[VoteRescue] Fwd: [centex-evote] ES&S opscan - straight ticket programming error

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>ES&S opscan  Straight ticket programming     W Va
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>Programming glitch affects ballots statewide
>Mistake made by vendor, commissioner says
>
>A programming glitch is forcing election officials in Kanawha and 18 
>other counties to retest their optical scanning voting machines on 
>the eve of the general election.
>
>By Rusty Marks
>October 14, 2008
>Charleston Gazette [W VA]
><http://wvgazette.com/News/200810140330>http://wvgazette.com/News/200810140330
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>CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A programming glitch is forcing election 
>officials in Kanawha and 18 other counties to retest their optical 
>scanning voting machines on the eve of the general election.
>
>Early voting begins Wednesday for the 2008 election. But Kanawha 
>County Clerk Vera McCormick said a programming error in the state's 
>automated voting machines could have resulted in incorrect results 
>for at least one state race.
>
>According to McCormick, voters who voted a straight Republican 
>ticket but then decided to vote for only one Democrat in the state 
>Supreme Court race would have had their votes incorrectly counted. 
>Two Democrats and one Republican are vying for two open seats on the 
>court.
>
>A voter voting a straight Republican ticket who wanted to vote for 
>both Democrats would have had their vote counted correctly, but 
>someone who wanted to vote for only a single Democrat and no 
>Republican would have votes recorded for both candidates, McCormick 
>said.
>
>Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said a clerk in 
>Hampshire County discovered the error late last week and informed 
>the secretary of state's office. State election officials contacted 
>the vendor who did the programming for the voting machines to 
>correct the mistake.
>
>Kanawha and the other 18 counties that use optical scanners for 
>early voting got new memory cards just in time for the start of 
>early voting, which begins Wednesday. Kanawha County election 
>officials called an emergency meeting to retest their voting 
>machines with the new cards this morning.
>
>Carper said the mistake was made by the vendor, Election Systems & 
>Software in Nebraska. State and county election officials have 
>repeatedly had problems with ES&S missing deadlines and making 
>mistakes on voting materials.
>
>Kanawha County received new memory cards for only 16 voting machines 
>that will be used for early voting. ES&S is supposed to supply new 
>cards for the county's other 164 voting machines before Election Day.
>Carper is unhappy with the voting glitch. "The problem is this is 
>the day before the election starts," he said. "This does not instill 
>confidence in the voting system.
>
>"I think it's time for the Secretary of State to put the vendor they 
>selected on a short leash."
>McCormick said the mistake has been fixed and that voters should not 
>worry about having their ballots miscounted. "They shouldn't get 
>discouraged," she said. "That's why we're testing."
>
>Reach Rusty Marks at 
><mailto:rustyma... at wvgazette.com>rustyma... at wvgazette.com or 
>348-1215.
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