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November2004November2008ES&SOptech IIIES&SModel 100IowaKansas153 votes while his challenger received 25. 396Scott County, IAThe Des Moines Register reported that optical scanmachines malfunctioned when tabulating absenteeballots. As a result, poll workers had to manuallyfeed about 23,000 ballots one by one. 397Crawford County, KSIn Crawford County, the Morning Sun reported thata programming glitch failed to follow sequencingnumbers that differentiate between ballots withcandidates in different positions. Under Kansas law,the order in which candidates appear on a ballot mustalternate. Because the machines counted all ballots asif they were configured the same, it misrecorded theresults for the race. “For instance, in the CrawfordCounty attorney’s race on ballot 15, John Gutierrezis listed first, and Michael Gayoso Jr. second. But onballots 16 and 17, Gayoso is the top name, withGutierrez underneath. With the error then, a vote forGayoso on ballot 17 was counted for Gutierrez, andvice versa. At the same time, there are some raceswhere a vote on ballot 16 would be the same as a voteon ballot 17.”April 2008ES&SiVotronicKansasCounty Clerk Don Pyle stated that “the glitch couldaffect four races,” but that the precise outcome wouldbe unknown until testing was complete. 398Saline County, KSIn Saline County, according to the Salina Journal,during the Salina City Commission race, somemachines were flipping votes⎯”When a voterpressed a certain candidate's bar on the votingmachine's screen, the candidate above the selectedcandidate instead received the checkmark.August 2002ES&SOptical Scan(modelunknown)Kansas“The error, [County Clerk Don] Merriman said,most likely was caused by a calibration problem inthe machine caused during transit to the pollingplaces.” 399Clay County, KSAccording to the Lawrence Journal World & News, acomputer glitch in an optical scan voting systemshowed that a challenger in a primary race for countycommissioner had won, but a hand recount showed70 | Brennan Center for Justice
November2008November2008Hart InterCiviceScanHart InterCiviceScanKentuckyKentuckythat the incumbent commissioner won by a landslide:540 votes to 175. The computer had mistakenlyreversed the totals for the candidates in one ward. 400Madison County, KYThe Richmond Register reported that results weredelayed because a data disc from a Berea precinctvoting machine was generating an error message“[b]ecause its data could not be downloaded, noteven a preliminary [vote] total could be generated.” Atechnician eventually fixed the problem. 401Kenton County, KYIn Kenton County, according to the CincinnatiEnquirer, election officials were forced to eventuallyhalt voting on the handicap accessible machines. Thevoting machines were not recording straight ticketvoting.In a hearing regarding the problems, “Harp ElectionsServices President Roger Baird took responsibility forthe machine's malfunctions.May 2008November2006October 2008DanaherControlsShouptronic1242HarteSlateSequoiaAVC AdvantageKentuckyKentuckyLouisiana“Baird blamed a proof-reading error made while theE-slate machines were being programmed by hisstaff.” 402Bullitt County, KYThe Louisville Courier-Journal reported that electionresults were delayed. County Clerk Kevin Mooneystated “that the delay in the tallying was mainly dueto some newer machines for special-needs voters thathad trouble reading memory cards.” It is not clearwhy the machines had trouble reading the cards. 403Calloway County, KYAccording to VoteTrustUSA, vote-switchingappeared to have occurred on the review screens ofHart InterCivic eSlate machines. Straight-ticketDemocratic votes were switched to Republicanstraight-ticket votes in all contested races. 404Vermilion Parish, LAAccording to the Daily Iberian, one of the candidatesin an alderman’s race “said a glitch in the VermilionParish Clerk of Court’s electronic voting systemprevented District 3 voters in Delcambre from votingfor him or for [his opponent], both Democrats, fromBrennan Center for Justice | 71
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November2004November2008ES&SOptech IIIES&SModel 100IowaKansas153 votes while his challenger received 25. 396Scott County, IAThe Des Moines Register reported that optical scanmachines malfunctioned when tabulating absenteeballots. As a result, poll workers had to manuallyfeed about 23,000 ballots one by one. 397Craw<strong>for</strong>d County, KSIn Craw<strong>for</strong>d County, the Morning Sun reported thata programming glitch failed to follow sequencingnumbers that differentiate between ballots withcandidates in different positions. Under Kansas law,the order in which candidates appear on a ballot mustalternate. Because the machines counted all ballots asif they were configured the same, it misrecorded theresults <strong>for</strong> the race. “For instance, in the Craw<strong>for</strong>dCounty attorney’s race on ballot 15, John Gutierrezis listed first, and Michael Gayoso Jr. second. But onballots 16 and 17, Gayoso is the top name, withGutierrez underneath. With the error then, a vote <strong>for</strong>Gayoso on ballot 17 was counted <strong>for</strong> Gutierrez, andvice versa. At the same time, there are some raceswhere a vote on ballot 16 would be the same as a voteon ballot 17.”April 2008ES&SiVotronicKansasCounty Clerk Don Pyle stated that “the glitch couldaffect four races,” but that the precise outcome wouldbe unknown until testing was complete. 398Saline County, KSIn Saline County, according to the Salina Journal,during the Salina City Commission race, somemachines were flipping votes⎯”When a voterpressed a certain candidate's bar on the votingmachine's screen, the candidate above the selectedcandidate instead received the checkmark.August 2002ES&SOptical Scan(modelunknown)Kansas“The error, [County Clerk Don] Merriman said,most likely was caused by a calibration problem inthe machine caused during transit to the pollingplaces.” 399Clay County, KSAccording to the Lawrence Journal World & News, acomputer glitch in an optical scan voting systemshowed that a challenger in a primary race <strong>for</strong> countycommissioner had won, but a hand recount showed70 | Brennan Center <strong>for</strong> Justice
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