "obfuscation", I'll gladly cease and desist. But if anyone here thinks this has potential application, I'd be honored to be the geek that does this piece of grunt work.

[Kip Humphrey]

16. We want more grunts! ...Keep up the good work!

[LightningFlash]

17. What is the....Ratio of "25%" I become curious....

http://www.votersunite.org/info/content/newmessup-01.asp

[foo_bar]

19. that reminds me of the old Scantron machines

When they started using them to grade multiple choice tests (#2 pencils only!), some professors would forget they were configured to detect one answer per line. So everyone in the class got the "circle ALL that apply" questions wrong by the machine's reckoning, and the professor ended up grading all the tests by hand.

"Doing it by hand" is the best form of security in most things. Bruce Schneier (edited for the right security expert) once pointed out that retinal scans are useless if you don't have a security guard watching over the machine, making sure the eyeballs are attached to an actual person.

Recall the German journalists who fooled the fingerprint readers and iris scanners. None of their tricks would have worked if a reasonably attentive guard had been watching.

Conversely, legitimate employees with bandaged fingers or scratched corneas will never make it through security unless a guard at the scene is authorized to overrule the machinery. Giving guards increased authority provides more opportunities for abuse, Schneier says, so the guards must be supervised carefully. But a system with more people who have more responsibility "is more robust," he observed in the June Crypto-Gram, "and the best way to make things work."

"The trick is to remember that technology can't save you," Schneier says. "We know this in our own
lives. We realize that there's no magic anti-burglary dust we can sprinkle on our cars to prevent them
from being stolen. We know that car alarms don't offer much protection. The Club at best makes burglars
steal the car next to you. For real safety we park on nice streets where people notice if somebody
smashes the window. Or we park in garages, where somebody watches the car. In both cases people are
the essential security element. You always build the system around people."

source: The Atlantic Monthly

[mgr]

18. It's needed, keep it up. n/t

We need to start memorializing what we have. The only thing I need to add is pay attention to the long lines tab as well, the two variables seem to go with each other.

Mike

[foo_bar]

20. the audience participation segment

Here it is: http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl

Click on a state to see the breakdown by county, voting technology, and voting machine vendor (or "N/A" if there's no vendor, e.g., state-run paper ballots).

Clicking on a county/tech/vendor displays the corresponding incidents in HTML format. (To-do: downloadable Excel or tab-separated text.)

It's basically the EIRS page plus the VV.org county data, minus pretty graphics.

Note that only 38558 incidents (out of 42696) have been joined to the census&VV data so far. Of the remaining 4138 "orphaned" reports, 419 are unknowable (no fips code, and "Unknown" or unintelligible text in county), 12 are out-of-country/embassy, and the remaining 3707 are potentially knowable (2017 of those are missing a county FIPS, and 1690 have an incorrect county fips or state_code).

(Here's what changed on the data side since the first post:

Created table 'census' (state, county, state FIPS, county FIPS), per Iceburg's link in post #2.

Fixed 318 incidents with good county name, bad fips ("Bad fips!")

Every incident conforms to the correct 2-letter state abbreviation (+PR Puerto Rico, VI Virgin Islands (somewhat academic since they don't get electoral votes))

Fixed every spelling variation in the VV.org equipment table (now 1:1 with the Census spellings)

added column: incident.state_code
description: US 2-letter state code
purpose: joining to census.state and equip.state, obviating bad state_fips data in the EIRS table

added column: equip.county_standard
description: standardization of equip.county's that don't appear in census.county
purpose: resolving minor spelling variations between VV.org and Census.gov, without overwriting the original data
(e.g., "Carson City (city)" vs. "Carson City", "Anchorage Municipality" vs. "Anchorage"))

If you have any feature requests or bug reports just holler. I'm going through the 2017 incidents without a county-fips, doing the brute force spelling conversion one record at a time.

[mgr]

24. What are you going to do with the 'unintelligible'

Some of these may be recoverable if there are any geographic clues. I saw one for Ohio right away.

Mike

[foo_bar]

25. you're right, a subset has polling_place data

32 of em (I also missed the parens around the OR). I'll take a look at them, the schools should be easy to locate.

[foo_bar]

21. the worst voting machine money can buy? (Shouptronic, Philadelphia)

Philadelphia is actually getting those machines? asks a disbelieving Carlos Kummel, voting-machine director for Fairfax County, Virginia. Man! They're buying themselves a world of trouble.

The Street administration's recent decision to spend $20 million on 20-year-old voting-machine technology has dumbfounded several electoral experts, among them an mit researcher who has rated the machines poorly, and Kummel, who calls them inconvenient, obsolete and a legal liability. "The maintenance fees you're going to face are extremely high," warns Kummel. "Because Danaher is a sole-source vendor, they charge whatever they want for parts. And because the machines are big, you've got big warehouse and trucking bills."

http://www.phillymag.com/Archives/2001May/votingsidebar.html

Read it and weep:
(source: http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl?state=Pennsylvania&county=Philadelphia)

case: #28749 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Penrose (12th and Sussquahanah) 10/2/2005 7:07 2004-11-02 04:11:14 PST Machine problem

"No one can vote due to machine problems, 2 machines"
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case: #28834 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Roberto Clemente Rec Center "Nov. 2, 7:10 am" 2004-11-02 04:15:47 PST Machine problem

machines not working. people
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case: #28541 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 624 South 62nd Street Nov. 2 7:15 a.m. 2004-11-02 04:19:12 PST Machine problem

One of the two polling machines is broken
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case: #28897 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Roberto Clemente Rec Center, 18th and Wallace" "Nov. 2, 7:10 am" 2004-11-02 04:19:58 PST Machine problem

machines not working. people are leaving in droves
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case: #28603 Pennsylvania pHILADELPHIA 54 TH & bERKS 7:12 A.M. 2004-11-02 04:21:46 PST Machine problem

"mACHINES DO NOT WORK, POLL OFFICIALS DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO OR TO PROVIDE BACK UP BALLOTS"
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case: #28882 Pennsylvania philadelphia "624 south 62nd street, ines 2 banquet hall" 7am 2004-11-02 04:24:59 PST Machine problem

"machine is down, they have 2 machine only one is working. there's a long line and people are leaving to go home"
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case: #29033 Pennsylvania philadelphia "624 south 62nd street, ines 2 banquet hall" 7am 2004-11-02 04:25:17 PST Machine problem

"machine is down, they have 2 machine only one is working. there's a long line and people are leaving to go home"
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case: #28740 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 11/2/2005 7:16 2004-11-02 04:31:22 PST Machine problem

voting machines not working
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case: #28924 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Germantown Community Presbyterian Church 11/2/04 7 am until 7:30 am 2004-11-02 04:31:31 PST Machine problem

Voting machine not working for 1/2 hour
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case: #29076 Pennsylvania Philadelphia County 24th and snyder in Philadelphia 11/2 7:15A 2004-11-02 04:31:36 PST Machine problem

"Has arrived at polling place in Philadelphia and has been told that voting machines are not working, and they are waiting for the judge to arrive. "
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case: #29105 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Germantown Community Pres. Church (Tulpehocken @ Green) Nov. 2 7:35 am 2004-11-02 04:36:16 PST Machine problem

Both voting machines working -- staff indifferent
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case: #29237 Pennsylvania philadelphia Germantown pres church at green and tulpehocken by 715 both were down 2004-11-02 04:41:50 PST Machine problem

