Reply #1: (PA) Computer glitch delays Bucks election count

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Computer glitch delays Bucks election count
County can't certify primary results until printouts corrected.

By Hal Marcovitz
Of The Morning Call

From The Morning Call -- June 8, 2005

Bucks County government's much-maligned computer system is at the bottom of another election mix-up.

On Monday, the Bucks County Board of Elections was expected to issue a certified count for the May 17 primary, but couldn't because a computer printout contained numerous errors.

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County Commissioner James F. Cawley, the chairman of the Elections Board, said the mistake was caused by a programming error in the county's mainframe computer.

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And in the spring 2004 primary, a keyboarding error gave U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter 85,000 extra votes in his re-election bid against then-U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey.

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http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2electionjun08,0,209391.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed