This is it. The day we have been waiting for.
Problems began first thing this morning with machine failures in New Jersey. There were also reports of memory cards failing on AVS Winvote machines in Fairfax Co Virginia. The wet weather in some states has caused problems with paper ballots that have swollen enough to not work in optical scan machines. The ballots are being put in ballot boxes until they dry enough to be run. Voting machines in 8 Philadelphia precincts have failed and emergency paper ballots are being passed out.
Voting machines supplied for voters with disabilities have been removed from use by order of a court. The counties Hart Intercivic eSlates failed to register straight-party votes properly. …
- National: Election Night (Popcorn Included)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/politics/04guide.html?hp - National: E-Voting machines fail Michigan tests and others can be mis-calibrated
http://www.inquisitr.com/7226/e-voting-machines-fail-michigan-tests-and-others-can-mis-calibrated/ - National: E-Voting’s Biggest Test
In Several Key States, Electronic Voting Machines Have Already Flipped Votes From One Candidate to Another
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6173566&page=1 - National: Nov. 4, 2008: What could possibly go wrong?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/04/Nov_4_2008_What_could_possibly_go_wrong_1.html - National: Voting machine problems reported on East Coast, in Midwest
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-votingproblems5-2008nov05,0,2933241.story - National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states
Issues arose in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118983&intsrc=hm_ts_head - National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states
http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/57215/problems-e-voting-reported-early-battleground-states - AZ: Pima County – County challenged over vote-counting for disabled
Center: Pima can’t count votes by disabled last
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/101570.php - CO: Boulder County – ‘Paper dust’ could create Election Day hassle
Election workers inspect ballots to guard against inaccurate results
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/nov/03/paper-dust-could-create-election-day-hassle/ - FL: Palm Beach County – Ballot Crease-Vote Counting Controversy Grows
http://www.cbs12.com/news/vote_4710522___article.html/absentee_ballot.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Board rejects crease request
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/11/03/a11a_crease_1104.html - KY: Kenton County – Kenton halts handicapped accessible voting
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081104/NEWS0103/310310111 - KY: Kenton County – Kenton County Problem with Electronic Voting Machine
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4b94ae47-b1f3-41a7-8612-34f208f02d29 - LA: Voting Rights Watch: Louisiana Democrats question massive voter purge
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-louisiana-democrats.asp - NJ: Voting-machine malfunctions crop up at some polling places
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/votingmachine_malfunctions_cro.html - NJ: Burlington County – Willingboro voting glitch fixed
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081104/NEWS01/81104010/1006 - NV: Obama/DNC Incident Report Database Reveals Startling, Wide-Spread Voting Machine Problems Across Nevada During Early Voting
https://bradblog.com/?p=6616 - NY: New voting machine already has two votes
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20081104/NEWS01/81104009 - OH: Ohio Election Day Watch Report: Further election problems in Ohio
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3265 - OH: Franklin County – Voting machine complaints trickle in
http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/a_woman_who_voted_at.shtml - OH: Knox County – Obama, McCain missing from some ballots
http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/obama_mccain_missing_from_some.shtml - PA: Philadelphia – Some machine problems reported in Philly
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/voting-problems-reported-in-philly/ - VA: Election monitors call for extension of VA voting hours
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Election_monitors_call_for_extension_of_1104.html - VA: Fairfax County – VA/Fairfax County Machine Problems
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/vafairfax-county-machine-problems/
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Just a comment,
Having just returned from voting I must say in all the presidential elections or any election for that matter, ive never, ever waited or seen the type of crowd where Ive voted for the past several elections. I waited a good 90 minutes, in 2004 I recall be in & out of there in 10 – 15 minutes tops (the same exact location). Not that I consider myself old, 41, I saw a large number of people my age all the way down; furthermore I will admit to seeing more African American voters then ever before. I live in suburban Detroit Michigan in an area thats about 80% white 20% black, with a small % of other ethnic groups. The overall consistance of the polls for many weeks I think is a strong indicater; however after seeing what I saw today I would probably predict with a higher degree of confidence Barak Obama will win in a landslide. If I had to guess I would say it will 56% to 44% with somewhere around 350 electoral votes. The contested states might be closer, but he’ll take most of them plus dont be surprised if he takes a couple more we didnt expect.
thanks, 41 in suburban Detroit, MI