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Article: ELECTION OFFICIALS BACKTRACK TO IDENTIFY VOTING MACHINE GLITCH
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2004
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Today, election officials will try to duplicate the computer
malfunction that locked up the screens of some electronic voting
machines on Election Day.
The experiment is part of a larger process to diagnose causes of
long lines at Vanderburgh County polling places that resulted in a
flurry of voter complaints.
County Clerk Marsha Abell estimates approximately 150 mailed-in
absentee ballots were not counted because of handling errors, either
by voters or by a temporary Election Office employee who was
terminated.
The postelection review, ordered by the Vanderburgh County
Commissioners, continues today in the county election office in
Evansville's Civic Center.
Officials are looking for any ...