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| Texas County Switches to Paper Ballots after Software Glitch |
| 2016-10-26 |
| [BREITBART] Chambers County election officials have executed an emergency protocol to remove all electronic voting machines available during early voting until a software update can be completed to correct problems experienced by straight-ticket voters. Chambers County Clerk Heather Hawthorne told Breitbart Texas Tuesday morning that all electronic voting was temporarily halted until her office completes a "software update" on ES&S machines that otherwise "omit one race" when a straight ticket option is selected for either major party. The Texas 14th Court of Appeals race was reported to be the contest in which voters commonly experienced the glitch. Hawthorne explained that she expects the technical difficulties to be completely addressed by end of business Tuesday. In the interim, regular paper ballots will be used. The county clerk told Breitbart Texas that before the machines were pulled, poll workers were instructed to alert voters to the glitch and double-check their selections. Chambers County sits east of Texas’ largest county, Harris, and serves roughly 26,000 registered voters. Hawthorne noted that since polls opened on Monday, only one voter did not have proper photo identification and was required to complete an affidavit to cast a regular ballot. Breitbart Texas recently reported a similar trend in neighboring Harris County where less than 10 out of more than 67,000 ballots cast lacked ID. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 And you fill out your IRS forms if you want any money back. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-26 13:03 |
| #5 Besoeker, I'd prefer income tax returns. I think a lot of people don't own property but they do work and pay taxes. And even if you rent an apartment you're still paying property taxes via your landlord, er, unless your housing is subsidized. But paper is the way to go. Computers can be programmed and patched at the last minute. Supposed the programming and patches are tested but who is testing the testers? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-26 12:15 |
| #4 Beyond the bogus electronic voting machines we should have the voter rolls destroyed every year. When you submit your tax forms to the state you should be enrolled for that year. I believe even those on welfare fill out the forms to get money back. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-26 10:37 |
| #3 Gee, why do they always switch to 'D' and not to 'R'? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-26 08:52 |
| #2 Besoeker, I think the switch on this thing got set to corrupt or evil and the election ballot got attached to the EBT cards instead. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-26 08:32 |
| #1 The only valid election ballot should be the one attached at the bottom of your property tax receipt ! There, I said it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-26 03:16 |