At this precinct both machines are down
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case: #29016 Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA 2004-11-02 04:44:56 PST Machine problem

"WARD 11, DIV 14, 22 W. ONTARIO: JIM...1 MACHINE - POWER FAILURE LIGHT ON; ELECTION OFFICIAL SAID OK"
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case: #29243 Pennsylvania Philadelphia North & 4th 2004-11-02 04:45:26 PST Machine problem

none of the emachines work
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case: #29279 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Kensington Middle School or Elementary on Ontario St between 14th & 15th St. 2004-11-02 04:47:11 PST Machine problem

"Caller Harry Daniel was the voter-- 2 machines, both broken. Making everyone vote on provisional ballots. Only have 30 provisional

"
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case: #29363 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2301 N 23rd W Oxford 11/2/2004 7:25 2004-11-02 04:48:48 PST Machine problem

Polling stationopen but no machines working
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case: #29240 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Gratz School on Hunting Park 7:40 a.m. 2004-11-02 04:53:01 PST Machine problem

"Two different voters had 2 different experiences on the machine (electronic). ONe had the screen lit up and flashing when she went in, the other had the screen blank, but it was flashing when she finished. She pushed the green button (vote) but it kept flashing. The lady said, fine, that is what it is supposed to do. Talking to election protection people now. We don't know whose vote counted; the people who had the machine flashing when they went in, or not. Finally got someone to explain to her that if the machine was flashing when she pushed the vote button, her vote counted. Case closed, she thinks."
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case: #29549 Pennsylvania philadelphia 820 locust avenue 7:50 a.m. nov 2 2004-11-02 05:01:59 PST Machine problem

Voting machine is down
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case: #29469 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 33 Division 15 11/2/2004 7:30 2004-11-02 05:03:54 PST Machine problem

one machine not working
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case: #29262 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Schmidt Rec Center -- Howard and Ontario 11/02/04 -- 7:10 a.m. 2004-11-02 05:05:20 PST Machine problem

"believes the voting machine is not working properly -- suspects that workers were misdirecting her. All of the lights on the machine were on when she entered and you could not change from one candidate to the other. At end of voting, she asked the election official if it was working properly even though all of the lights were on and she was told it was despite the fact that the training/intro to voting she received told her the lights should be off until she selects a candidate."
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case: #29521 Pennsylvania Philadelphia John Welsh School on 4th St. 11/2 & 7:10 AM 2004-11-02 05:08:15 PST Machine problem

no machines working
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case: #29749 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-02 05:15:09 PST Machine problem

"machines not working, voters given provisional (not regular) paper ballots"
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case: #29751 Pennsylvania philadelphia louden and warnock report that 1st booth not working 2004-11-02 05:15:30 PST Machine problem

voting machine in 1st booth not working
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case: #29783 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5544 Gerard Ave 2004-11-02 05:26:01 PST Machine problem

"Only voting machines and usually four. Not voting because the line is around the corner. Poll workers are sking everyone for an ID, had never been asked for an ID. "
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case: #30095 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 24th and Snyder 11/2/04 am 2004-11-02 05:35:26 PST Machine problem

"waiting for a judge, no paper ballots available "
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case: #30196 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Cty Stenton and Mermaid Ln 7:20am 2004-11-02 05:42:24 PST Machine problem

The machines were broken. So she left without voting.
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case: #30309 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 15th and Ontario Streets 11/2/04 8am 2004-11-02 05:43:13 PST Machine problem
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case: #30275 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 18 Division 11 or 12 11/2/2004 8:15 2004-11-02 05:43:44 PST Machine problem

one machine is not working
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case: #30398 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 7 Division 13 11/2/2004 7:30 2004-11-02 05:46:20 PST Machine problem

no machines working
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case: #29731 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Rambler's Social Club 11/2 & 8:10 AM 2004-11-02 05:47:50 PST Machine problem

"machine down, result voters to leave"
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case: #30442 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 25 Division 18 2004-11-02 05:48:42 PST Machine problem

one machine broken
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case: #30402 Pennsylvania philadelphia community center 63 43 race st 2004-11-02 05:50:42 PST Machine problem

no lighting at pollng place where machines are. no bulbs . no persons waiting outside.
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case: #29948 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4526 Benner St. 11/2/04; 7:45 am 2004-11-02 05:54:15 PST Machine problem

all the lights went out on the machine and in the booth after he pressed the 'vote' button; he has used this machine in the past and this has not happened before
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case: #29846 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission Tabernacle Church 2004-11-02 06:03:49 PST Machine problem

some machines broken
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case: #30677 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Ward 44, District 3" "November 2, 8:15 a.m." 2004-11-02 06:05:42 PST Machine problem

"A machine was reported down by caller, an Election Protection volunteer. He said that initially it had caused some delays and lines, but that had mostly cleared up since the problem arose.

"
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case: #30721 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 19 Divsion 2 11/2/2004 9:00 2004-11-02 06:10:03 PST Machine problem

"only two machines and one is not working since poll opened, precinct judge said mechanic was called, lines are long"
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case: #30952 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Kenderson School (Ontario & 15th) 2004-11-02 06:10:51 PST Machine problem

MACHINES ARE BROKEN{cr}{newline}Provisional ballots given out but voters turning away and do not want to fill them out.
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case: #30827 Pennsylvania Philadelphia The Philadelphian Apts - 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 06:13:45 PST Machine problem

"Poll worker called to report a machine that does not work; she does not know if any votes were cast on this machine today, but she thinks some were and fears that votes may be lost; also, broken machine is causing long lines"
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case: #31326 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 285 E. Ashmead Street 2004-11-02 06:24:54 PST Machine problem

Turning people away since 7 am - machines do not work.
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case: #30335 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Ward 59, Division 22; Corner of Greene & Tulpehocken" 7:30 a.m. 2004-11-02 06:26:16 PST Machine problem

"Not sure if DRE vote counted. Machines were not working upon arrival; then when they were working, she went in and the lights all down theleft hand side in each box for each race was lit up red and flashing; light never stopped flashing until I pushed the vote button at end, and no other lights ever came on. Web site says blinking red light should have gone off when she selected a candidate and a light in the candidates box should have come on; that never happened for any of the candidates, except for a question at the bottom, where the answer lit up. "
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case: #31716 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Ward 4, District 17" "10-2-04, 9:00 am" 2004-11-02 06:40:27 PST Machine problem

"Democratic side of ballot ""blinking"""
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case: #32090 Pennsylvania philadelphia fairfax apartments 43rd and locust 2004-11-02 07:01:46 PST Machine problem

Attempt by another voter tried to write in a name; the machine locked up causing delays. Person knows of another such incident;

{cr}{newline}
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case: #31931 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Finletter School 11/2/04 8:45 a.m. 2004-11-02 07:03:01 PST Machine problem

"the light for Kerry did not light up whatsoever. Pressed #1 for all Democratic candidates and no light for Kerry went on, the lights underneath Kerry which may have been the rest of the Democratic candidates were blinking. The light by Kerry was not blinking. Then hit vote. Most voters did not speak English. Most Haitian Americans who only speak Creole. Did report problem to polling official. "
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case: #32344 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Finletter School 11/2/04 8:45 a.m. 2004-11-02 07:04:42 PST Machine problem

