http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=476Removed for "recalibration". I read that this happened in New Mexico as well (need to relocate the link).
It happened in Ohio in Mahoning and Mercer counties:
http://www.vindy.com/basic/news/281829446390855.phpIt also happened in Pinellas County, Florida:
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After 10 minutes trying to change her selection, the Pinellas County resident said she called a poll worker and got a wet-wipe napkin to clean the touch screen as well as a pencil so she could use its eraser-end instead of her finger. Harvey said it took about 10 attempts to select Kerry before and a summary screen confirmed her intended selection. Election officials in several Florida counties where voters complained about such problems did not return calls Tuesday night.
A spokesoman for the company that makes the touch-screen machines used in Pinellas, Palm Beach and two other Florida counties, Alfie Charles of Sequoia Voting Systems Inc., said the machines' monitors may need to be recalibrated periodically.
more:
http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/election_2004_news/index.php