Comments on: Cecil County Election Night Wrapup: Moore Wins County Exec; McCarthy Landslides in Council 1st, Hodge Wins 5th– Cecil Refutes State, National Results

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:58:34 +0000

I was an election judge this past Tuesday. We had similar issues with the poll books; most people said they had changed information with the MVA at some point since the last election. I’m guessing that is where the problem arose. Those people were allowed to issue provisional ballots and told to contact the Election Board to confirm all of their information.

I assisted a few voters who had troubles with the machines and selecting a candidate. In every case it was that they were letting their hand hit the screen, causing it to register incorrectly. Once they were shown that they just need to lightly touch the screen, and not press on it, they were fine.

Agree that newer methods are not always better, but will be issues with any method.

By: Al Reasin

Al Reasin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:40:32 +0000

I was at Conowingo all day and was asking everyone I could talk to to verify their vote summary was correct before submitting their selections.

During early voting a friend had the voting computer show a different candidate several times in the voting summary than her selection. She reported it to the election judge.

In Conowingo, one person told me that they had voted there for the 15 years they had lived at the same address and they were not on the rolls. Another had the same thing happen at their usual voting location and was told to try in Conowingo. I was never told if they could vote. Another citizen told me her vote on Ref 7 showed in the summary the opposite from her vote. She told the election judge.

Supposedly 5 other states had similar problems with voting computers. Newer methods of voting are not necessarily better.