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A DAY OF GLITCHES WITH NEW MACHINES AND HASSLES OVER WORKERS
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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November 7, 2001
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MICHAEL CASEY, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-07-2001
A DAY OF GLITCHES WITH NEW MACHINES AND HASSLES OVER WORKERS
By MICHAEL CASEY, Staff Writer
Date: 11-07-2001, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: Two Star P
The arrival of new, computerized voting machines was supposed to
eliminate problems at the polls. It didn't.
There were also reports that poll workers in West Paterson were
trying to sway voters to oppose a name change, and an African-American
poll worker was turned away in Totowa.
Federal election monitor Walter Timpone said one African-American
poll worker was being kept out of a Totowa polling site, allegedly
because of his race. The frustrated worker finally walked ...
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