Everyone's vote should count and everything should go smoothly. A major center-left watchdog group calls the malfunction of machines at "least a dozen locations" in Pennsylvania as "widespread." I call it sporadic. I'd expect "at least a dozen" polling sites out of thousands to have major problems, as there are literally billions of interactions between humans and humans and humans and machines this election day.
The McCain campaign has received reports that on large-text electronic ballots in Va. Beach, Norfolk, Newport News and Chesapeake, the first page only has Obama-Biden listed as choices for president.
To vote for McCain, voters have to click to the second page.
McCain field folks have printed a flier and are distributing it to elderly voters at the precincts in question
The problem arises when when voters press the
"Visually Impaired" button on the machine. The size of
print/font on the screen blows up so large that the ballot spreads to
multiple pages.
In general, "it sounds as if the lines are moving and people are voting," a senior McCain adviser says. "Since Virginia allows all voters in line to vote--on regular ballots--we see NO need to
"extend" poll hours in Virginia."
The McCain remains worried about military absentee ballots. "We don't know how many we are talking
about--and what the margin in VA will be. So, we'll see," the adviser said.
Elsewhere, Republicans say they're worried about sporadic irregularities -- the Black Panthers showed up at a polling location in Philadelphia. And the party complains that Democratic judges are credentialing Republican election officials.
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