AP- Technical Problems Reported in E-Voting

[AZCat]

Technical Problems Reported in E-Voting

By RACHEL KONRAD, AP Technology Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Electronic voting made its debut in cities and towns from Maryland to California on Tuesday as election officials beefed up security for the record number of voters expected to cast E-ballots for the first time.

Scattered technical problems were reported in the early hours as voters in 10 states, including California, New York and Ohio, went to the Super Tuesday polls to choose a Democratic presidential nominee and decide primary contests for congressional and state races.

Advocates of electronic voting say paperless ballots save money and eliminate problems common to old systems. But the technology brings a new breed of security concerns, like software errors and hackers that could make the results unreliable.
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And the electronic voting trend is accelerating: In November's presidential election, at least 50 million people will vote on touch-screens, compared with 55 million using paper, punch cards or lever machines, according to Washington-based Election Data Services.
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[Leilani]

1. Surprise Surprise

NOT!

[BearFlagDemocrat]

2. We had major problems at my precinct this morning...

First they couldn't get all the voting machines up, then they couldn't get the console machine to boot up. Took them half an hour on hold in order to figure out the issue, and in the meantime, people left to come back after work, or just left, period.