Vote 2009
Voting machine problems
Scoop got a call today from voter Tony Wilkins – aka Busy Being Born blogger – reporting trouble at the polls.
Wilkins tried to vote for Bill Knight for mayor and the machine checked Yvonne Johnson instead.
He was able to correct it before the ballot was registered. But he raised an important question: are the machines incorrectly calibrated?
We checked in with Guilford County Board of Elections Director George Gilbert to find out.
He said the board usually gets one or two complaints to this affect every election, however he has not heard of any widespread problems this time around. Elections staffers at the polls are asked to check the calibrations on the machines if they get complaints.
Usually votes are registered wrong because voters touched the area just between the two candidates, Gilbert said. That can happen if you are looking at the voting touch screen at a certain angle – like if you are taller than the average person.
So some advice to tall voters: squat for accuracy.
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