Reply #49: Businessweek:Ohio county hopes for glitch-free voting

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OCT. 6 2:34 P.M. ET Election results were held up for six days in Cuyahoga County last May, testing the patience of voters and damaging their confidence.

The stakes are even higher this fall. The 1 million registered voters in the county named for a crooked river will help pick a new governor and decide whether to send Democrat Sherrod Brown to the U.S. Senate or return Republican Mike DeWine.

"Control of the Senate could hinge on a single seat," said Justin Buchler, political science professor at Case Western Reserve University. "If there's a delay in the DeWine-Brown race, there may be a delay in who controls the Senate."

Democrats need to gain 15 GOP-held seats in the House and six in the Senate to win control of Congress. Besides the DeWine-Brown contest, Cuyahoga will cast ballots in the key race in the House district Brown is leaving.
Ohio's most populous county will hold its second election in November using touch-screen voting machines made by North Canton-based Diebold Inc. The first attempt at electronic voting during the May primary was marred by problems, including poll workers who were not prepared to operate the machines and memory cards that were misplaced or lost.

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