"Machine was off when entered poll. The light for Kerry did not light up whatsoever. Pressed #1 for all Democratic candidates and no light for Kerry went on, the lights underneath Kerry which may have been the rest of the Democratic candidates were blinking. The light by Kerry was not blinking. Then hit vote. Most voters did not speak English. Most Haitian Americans who only speak Creole. Did report problem to polling official. "
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case: #32302 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Saddiq's 5009 Wayne Ave, Philadephia, PA" 7:30 am Nov. 2 2004-11-02 07:09:44 PST Machine problem

"Polling place is a tiny storefront; only two machines there and only one is working. In previous elections, polling place had 4 machines. Caller WAS able to vote b/c she went early, but thinks there will definitely be long lines later."
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case: #32355 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Germantown--Shelton and Binghamton Ave, in Firestation" 2004-11-02 07:13:59 PST Machine problem

Machines not working they wouldnt turn on. The poll workers were aware of the problem and called someone to address the problem
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case: #30944 Pennsylvania Philadelphia machines down 2004-11-02 07:28:24 PST Machine problem
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case: #32535 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Heston School (54th Street and Landsdowne Avenue) "November 2, 9AM" 2004-11-02 07:31:04 PST Machine problem

1 of 2 machines out for two hours and fixed by technical personnel accompanied by ward personnel; unknown how machine fixed;
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case: #32425 Pennsylvania philadelphia 2004-11-02 07:35:53 PST Machine problem

voting machine broken at opening 7am at 28th street and dolphin in north philadelphia complaint logged at 10 am
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case: #32921 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 19 Divsion 13 11/2/2004 8:15 2004-11-02 07:36:02 PST Machine problem

machine broken
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case: #33126 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Green and Tulpehocker (Germantown Comm. Presb. Church) 7:45am 2004-11-02 07:39:10 PST Machine problem

both voting machines not working
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case: #33169 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Holy Spirit 1845 Hartranst St. 11/2 at 8:30-9:00 am 2004-11-02 07:41:14 PST Machine problem

Instruction for voting was in error. Clicked vote after each choice so her first vote was counted but the rest of her votes weren't logged in. Wants to know what she can do.
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case: #33058 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "930 Winwood Rd, Philadelphia" "11/3, about 9:15" 2004-11-02 07:44:25 PST Machine problem

It sounds like election official being carless about resetting machine. She went in to vote and kept hitting button and nothing happened. Then noticed directions and asked why the light was lighting up. He reset. She made him sound careless. She is concerned because this is the first time the precinct has used these machines and thinks people won't know to ask for the machines to be reset.
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case: #33439 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission Tabernacle Church 2004-11-02 07:51:07 PST Machine problem

Voters saying as they left polling place that machines are broken
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case: #33622 Pennsylvania Philadelphia AME Church 28th Street 2004-11-02 07:54:45 PST Machine problem

Machine malfunction
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case: #33761 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Mitchell School, Kingsessing Ave." 9:30am 2004-11-02 08:10:26 PST Machine problem

"Caller drove a group of elderly voters to the polling cite. Caller said that when the machine was set up to only let voters vote democratic and that voters had to request an adjustment of the machines in order to vote republican. One voter was having trouble submitting her vote and was told that she did not pressed the vote button. When she pressed the vote button, the voter believes that the machine took her vote for all democratic candidates even though that was not what she intended. The caller left the polling cite and was calling from home."
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case: #33599 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "St. Francis Assissi Church, 4821 Greene St." Nov 2 -- 7am 2004-11-02 08:29:11 PST Machine problem

"Polling place has two electronic machines (Shouptronic 1242 Danaher DRE). Voter arrived at polling place at 7am and both machines were down. Poll workers were not offering voters paper ballots or any other backup system, but were simply telling voters to come back later in the day. {cr}{newline}"
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case: #34249 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 50th Street & King Sessing "11/2/2004, 11:15 am" 2004-11-02 08:29:31 PST Machine problem

"Voter said she was voting straight ticket, but machine switched presidential choice. Polling place worker said she did not know how to reset machine."
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case: #34625 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-02 08:41:58 PST Machine problem

only one working machine
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case: #34419 Pennsylvania philadelphia 6227 Lancaster Avenue 11/2/04 prior to 11:30AM 2004-11-02 08:43:28 PST Machine problem

touch screen machine lights worked for all votes except president. voter asked pool worker what to do; poll worker said to just press finish and it would count. poll worker then checked machine and determined that there was one less vote for president than there were voters. machine may be defective.
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case: #35127 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Nov. 2, 11:30" 2004-11-02 09:04:36 PST Machine problem

1 out of 3 voting booths broken
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case: #33798 Pennsylvania philadelphia 2004-11-02 09:18:59 PST Machine problem

broken voting machine 54thstreet and berk at
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case: #35809 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 11 "Nov. 2, 2004" 2004-11-02 09:26:51 PST Machine problem

One machine at polling place did not have the power light on. Poll worker and election judge were concerned that machine was not working properly.
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case: #36210 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Nov. 2nd 10:30am 2004-11-02 09:41:00 PST Machine problem

wasn't sure if vote counted
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case: #36534 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7630 Woodbine Avenue "approx. 7am, election day" 2004-11-02 09:52:06 PST Machine problem

"went to the polls at 7am, was told machines were broken, hoping to have them fixed by this afternoon."
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case: #35629 Pennsylvania Philly 31st & Ridge (Strawberry Mansion High School) 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 09:54:24 PST Machine problem

"At Strawberry Mansion HS (where she is supposed to vote), the poll officials are there, but all the machines are down, and potential voters are leaving/have left."
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case: #36637 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 12003 Bustleton NE Phila. (Shalom Arbor House) 9:35am 2004-11-02 09:54:41 PST Machine problem

2 machines broken.
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case: #36771 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion 2004-11-02 09:57:08 PST Machine problem

Only 1 machine of 2 is working
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case: #36272 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Cavalry Church Nov. 2; 7:15 AM 2004-11-02 10:00:32 PST Machine problem

"1 of 2 machines stopped working at 7:15 AM, as of 12:45 PM, still not fixed but city official and technician have been working on it for hours; apparently a problem with a ""cartridge""; engineer unsure if he can fix it"
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case: #37017 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4th Ward 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 10:10:35 PST Machine problem

one machine down
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case: #37161 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-02 10:13:28 PST Machine problem

2 our of 3 DRE machines are broken at Ward 8 and various precincts.
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case: #38170 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4247 Locust (43rd and Locust -Fairfax Apartments) 10:30 (time of call) 2004-11-02 10:51:57 PST Machine problem

Machine not functioning.
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case: #38556 Pennsylvania philadelphia Steven Decatur Public School 11/2; around noon 2004-11-02 11:04:26 PST Machine problem

"machine: candidates not lined up properly; difficult to decipher; if not going by strict party line, impossible to figure out; machine: third from right"
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case: #38885 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-02 11:18:55 PST Machine problem

one out of three voting booths not working; and having trouble getting through
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case: #39880 Pennsylvania Phiadelphia Trinity Oxford Home Oxford and Longshore 11/2/04 9AM 2004-11-02 11:58:05 PST Machine problem

voter stated lights on computer grid did not respond to vote placed
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case: #40164 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Nov. 2, 2:45" 2004-11-02 12:11:59 PST Machine problem

"At approximately 2:45 1 of 2 machines broke; Down for approximately 20 minutes, voters directed to other machine; election judge reset the machine by closing and opening the machine (doing the same thing they do at the beginning of the day)"
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case: #40297 Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA 2004-11-02 12:14:09 PST Machine problem

"ONE MACHINE DOWN, TRYING TO RESTART"
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case: #40525 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 242 Fitzwater St. 12:45pm 2004-11-02 12:17:30 PST Machine problem

Vandalism on machine. Woman broke seal on machine and shut it down.
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case: #40936 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1300 Luborne St. 2004-11-02 12:34:06 PST Machine problem

Polling machine broke; tried to fix but still does not work.
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case: #41487 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1742 52d Street 11/2/04 10:55 a.m. 2004-11-02 12:55:09 PST Machine problem

"wrong person listed on Democratic slot, so machine was taken away on a truck. No one can vote.

