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June 2008SequoiaOptech 400CCaliforniabe replaced for hours, despite requirements that theybe available in each precinct.” Indeed, “backupmachines took three hours to prepare, with somearriving as late as 2 p.m.” It was unclear what causedthe malfunction of the machines. 312San Bernardino County, CAAccording to the Press Enterprise, a “computer glitchin the San Bernardino County registrar of voters'ballot-counting system sent some losing candidates inTuesday night's election to bed thinking moreprecincts were left to be heard from when, in fact, allthe votes were in and counted.”San Bernardino County voter Registrar Kari Verjiltold the paper, “the glitch is embedded in computervote-counting software provided by Sequoia VotingSystems, the Denver-based contractor that servesmany counties in California.”March 2008February2008ES&SModel 650SequoiaOptech 400CCaliforniaCaliforniaA staffer in the registrar’s office told the paper thatSan Bernardino County officials discovered the glitchlast year and told the manufacturer. A Sequoiaspokeswoman acknowledged that San Bernadinoreported problems and stressed that the issue “hasabsolutely nothing to do with vote totals ortabulations.” 313Sacramento County, CAThe Sacramento Bee reports that “impropermaintenance of some of Sacramento County's votingmachines⎯and the tint of the Feb. 5 ballots⎯wereto blame for malfunctions that sidelined votecountingscanners and delayed results of last month'spresidential primary, according to the county's topelection official.”The county, during its investigation, “said that thevendor that supplies and maintains the scanners,Elections Systems & Software, conducted improperrecalibration and preventive maintenance on themachines in December.” Moreover, according to theBee, “the [county] report said that ballots printed byConsolidated Printers were too dark to allow theballot to be correctly read by the faulty scanners.” 314Santa Clara County, CAThe San Francisco Chronicle reported that, at onepolling station, “more than a dozen people trying toBrennan Center for Justice | 51