Reply #15: IA: Voting snags are resolved quickly, Iowans report

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Voting snags are resolved quickly, Iowans report

In Butler County, machines erroneously tell some voters that they made mistakes. Counting is delayed in Pottawattamie County.

By JENNIFER JACOBS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER

November 8, 2006


While malfunctioning voting machines have bedeviled some states, the glitches reported in Iowa on Election Day were scattered and minor, election officials said.

There were no reports that a problem caused a person's vote to not be counted, said Charles Krogmeier, deputy secretary of state.

The biggest challenge, election officials said, was dealing with the influx of voters when turnout proved larger than expected.

"It's been unbelievable for a nonpresidential year," said Gene Krumm, auditor in Dallas County, where some voters reported wait times of an hour and a half at the Waukee Christian Church.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS09/611080391/1056