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case: #41623 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 32nd and Ridge 2004-11-02 12:58:44 PST Machine problem

There are two machines but only one is working.
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case: #41698 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Forrest School 2004-11-02 13:01:39 PST Machine problem

The polling machines are set up so you can see the body of them and see who has been selected by light.
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case: #41714 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Nov. 2; PM 2004-11-02 13:03:58 PST Machine problem

"One machine malfunctioning; could not vote for libraterian or constitutional party candidate, voted for kerry; machine taken out of service"
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case: #41725 Pennsylvania philadelphia Ward 54; Div 18; Tyson and Horrocks NE Philadelphia; Solis-Cohen School 3:00pm. 2004-11-02 13:06:44 PST Machine problem

badly screwed up machine. woman voter pressed one-button straight democratic ticket and all the Rs lit up.
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case: #41892 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 32nd and Ridge (Strawberry Mansion School) called in 12:10pm 2004-11-02 13:12:59 PST Machine problem

"Two machines, one is broken. Wait is up to 30 minutes, poll workers aren't doing anything."
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case: #41968 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Guild House 1221 Fairmont Avenue Philadelphia 11/2/04 this morning 2004-11-02 13:15:43 PST Machine problem

machine not working this morning at this location
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case: #42013 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "34th Ward, located on 400th block of 64th street" 2004-11-02 13:15:48 PST Machine problem

"a gentleman went behind voting booth before caller voted (she heard noises), and then after the caller voted, the gentleman went behind the voting booth again and caller heard noises again. "
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case: #42259 Pennsylvania philadelphia 20th & Ontario 2-Nov 2004-11-02 13:23:17 PST Machine problem

Part of 1 of 2 machines wasn't lighting up -- wasn't able to vote for Liberatarian or Constitutional party; election judge said voter complained but just voted for Kerry & left.....
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case: #42484 Pennsylvania philadelphia West Philly Baptist Church 2-Nov 2004-11-02 13:29:46 PST Machine problem

"Report of green light not on, button not pushed; This issue was resolved by election judge at poll resolved complaint"
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case: #42566 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Palmer and Levick Called in at 1:50pm 2004-11-02 13:34:44 PST Machine problem

Only one voting machine is working and the other is down. An elderly woman went into the voting place and found th officials laughing and then got silent when they noticed that she was there. They told her that someone was going to come out and repair the machine but they said it in a way that to the woman appeared to not be serious. She fears that voters will not wait in long line to vote.
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case: #43125 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4523 Chester Ave. AM 2004-11-02 13:51:17 PST Machine problem

Only one machine working.
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case: #43363 Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA STANTON & MERMAID 2004-11-02 14:01:10 PST Machine problem

MULTIPLE BROKEN MACHINES
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case: #43524 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mallery Recreational Center; Johnson & Morton Streets "November 2, 7:45 am" 2004-11-02 14:11:11 PST Machine problem

"The vote button was placed too low and difficult to see. All the instructions are at eye level, but the vote button is at the lowest right hand corner of the machine. {cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}The candidate button for Kerry/Edwards-->the button to press is besides Edwards name not Kerry's name, so it's confusing. "
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case: #43670 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 33 Division 15 11/2/2004 9:00 2004-11-02 14:14:57 PST Machine problem

machine down
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case: #43858 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Olney High School -- Ward 42 11/2/04 5 p.m. 2004-11-02 14:21:22 PST Machine problem

Machine lights up intermittently
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case: #43963 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 16 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 14:23:40 PST Machine problem

"one machine operating, two not"
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case: #44415 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Merto AME Church- 725 So. 20th St. 11/2/04 5:25 p.m. 2004-11-02 14:50:40 PST Machine problem

"Voter said that he voted. Exited the voting booth. Waited for a friend and while waiting an election official? approached and said ""What did you do?"" He told the voter that he had touched the curtain and that the machine had gone down. He then said that the voter had voted but that the machine could no longer be used. Clained he was too rough with the curtain. Feels that does not make sense."
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case: #44723 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Hagerman & Unruh 11/02/04 5:30pm 2004-11-02 14:53:44 PST Machine problem

Button for president on polling machine would not light up. All others worked.
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case: #44598 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Leeds School (MT PLEASANT & WOOLSTON AVES ) -- Ward 50 11/2/04 5:53 p.m. 2004-11-02 15:01:22 PST Machine problem

One machine is down
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case: #44822 Pennsylvania West Philadelphia Light of Elmwood Lodge #45 5026 Spruce St. Philadelphia 8:00AM 11/2/04 2004-11-02 15:02:07 PST Machine problem

"All red lights were on by all candidates. Voter Pressed ""1"" to vote straight Democrats. All lights stayed on. Cast vote."
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case: #45091 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Leeds School (MT PLEASANT & WOOLSTON AVES ) -- Ward 50 11/2/04 5:53 p.m. 2004-11-02 15:02:21 PST Machine problem
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case: #46179 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Tyson and Morrocks 11/2/04 pm 2004-11-02 15:47:38 PST Machine problem

voter claims he pressed for democratic and he got all republican buttons lit
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case: #46763 Pennsylvania Philadelphia restaurant / 5th & Huntington 11/2 & 9:50 AM 2004-11-02 16:13:16 PST Machine problem

"3 machines at polling place; all were borken. Then later even though all the machines were fixed, only one was in use. No reason given as to why the other two were not being used."
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case: #47208 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Ward 46, Division 13 (Christine Rec Center)" 11/2/04 7:06pm 2004-11-02 16:31:51 PST Machine problem

A machine broke down earlier in the day (see #040164) and the machine was fixed by resetting it. Apparently some poll workers conducted a manual count of the number of voters and there are four more votes on the machine than the recorded number of voters (possible that 4 voters didn't sign in)
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case: #47555 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mifflin School--East Falls Conrad St. Afternoon 2004-11-02 16:36:48 PST Machine problem

"Voter made election, but the lights did not light up next to her elections. Voter is concerned that her vote did not go through. Election official told her that her vote did go through, but she remains concerned."
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case: #47901 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 16 2004-11-02 16:49:55 PST Machine problem

Only one machine operating
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case: #48287 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Ward 32, Div 22" 11/2/2005 8:42 2004-11-02 17:00:07 PST Machine problem

10:40 2d machine has been repaired and is now working
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case: #49121 Pennsylvania philadelphia 2004-11-02 17:32:49 PST Machine problem

Reports of machines malfunctioning all over; he's checked them out & all are resolved
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case: #49219 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Church- at about 4000 North 9th 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 17:40:51 PST Machine problem

Newer type machine- once put in choice was not able to change even tough had not yet pushed vote/submit button. Not possible to change. did NOT ask for help
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case: #49261 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Blueford School (58th & Media) "Nov. 2, 2004 " 2004-11-02 17:43:28 PST Machine problem

