southernhybrid
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Hopefully, this is just a minor problem limited to a few voting machines that may not have been properly calibrated, but considering the high emotions and weirdness in this election, it does make one wonder. I voted last week without any problems. I checked my ballot very carefully before casting it.
ORIGINAL STORY: A voting machine in Bryan County that appeared to be “flipping” some Georgia voters’ picks for president has been removed from service, after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the problem to state elections officials.
A voter who experienced a problem while early voting contacted the AJC, saying it took three tries Tuesday on a machine at the county’s administration complex in Richmond Hill before it correctly recorded his choice of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
He said on the first two tries, he initially selected Clinton but the touchscreen on the machine then changed to show his selection as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — which he canceled before trying again. He said his wife had a similar experience on the same machine.
The voter requested that the AJC not publish his name.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office has opened an investigation into what state officials said was isolated incident.
“We are confident that machines are not ‘flipping’ voters,” said David B. Dove, the office’s chief of staff and legal counsel. “It appears with this particular machine that the county did not properly conduct logic and accuracy testing on this unit. That test ensures the geographic areas on the unit’s screen corresponds to the underlying ballot format. This testing is required by state law.”
Hopefully, this is just a minor problem limited to a few voting machines that may not have been properly calibrated, but considering the high emotions and weirdness in this election, it does make one wonder. I voted last week without any problems. I checked my ballot very carefully before casting it.