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January 2008January 2008PremierAccuVote-OSES&SAutoMARKFloridaFloridasignificant it may lead to the elections office havingto reprogram all of its voting machines.” 353Volusia County, FLAfter scanning 3,986 ballots and noticing a fourballot discrepancy, election officials planned to scanthe ballots a second time according to the DaytonaBeach News Journal. The Supervisor of Elections,Ann McFall, blamed the error on the votingmachine: “McFall said she received an advisory fromthe equipment's vendor last week saying similarproblems had been encountered elsewhere. ‘Theother sites balanced perfectly,’ McFall said. ‘I thinkit's the machine.’” 354Sarasota County, FLThe Herald Tribune reported that the votingmachines were not working and had to be replaced.“‘They were all tested before and for various reasonsthey just went bad,’ said Kathy Dent, SarasotaCounty supervisor of elections.January 2008January 2008ES&SDS200PremierAccuVote-OSXFloridaFlorida“Some machines had problems with the memorycard, while others had a faulty scanner. Dent saidbackup machines are located downtown and in southSarasota County, and crews are on standby to rushthe new machines to precincts where problems arereported. ‘They are replacing the scanners as soon aswe get the call,’ Dent said.” 355Miami Dade County, FLThe Miami Herald reported that for reasons that areunclear, a ballot for the presidential primarycandidates did not appear on at least one voter’smachine. 356Hillsborough County, FL10Connects.com reported that some voters had troublecasting their votes on the touch-screen machines. Amachine’s screen went blank. Moreover, some of themachines were reading votes for one candidate ashaving been for the candidate that the voters had notchosen.“Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson says thecurrent touch screen system will be replaced thisspring in time for November’s General Election. ‘Itcounts correctly, but it’s been like steering a carBrennan Center for Justice | 61