Voting machines were not reset properly. Voter requested that the machine be reset twice. People were voting without the lights coming on the machine.
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case: #49460 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5100 Lebanon 8:40 2004-11-02 17:53:32 PST Machine problem

"Ms. Johnson is the Election Judge for this precinct; she called to let us know that when one of their machines shut down, the tape didn't register the votes; she hopes the cartridge registered the votes. Cartridge no. 022538. She also let the Bd of Elections know and they said the votes were probably on the cartridge."
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case: #50896 Pennsylvania "Philadelphia, PA" Finletter School 2-Nov-04 2004-11-03 06:09:57 PST Machine problem

Nobody would explain how the machine worked.
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case: #54407 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4400 Fairmount Avenue 11/2/2004 10:30 2004-11-09 08:44:39 PST Machine problem

"Machine broke at approximately 10:30am. New machine delivered at 1:30 pm. Meanwhile, voters filled out provisional ballots. New machine not working upon delivery. Voters going to other locations."
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case: #54409 Pennsylvania phila 12th & cambria "11/2, 8a" 2004-11-09 08:47:13 PST Machine problem

2-3 voters complained that one of the voting machines wasn't working. one was not sure his vote was recorded.
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case: #54414 Pennsylvania phila penrose rec center "11/2, 7a" 2004-11-09 08:49:10 PST Machine problem

unable to vote in morning and had to go to work.
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case: #54415 Pennsylvania phila "720a, 11/2" 2004-11-09 08:53:08 PST Machine problem

machine did not work. voter left for work.
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case: #54444 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-09 09:29:40 PST Machine problem

"one voter said that there are no instructions for how to correct a mistaken vote. When she told a poll worker about the possible confusion with the machine, she said ""Don't worry about it, they're confused anyway."""
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case: #54450 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1537 Norris 11/2/2005 7:00 2004-11-09 09:38:16 PST Machine problem

repair broken election machine.
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case: #54491 Pennsylvania phila "1019a, 11/2" 2004-11-09 10:27:19 PST Machine problem

machine wouldn't allow her to vote for constitution or libertarian candidtates. they didn't light up when selected.
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case: #54506 Pennsylvania phila 3415 allegheny 2-Nov 2004-11-09 10:38:09 PST Machine problem

not registering votes--at least two voters used buttons but not working
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case: #54514 Pennsylvania phila 3415 allegheny "11/2, 905a" 2004-11-09 10:43:58 PST Machine problem

votes not being registered as confusion over 'vote' button
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case: #54520 Pennsylvania phila 3415 allegheny "11/2, 945a" 2004-11-09 10:47:21 PST Machine problem

"lights didn't come on, had to use a different machine"
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case: #54521 Pennsylvania phila 3415 allegheny "11/2, 945a" 2004-11-09 10:47:49 PST Machine problem

"lights didn't come on, had to use a different machine"
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case: #54583 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Herdon School 2004-11-09 11:40:46 PST Machine problem

Voting machine is not working - only 1 machine operating
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case: #54594 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mantua Recreation Center 11/2/2004 2004-11-09 11:50:56 PST Machine problem

"First, wouldn't let her split the parties. Had voted for four Republicans, went to vote for a Democrat and it switched all previous to Democrat. On second attempt, was able to but wants to get it fixed so it doesn't happen again."
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case: #54624 Pennsylvania phila lambert community center "11/2, 932a" 2004-11-09 12:19:03 PST Machine problem

citizen could not vote for candidates other than her presidential choices line. she possibly pressed the top of the ticket which marks straight line and no other choice is possible. she should have asked for help while still in the voting booth. i left her a message to this effect.
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case: #54628 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 47th and Walnut St 11/2 around 11 am 2004-11-09 12:23:09 PST Machine problem

voting machine out of service for 2 hours; was fixed around 1 pm (each precint has 2 machines)
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case: #54638 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 49th & Fairmount (4859 Fairmount) 11/1/2004 7:55 2004-11-09 12:28:53 PST Machine problem

"Machine not turned on, but turned on upon request"
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case: #54552 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1600 & Cumberland "Nov. 2, 2:15" 2004-11-09 12:29:07 PST Machine problem

"District 4: 2 machines down. One they were able to fit. Lots of frustrated people waiting inside - 1 down, 1 working. According to poll workers, they called Election Board, & they gave instructions...now all are working. ""They pulled down something, pulled the curtain - now one is working."" "
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case: #54649 Pennsylvania phila 2218 w. ontario st. "11/2, 7a" 2004-11-09 12:38:35 PST Machine problem

"on one of the two machines, red power light is not on. Poll official says master count looks ok, but a voter says machine makes no sound when she voted. i called ep jefferson st. command center.

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case: #54654 Pennsylvania phila 2218 w. ontario st. "11/2, 830a" 2004-11-09 12:41:37 PST Machine problem

1st machine inside door; when voter entered entire left column had lights flashing. voter was able to make selections and lights lit up according to her selections. also seemed to register vote but voter was unsure
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case: #54659 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 51st & Reno All day 2004-11-09 12:43:22 PST Machine problem

Machine at all day
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case: #54660 Pennsylvania phila 2004-11-09 12:44:20 PST Machine problem

voting interface - vote button not in sight but cancel button is red & more visible than vote button. voter felt she had to read over carefully or could've easily voided vote.
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case: #54685 Pennsylvania phila 20th & cambria 2-Nov 2004-11-09 13:06:38 PST Machine problem

"a woman came out of the polling place and told us that tehy had a problem operating the machine, and the poll workers had to call a voter back to re-enter votes."
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case: #54692 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Brith Shalom Retirement Community 2004-11-09 13:16:34 PST Machine problem

"The voter had problems with her voting machine. She didn't think her vote was registering. An attendant helped her try to vote, then the attendant went in the back to check on the machine and told the voter that her vote was counted. The voter, however, does not believe her vote was counted."
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case: #54712 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-09 13:38:02 PST Machine problem

Voter cast ballot and whe he exited the site he explained how he voted. First he hit the top button used to vote a straight party ticket. After he hit individual candidate buttons for candidates in the same party - this had the effect os undoing his straight ticket selection and he didn't cast a vote for some candidates. He then hit a red button intended only for election workers - we're fairly sure his vote was then made ineffective.
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case: #54769 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Stoddard Fleischer School 11/2/2004 7:00 2004-11-09 14:53:06 PST Machine problem

One of two voting machines has been broken since the polls opened.
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case: #54870 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-10 07:29:18 PST Machine problem

"3 reports of machine being broken. 1 report of ""things being disorganized"" a poll taker randomly clicked counter - don't (know if that has any bearing) no wheelchair access, but it seemed that all wheelchair users managed to get in to vote."
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case: #54929 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-10 08:14:37 PST Machine problem

"Machine not plugged in. Voter informed poll worker, who resolved problem."
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case: #60360 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 56th & Chestnut - Firehouse "11/2/04, 7 am" 2004-12-10 09:09:23 PST Machine problem

Both machines did not work. There was a line of people here. People left. This is called voter suppression. Those voters may not return.
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case: #62185 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2005-02-14 12:21:25 PST Machine problem

"Voted for President, then machine kicked her out or she got confused before she could vote in local races."
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case: #62643 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Brith Shalom Retirement Home, Conshohocken Ave" 8:15 2005-02-25 11:58:52 PST Machine problem

Person at booth asked if she D or R. When she said she was D it lit up particular choices. Person at booth asked her to review choices and push button to register vote. She thinks the vote wasn't counted because the woman had to turn the machine off and ??? ??? her vote was counted
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case: #62701 Pennsylvania "Philadelphia, PA" 2005-02-28 12:54:33 PST Machine problem

"Light flickered red and green; wants to make sure her vote counted; only had 2 machines, normally have 6; others in precinct had paper ballots; was her vote counted? it did show Kerry'Edwards at the end."
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case: #62736 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Fenley Recreation Center 2005-03-01 13:09:11 PST Machine problem

"Called to report that at the Fenley Recreation Center where she voted, she thinks votes weren't counted. There were a large number of machines where the curtains didn't open - people just walked out. You had to hit the vote button at the bottom of the machine to register your vote. Once that was done the curtains opened. She thinks votes didn't register. The process was very confusing and she thinks the number of signatures/ballots should be checked against the actual votes cast at that location."
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case: #64246 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Deerfield Beach Courthouse 2005-04-08 02:38:22 PST Machine problem

"push button machine; elderly woman voted, wrong candidate came up; she corrected vote, but son worried about"
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case: #30724 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Hattington Restaurant, 6227 Lancaster Ave." "11/2/04, 9 am" 2004-11-02 06:11:54 PST Machine problem; Disability access problem; Long lines; Polling place inquiry

"EP volunteer called: No indicator of polling place posted, truck blocking entrance, no monitors, broken machine."
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case: #42680 Pennsylvania philadelphia 1225 Vine St. -- 29th & Glenwood 2-Nov 2004-11-02 13:39:04 PST Machine problem; Identification-related problem

"Requiring ID's from everyone -- arguments, altercations, etc. -- also broken machine issue; 18 sites, all in N. Philly"
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case: #54673 Pennsylvania phila pierce elementary school "11/2, 705a" 2004-11-09 12:53:27 PST Machine problem; Identification-related problem

unsure where to vote. confusion.
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case: #54596 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 36th & Fairmount Ave 2004-11-09 11:57:38 PST Machine problem; Identification-related problem; Provisional ballot problem; Polling place inquiry

"1. 7 am - One of two voting machines did not function for 10-15 minutes, then repaired. 5-6 people did not get to vote (because we could not get here on time due to hold up handing out packets and t-shirts at headquarters - we arrived at 7:15 am){cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}2. Provisional ballots were not in the envelopes with the instructions for filling out ballots. We found ballots and asked poll workers to distribute with instructions.{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}3. Handful of people needed help finding right polling place{cr}{newline}{cr}{newline}4. A few people were misinformed that they could not vote because they had no ID - we told them what they could use for ID and they actually went home, got proper ID/bill/etc, and came back and successfully voted."
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case: #54770 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5544 Grand Ave 2004-11-09 14:52:49 PST Machine problem; Insufficient number of ballots; Long lines

"Not enough people to help voters. Lines became too long and people were growing impatient, wanting to leave."
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case: #28907 Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Empirian Apartment Complex "11/2/04, 7:15am" 2004-11-02 04:31:48 PST Machine problem; Late opening

Opened late and only one voting machine is working.
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case: #29124 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Morton McMichael Public School Nov 2 at 7:30 am 2004-11-02 04:38:44 PST Machine problem; Late opening

"(1) Machines not up and running on time. 6 people left without voting; (2) voting machines were not giving the ""green light"" that votes had been cast. 2-3 voters left polling station without getting the green light for their votes. "
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case: #29531 Pennsylvania Philadelphia County "67 Mghee Ave, Philadelphia, 19111" 11/1/04; 6:45-7:15am 2004-11-02 05:10:19 PST Machine problem; Late opening

Voting machines not working from 6:45am-7:15am; No voters admitteed to polling place during that period. Caller had to leave to go to work before voting.
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case: #54420 Pennsylvania phila 12th & susquehanna 2-Nov 2004-11-09 08:55:55 PST Machine problem; Late opening

machine still not working at 7:25.
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case: #33302 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7:05am 2004-11-02 07:42:25 PST Machine problem; Late opening; Long lines

machines not working
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case: #29366 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "11/2 , 7:15AM" 2004-11-02 04:54:39 PST Machine problem; Late opening; Other

machines not starting at 0; no signage to give voters direction
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case: #54887 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Gideon School "11/2/04, 7:20" 2004-11-10 07:45:22 PST Machine problem; Late opening; Other polling place problem

"Not organized, late red light wasn't working."
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case: #29194 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 46th & Chester Nov. 2 7 a.m. 2004-11-02 04:45:48 PST Machine problem; Long lines

One out of the 2 machines is broken and was never opened; they are not offering paper ballots. They do not appear to have paper ballots.
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case: #30842 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion High School (32nd and Ridge Ave) 11/2/2004 9:00 2004-11-02 06:07:12 PST Machine problem; Long lines

Only one working voting machine
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case: #32762 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Rising Sun at Benner (6P Fire Dept.) 7:35am 2004-11-02 07:24:08 PST Machine problem; Long lines
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case: #46052 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Leed's School "11/2/04, 6pm" 2004-11-02 15:42:39 PST Machine problem; Long lines

"There was previously a report of a broken machine at this polling place. There are now long lines at this polling place. The broken machine is out of service, and we do not believe that any paper ballots are being used."
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case: #54682 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5333 Market St 11/2/2004 2004-11-09 13:12:04 PST Machine problem; Long lines

One of two machines have been broken all morning (problems setting it up as well). {cr}{newline}Long line caused some voters to leave.{cr}{newline}State agency came to fix the machines - they're now working properly.
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case: #28824 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "2319 N. 11th Street, Vision of Mision Tab Church" 11/2/04 7:16 a.m. 2004-11-02 04:22:07 PST Machine problem; Other

"two machines were broken but are now working and are open, also asked 3 or 4 times if he would be voting democrat"
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case: #33394 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7:30am 2004-11-02 07:48:23 PST Machine problem; Other

"One machine at polling place wasn't sealed. Machine #020423, Seal #0004423. They are using the machine."
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case: #40645 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "Philadelphia Library, Haverford Avenue and Woodbine" Nov. 2; 11:25-11:40 2004-11-02 12:35:35 PST Machine problem; Other

"Caller suspects elderly woman who preceded her and asked for poll worker's help did not receive assistance needed and did not complete vote; caller's vote was not counted as a result. Caller says lights were still on and red pbutton necessary to complete vote had not been pushed down. Caller pushed button, and did not realize until later that she must have completed preceding voter's choice, not her own. Caller believes she was number 238. According to mypollingplace, machines used there was ""shouptronic 1242 (danaher)-dre"". "
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case: #54579 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Christy Rec Center "11/2/04, 7:05" 2004-11-09 11:45:38 PST Machine problem; Other

"The polling machine overcounted the manual count by 4. It appears that those votes will be counted because there is no wat to identify who those voters are/who they voted for. This incident occurred on a polling machine that had gone offline temporarily earlier in the day, so there is no wat to know whether the descrepency is attributable to the machine or people who didn't sign the book."
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case: #54621 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 52nd Master 10:15 2004-11-09 12:15:13 PST Machine problem; Other

Long voter - told and saw printed No signature on file.
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case: #54839 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Elwood and 73rd St 11/2/2004 2004-11-10 06:57:48 PST Machine problem; Other

