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My polling place has only 2 voting machines - 1 of them a Diebold that wasn't working when I got there this afternoon.

Posted by CovingtonCat Nov 4 '08, 16:10

They had to take it offline when it was discovered that when anyone chose the straight ticket option the votes weren't registering. I overheard the guy behind the sign in desk tell this to someone. The way he put it the "vendor" didn't program them right and no one at the "office" caught it. Machines were down "all over". I'm guessing the problem is local and minimal since KY has already been called for McCain. I'm holding out hope, though, that McConnell will lose.

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Straight ticket should never be an option, IMHO. How lazy can you be to not touch the screen on a couple places, or pull a couple little levers - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:11 11
- a huge percentage of people vote that way anyway, why not save the time for everyone else? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 16:14 3
  - Realistically, though... how much time does it really save? - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:16 2
    - from what I have seen, a lot! -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 16:17 1
      - In all the years I have voted, I cannot remember any time I've had to vote for more than four or five races where party affiliation was a factor - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:21
- I never use it, but some people consider it a party loyalty thing -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 4, 16:13
- I agree. I'd never seen a straight ticket option before I moved here. -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 4, 16:13
- Have you never waited in line at a theatre behind some tard who can't figure out the automated ticket machine? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:13 4
  - Nope. Between working at a theatre and running the site, I haven't had to wait in a ticket line very often in the past 22 years -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:14 2
    - ... darn you! Making me feel like a plebe ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:15 1
      - I mean, I do sometimes have to wait in a line to get into a movie, like at a film festival, but since I have my press pass, I'm usually at the front - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 16:17
  - (Oh, and for the record, I wouldn't trust an election to the people who make those automated ticket machines - but I'd rather them than Diebold) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 16:14
So how many people were disenfranchised before they discovered this little "bug"? -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 16:11 2
- and more importantly, are these 'bugs' showing up in only heavy demo/minority areas? ala florida - zeitgeist, at least my ticket is straight Nov 4, 16:17
- No idea. I had a 15 minute wait at 4:30. Someone who voted in the morning said it was very busy then. -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 4, 16:12

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My polling place has only 2 voting machines - 1 of them a Diebold that wasn't working when I got there this afternoon.

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