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Voting machine breakdowns lead to long lines

Nov. 4, 2008
Voting machines were breaking down or simply not deployed in adequate numbers in some polling places Tuesday morning, slowing balloting as Election Day dawned.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- With Election Day fast approaching, Republicans and the NAACP both are seeking legal backstops for voting problems in the state of Pennsylvania, officials say.

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Reports: States unprepared for elections

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Most U.S. states are not prepared to handle Election Day voting glitches such as machine breakdowns, experts say.

U.S. polling places said to lack resources

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Six U.S. election battleground states lack the resources, especially in minority areas, to handle expected voter turnout, a civil rights group said Thursday.

Colorado voting machines rejected

DENVER, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Colorado officials were scrambling to prepare for the 2008 presidential election after electronic voting machines in most counties were deemed unusable.

Report: Ohio voting system flawed

CLEVELAND, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Ohio's secretary of state says all of the state's voting machines should be replaced because the five systems in use can be easily corrupted.

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New Jersey must replace voting machines

TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that New Jersey officials must replace 10,000 electronic voting machines with appropriate devices by next year.

Voting machine upgrades needed in Calif.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in 39 California counties must make security upgrades to their electronic voting machines in order to use them in next year's primary election.

Techs hack into voting machines

WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- In a test sanctioned by the state of California, computer experts were able to hack into three of the largest U.S. electronic voting systems.

Tests of e-voting machines flawed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Flaws have prompted the U.S. government to temporarily suspend testing of electronic voting machines by a lab in Greenwood Village, Colo.
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