Tuesday, March 09, 2004
7,000 screwed up votes in Orange Country electronic voting debacle
And in Florida 2000, it only 537 ....
This is rich. They blame the users! I've heard that from computer companies before.
Poll workers struggling with a new electronic voting system in last week's election gave thousands of Orange County voters the wrong ballots, according to a Times analysis of election records. In 21 precincts where the problem was most acute, there were more ballots cast than registered voters.
Wide margins in most races seem likely to spare the county the need for a costly revote. But the problems, which county officials have blamed on insufficient training for poll workers, are a strong indication of the pitfalls facing officials as they try to bring new election technology online statewide.
(via LA Times)
This is rich. They blame the users! I've heard that from computer companies before.
