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As Voters Head To Polls, Reports Of Problems Start Pouring In
An unexpected glitch almost caused one central Pennsylvania voter to cast his ballot for the wrong candidate, highlighting concerns about voter fraud in a number of states on an already tense Election Day. The Election Protection coalition, for instance, has reported ballot scanning problems in Ohio in Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo.
“I initially selected Obama but Romney was highlighted,” writes Centralpavote on YouTube, of the glitch in central Pennsylvania. ”I assumed it was being picky so I de-selected Romney and tried Obama again, this time more carefully, and still got Romney.”
[Related: Voting Machines: Why We'll Never Trust Them]
The man, a software developer, tried troubleshooting the screen, selecting different names. But “the top of Romney’s button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama’s name was all active for Romney.” A few more taps, and he discovered that the only way to select Obama was to click on a small sliver of the screen. All of the buttons for the other candidates seemed to work fine.
Other voters at the precinct didn’t have the same problem, he said, and the volunteer didn’t seem concerned. “She him hawed for a bit then calmly said, ‘It’s nothing to worry about, everything will be OK,’ and went back to what she was doing,” he wrote. “I then recorded this video.” He insists that the video is unedited—the jumpy frames are from the camera app on his Android phone, he says.
Read more here at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/watch-glitch-voting-machine-pennsylvania-171806481–election.html
Reports are pouring in from other voters who say they’ve had the same experience with electronic voting machines in other areas, and the computer-savvy among them are quick to point out that the problem is less about fraud and more about faulty electronics.
