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office.“But the readers in several municipalities, includingBayonne, Union City, Secaucus, and West New Yorkaren't working, Netchert said about 9 p.m.”June 2008February2008SequoiaAVC AdvantageSequoiaAVC AdvantageNew JerseyNew JerseyResults were therefore delayed by a few hours. It wasunclear what caused the problems. 422Monmouth County, NJThe Asbury Park Press reported that “a computerbeing used by the municipal clerk malfunctioned.”Local election officials could not fix the error, so thecartridges were physically taken to the centraltabulation office. Results were therefore delayed by afew hours. It was unclear what caused the“malfunction.” 423Eight New Jersey CountiesThe Star-Ledger reported,, “[t]he numbers from thecartridges that print out vote tallies and the papertapebackup within the machine didn't match” whenofficials in Union County, New Jersey attempted toobtain vote totals after the 2008 presidential primary.According to the paper, several other counties,including Bergen, Gloucester, Middlesex and Ocean,uncovered similar problems when Union Countyofficials encouraged them to double-check theirresults. 424According to a report produced by a team ofPrinceton researchers who conducted an independentanalysis of the voting equipment used in the primary,the malfunction, which caused some voters to receivethe wrong party’s ballot, was triggered by humanerror that would be “easy and natural” for manypollworkers to make. 425February2008SequoiaAVC AdvantageNew JerseyFor more on this incident, see case study 13 on pages 22- 24 of this report.Essex County, NJThe Montclair Times reported that “[i]n EssexCounty, Superintendent of Elections CarmineCasciano said that 12 out of about 650 SequoiaAdvantage electronic voting machines were replacedon Tuesday. Of that amount, four machines werereplaced due to Board of Election workers mistakenly76 | Brennan Center for Justice