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November2006November2006November2006SequoiaAVC EdgeES&SiVotronicES&S OptechEagleFloridaFloridaFloridawhere you can’t get the alignment right sometimes,’Johnson says. ‘It’s just that it is difficult tomanage.’” 357Palm Beach County, FLVoters told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that voteswitchinghad occurred as they cast their ballots inthe 2006 House race. Additionally, others reportedproblems when the wrong ballots appeared on theirtouch screens while voting. 358Sarasota County, FLAccording to the Sarasota Herald Tribune, there wereover 18,000 undervotes in the 13th Congressionalrace between Vern Buchanan (R) and ChristineJennings (D). 359 Buchanan defeated DemocratChristine Jennings by a slim 369 vote margin. 360 TheTribune reported on numerous complaints that the13th Congressional District race was not appearingor recording properly on the touchscreen votingmachines in use in the county. Some voters told thepaper that votes for Christine Jennings failed toappear on the review screens at several pollinglocations. 361Orange County, FLThe Florida Division of Elections reported thatOrange County experienced the highest undervoterate in the state for absentee ballots cast in the U.S.Senate and Governor’s races. 362According to the Flordia Fair Elections Center,which contacted Orange County about the undervoterate, the machines’ vendor told county officials thatthe issue appeared to be a calibration problem thatcaused the machines to fail to read certain kinds ofgel ink. Further investigation by the Center revealedthat the same problem had occurred on ES&S andSequoia scanners in previous elections. 363October 2006ES&SiVotronic;M650FloridaFor more on this incident, see case study 3 on page 13 ofthis report.Broward County, FLThe Miami Herald reported numerous complaintsthat votes cast for the Democratic gubernatorialcandidate were given to his Republican opponentduring early voting. A spokeswoman for the62 | Brennan Center for Justice