South Carolina primary plagued by bad voting machines, snow

[IndyOp]

Malfunctioning voting machines plagued Horry County, which contains the cities of Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach. "Human error" put the machines offline in 80 percent of the county's precincts during Saturday's voting, according to county spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier

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The campaign of GOP contender Sen. John McCain had sought to obtain a court order to extend voting in the northeastern county by an additional hour but were unable to do so. McCain did very well in Horry County when he ran for president in 2000.

Bourcier said that voters in the affected precincts used paper ballots and any scrap of paper available to cast their votes. She said the county was bringing in 40 to 50 extra people to count ballots after polls close, and, she said, officials were aware that an order extending voting hours was possible.

Bourcier said the problem was caused by "human error." The last step in preparing the machines for Election Day is a "clearing" test that resets the machine data to zero. That test was not done on most of the machines, which locked them and made them unable to function, she said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/19/south.carolina.gop/index.html


And when, during the general election even more people show up to vote...?

[Junkdrawer]

1. Looks to me like the SC GOP doesn't want McCain...

Subtle as a baseball bat...

[Stevepol]

2. Human error again. Gosh those machines never seem to make a mistake.

That's modern technology for you. It's just too fabulous to believe.