Man had two concerns:{cr}{newline}1. Possible machine problem and{cr}{newline}2. He said owner of garage that polling place was in was telling people he would pay them $5.00 to vote Republican
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case: #54868 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2004-11-10 07:29:18 PST Machine problem; Other

"Pamphlet instructions misunderstood with reference to ""red"" button (used for write-ins) and red button #1 (used for straight democratic) - the result is that some believe they are voting by pressing the red button but their votes are not going through because the green button (that finalizes the vote) has not been pressed."
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case: #30142 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Ward 42 Division 6 11/2/2004 8:15 2004-11-02 05:38:13 PST Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem

"voter walked into the polls and voted without signing in, machines are between the door and the sign in place. "
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case: #44848 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Lower Mayfield 2:30pm 2004-11-02 14:57:47 PST Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem

The incorrect candidates were on the ballot. Brady/Williams were the candidates listed. The correct candidates should have been Schwartz/Brown. The voter was not able to cast a vote for the candidate he wanted.
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case: #62708 Pennsylvania Philadelphia "St. Elizabeth's, 23rd / Montgomery Sts" "11/2/04, 7:30 am" 2005-02-28 13:44:30 PST Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem; Polling place inquiry

Workers were rude. Poll worker cast vote for voter when she asked for help. Stayed inside voting booth. She wanted to vote for different candidates for some of the offices besides president.
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case: #36644 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 66TH AND ELMWOOD Tilden Middle School this morning. 2004-11-02 10:29:04 PST Machine problem; Other polling place problem

machines are not working; voter in machine when poll worker entered the booth and began explaining how to vote. She did not ask for any assistance. After she voted the lights went out on machine and she is not sure her vote counted. She was told her machine did not work and that her vote was not counted. The poll workers were also very hostile.
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case: #37961 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2001 9th St. 9:40am 2004-11-02 10:46:13 PST Machine problem; Other polling place problem

Judge there from 7 to 9am--then left until the afternoon. Machines are problematic--votes may not be registering. Question on competence of staff working machines--worker going into the machine.
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case: #41796 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Bartram Motivational School 2004-11-02 13:05:45 PST Machine problem; Other polling place problem

Power outage--needed to tell officials to check whether votes wee counted.

[foo_bar]

22. compare and contrast

(on edit: I'll leave analysis to the analysts, consider this is a "demo". Data first, reports second.)

The identical "Shouptronic 1242" DRE machine was used in all but 7 counties in Kentucky (out of 120 counties), and not a single report of one breaking down. Granted Philadelphia had a lot more people voting on fewer machines, but most of the philly problems happened within minutes of polls opening (at 7am EST, 4am PST (the vv.org data is in PST)).

Also note that the Shouptronic (recently acquired by AVC) was named for the president of the company, Ransom Shoup II, a person who was convicted of vote fraud in 1979 ("conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to an FBI inquiry into a lever machine-counted election in Philadelphia" source).

Here's the one Shouptronic "machine-related" report in all of KY:
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case: #60384 Kentucky Henry 2004-12-21 11:33:57 PST Machine problem

"Caller called to report a machine problem her sister encountered in Henry County, KY. Sister was about to submit her vote electronically when she read the summary of candidates she had chosen. Sister noticed that her vote had been switched from Democrat to Republican. She was able to vote Democrat as she wished, but only because she noticed the error in time."

21 103 KY KY 21 103 Henry H1 KY Henry http://www.kysos.com/Elecfil/Genelectionfiles/votingequip.asp and http://www.sos.state.ky.us/Elecfil/Genelectionfiles/countyclerk.asp 1-Aug-04 (E-Voting: Other) Danaher Controls (Danaher Guardian) Electronic1242 Henry
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[mgr]

26. I think you may have a story to tell. n/t

[foo_bar]

27. how's this for an opening paragraph?

"With us tonight is the Mayor of Philadelphia. Please help me welcome Mayor John Street. (Applause.) Mayor Street has encouraged faith-based and community organizations to make a significant difference in Philadelphia. He's invited me to his city this summer to see compassionate action. I'm personally aware of just how effective the Mayor is. Mayor Street's a Democrat. (Applause.) Let the record show, I lost his city, big time. (Applause.) But some things are bigger than politics. So I look forward to coming to your city, to see your faith-based programs in action..."

- the 2001 SOTU

(edit, ten weeks later:

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."

—George W. Bush, Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001)

[mgr]

28. Just keep it in quotes n/t

[foo_bar]

29. the italics are a little hard on the eyes

[foo_bar]

30. on second thought, you probably meant that figuratively :)

[demodonkey]

33. Liberty Bell Still Ringing -PA is Working to re-examine DANAHER-SHOUP...

... and hopefully DE-certify it like we did with the UniLect Patriot.

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Pennsylvania can yet again rise to defend the democratic ideals of the founders of the USA.

(PRWEB) June 17, 2005 -- Concerned voting citizens have petitioned the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to re-examine the Danaher voting system which was associated with election failures in Berks and other counties in the May 2005 primary election.

Hundreds of people in multiple precincts had their votes discarded, and a number of races remain undecided. The vendors will blame the locals, but good systems are usable without such problems. Computer scientists are adamant about the security issues, and banks and merchants would never use a computer system so grossly inadequate that no paper records could be produced for transaction confirmation.

The system in use was incapable of producing the basic essential of a voter-verified paper ballot. Not only is there no way to prove that the votes 'counted' were accurate, there is no possibility for any form of independent audit or recount. The components will be faulty, the firmware/software flawed, the failure rates astronomical, the 'results' entirely unreliable, and there's no way to know, because these cheat machines are manufactured, programmed, tested, and operated in total secrecy by nonlocal parties not known and not sworn to guard elections, irresponsibly outsourcing critical public work. The vendors are not even bonded or insured, and use of their products has caused millions of dollars of taxpayer losses.

MORE... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb251958.htm

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THE PETITION WAS RECEIVED BY THE PA SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE LAST WEEK, FOLKS.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[foo_bar]

34. queue "Eye of the Tiger"

They stack the odds 'til we take to the street...

[foo_bar]

23. redundancy checking

The bad news is, 442 of the EIRS incidents are duplicated into 895 records (same exact description, type, polling place, state, county; different case numbers, <3 minutes apart). The good news is, that's 453 fewer rows to worry about fixing by hand. In keeping with the auditability requirement there's a new column "incident.uniqueid" to flag these rows, in case any of these dupes are actually coincidences and not input errors.

The complete list of suspected dupes is documented here.

