Escambia FL - tabulation machines caused an inaccurate number

[DoYouEverWonder]

Escambia voters had a great turnout - but not that great
A tabulation error had nearly 85 percent of the county's registered voters voting. It was more like 75 percent.

November 16, 2004

In the wake of the election, records showed that 84.9 percent of the storm-ravaged county's 189,833 voters cast ballots, well above the average state turnout of 72 percent.

Not true.

A problem with the way tabulation machines feed information into the computer system caused an inaccurate number, said Bonnie Jones, Escambia's supervisor of elections.

While the machines accurately counted the number of absentee votes, they began feeding an incorrect result into the office's computers, she said.

"It skewed the total vote," Jones said.

<snip>

Elections officials noticed the problem almost immediately when the system showed that no one had voted yes on Amendments 7 and 8. That, she said, was a glaring error.



http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/16/State/Escambia_voters_had_a.shtml

[Eurobabe]

1. Haven't you heard? They certified FL vote yesterday...

"It was a wish come true Sunday for Florida's elections officials: no cameras, few questions and a clear decision."

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=54168&format=text

[teryang]

2. Yeah, right!

With all the military installations and military retirees, I guess they had to cheat as well.

[noamnety]

3. So if the amendment votes weren't suspicious

Would they have detected this?