Examples:

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43337 Tennessee "Jones County, MS Registration site" "9:40am, 11/02/04" 2004-11-02 14:05:23 PST Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem "Wants to vote absentee in different state from current location. (In TN, registered in Mississippi)" No 47 0 TN "Jones County, MS Registration site" TN "Wants to vote absentee in different state from current location. (In TN, registered in Mississippi)" Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem 2

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43505 Tennessee "Jones County, MS Registration site" "9:40am, 11/02/04" 2004-11-02 14:05:48 PST Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem "Wants to vote absentee in different state from current location. (In TN, registered in Mississippi)" No 47 0 TN "Jones County, MS Registration site" TN "Wants to vote absentee in different state from current location. (In TN, registered in Mississippi)" Absentee-ballot related problem; Registration-related problem 2
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39939 Colorado Adams 2004-11-02 11:57:46 PST Registration-related problem "Voter believes she registered in Adams County, but isn't quite certain and doesn't know her polling place. She has a registration card from Adams County, but when I tried to look up her polling place the result was in Arapahoe County and the system doesn't have polling place information for that County." 8 1 CO Adams CO "Voter believes she registered in Adams County, but isn't quite certain and doesn't know her polling place. She has a registration card from Adams County, but when I tried to look up her polling place the result was in Arapahoe County and the system doesn't have polling place information for that County." Registration-related problem 2
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40121 Colorado Adams 2004-11-02 11:59:24 PST Registration-related problem "Voter believes she registered in Adams County, but isn't quite certain and doesn't know her polling place. She has a registration card from Adams County, but when I tried to look up her polling place the result was in Arapahoe County and the system doesn't have polling place information for that County." 8 1 CO Adams CO "Voter believes she registered in Adams County, but isn't quite certain and doesn't know her polling place. She has a registration card from Adams County, but when I tried to look up her polling place the result was in Arapahoe County and the system doesn't have polling place information for that County." Registration-related problem 2
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30543 Pennsylvania Alleghany approx. 8:00 a.m. 2004-11-02 05:59:01 PST Other polling place problem Her daughter's polling place refused to permit her daughter to bring her 5-year old son into the voting booth. Claimed it was the law. Her daughter is an attorney and asked them to show her the law. 42 3 PA Alleghany PA Her daughter's polling place refused to permit her daughter to bring her 5-year old son into the voting booth. Claimed it was the law. Her daughter is an attorney and asked them to show her the law. Other polling place problem 2
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30727 Pennsylvania Alleghany approx. 8:00 a.m. 2004-11-02 06:01:17 PST Other polling place problem Her daughter's polling place refused to permit her daughter to bring her 5-year old son into the voting booth. Claimed it was the law. Her daughter is an attorney and asked them to show her the law. 42 3 PA Alleghany PA Her daughter's polling place refused to permit her daughter to bring her 5-year old son into the voting booth. Claimed it was the law. Her daughter is an attorney and asked them to show her the law. Other polling place problem 2
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22241 Pennsylvania Allegheney 2004-11-01 11:17:03 PST Other Voter called county registrar to find out where she and her husband should vote and was told that she's not on a registered voter list. She hasn't voted since the 2000 election and her husband hasn't voted since before that. They moved to their current address (from another address in Allegheney county) after 2000. In 2002 voter received a registration card at her current address that gave a polling place location. Husband did not receive such a card at that time. No 42 3 PA Allegheney PA Voter called county registrar to find out where she and her husband should vote and was told that she's not on a registered voter list. She hasn't voted since the 2000 election and her husband hasn't voted since before that. They moved to their current address (from another address in Allegheney county) after 2000. In 2002 voter received a registration card at her current address that gave a polling place location. Husband did not receive such a card at that time. Other 2
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22497 Pennsylvania Allegheney 2004-11-01 11:18:10 PST Other Voter called county registrar to find out where she and her husband should vote and was told that she's not on a registered voter list. She hasn't voted since the 2000 election and her husband hasn't voted since before that. They moved to their current address (from another address in Allegheney county) after 2000. In 2002 voter received a registration card at her current address that gave a polling place location. Husband did not receive such a card at that time. No 42 3 PA Allegheney PA Voter called county registrar to find out where she and her husband should vote and was told that she's not on a registered voter list. She hasn't voted since the 2000 election and her husband hasn't voted since before that. They moved to their current address (from another address in Allegheney county) after 2000. In 2002 voter received a registration card at her current address that gave a polling place location. Husband did not receive such a card at that time. Other 2
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44482 Pennsylvania Allegheny Beacon Hills apartments nov 2 at 12.40pm 2004-11-02 15:20:06 PST Registration-related problem; Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem "had 2 lists - the list he was on they said he would be allowed in springtime, but he had the voter registration card on him that said that he had registered in 2000. they looked at the card as invalid. then, they said they didn't have any provisional ballots available because they had run out. was told to go to the court, go to city council bldg, then go back to the polling station, but he had to go to work. (whereas his wife, the caller, had been registered, but it was her first time voting, and without card, was allowed to vote. " Yes 42 3 PA Allegheny PA "had 2 lists - the list he was on they said he would be allowed in springtime, but he had the voter registration card on him that said that he had registered in 2000. they looked at the card as invalid. then, they said they didn't have any provisional ballots available because they had run out. was told to go to the court, go to city council bldg, then go back to the polling station, but he had to go to work. (whereas his wife, the caller, had been registered, but it was her first time voting, and without card, was allowed to vote. " Registration-related problem; Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem Beacon Hills apartments 2
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45559 Pennsylvania Allegheny Beacon Hills apartments nov 2 at 12.40pm 2004-11-02 15:21:35 PST Registration-related problem; Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem "had 2 lists - the list he was on they said he would be allowed in springtime, but he had the voter registration card on him that said that he had registered in 2000. they looked at the card as invalid. then, they said they didn't have any provisional ballots available because they had run out. was told to go to the court, go to city council bldg, then go back to the polling station, but he had to go to work. (whereas his wife, the caller, had been registered, but it was her first time voting, and without card, was allowed to vote. " Yes 42 3 PA Allegheny PA "had 2 lists - the list he was on they said he would be allowed in springtime, but he had the voter registration card on him that said that he had registered in 2000. they looked at the card as invalid. then, they said they didn't have any provisional ballots available because they had run out. was told to go to the court, go to city council bldg, then go back to the polling station, but he had to go to work. (whereas his wife, the caller, had been registered, but it was her first time voting, and without card, was allowed to vote. " Registration-related problem; Insufficient number of ballots; Provisional ballot problem Beacon Hills apartments 2

[Melissa G]

31. kickin for good, hard work!

[foo_bar]

32. more release notes

- added "Export..." link(s) to county, vendor, and tech reports (serves query in spreadsheet-compatible format (Tab-delimited text, understood by File->Open... in Excel or Access)).

- added column to incident: 'uniqueid', non-nullable integer
-- Zero means unique, or the first occurrence of a particular dupe (to exclude dupes without excluding the duped)
-- Nonzero values are the case_number of the first occurrence above (if cases #30997 through #30999 are dupes, #30997 has a uniqueid of 0, #30998 and #30999 have a uniqueid of 30997)

425 rows have non-zero values, and can be viewed as an exception report via "WHERE uniqueid <> 0" (also revised in the web interface).

To view the entire dupe-dupee hierarchy, "WHERE (uniqueid <> 0 or case_number in (select uniqueid from incident))".

[foo_bar]

35. v.3: 2004 election results, crosstabulated by vendor/tech/state

Examples:

New York:
AVM Lever (Kerry: 68.4% / Bush: 30.3% / Nader: 1.19%)
Sequoia (Bush: 52.8% / Kerry: 45.2% / Nader: 1.87%)
http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl?state=New%20York

Pennsylvania:
E-Voting: Other (Kerry: 77.6% / Bush: 22.3%)
E-Voting: Touchscreen (Bush: 50.1% / Kerry: 49.8%)
http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl?state=Ohio

North Carolina:
E-Voting: Other (Kerry: 51.0% / Bush: 48.9%)
E-Voting: Touchscreen (Bush: 53.0% / Kerry: 46.9%)
http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl?state=North%20Carolina

Index page:
http://216.254.112.246/cgi-bin/search.pl

(edited out Nader naughts)