EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN FLORIDA; PROBLEMS ALREADY REPORTED

Here we go again:

Problems were already being reported with Florida’s new voting system today as the state opened early polling...
But one of the systems crashed shortly after it was fired up to allow Floridians to start casting early votes.

The machines have proved controversial because many do not provide a paper reading of how votes are cast, making a recount of a disputed result impossible.

As an alternative some polling stations are providing voters with paper ballot alternatives.

But a Democratic state legislator said when she asked for an absentee paper ballot it was incomplete.

Shelley Vana, from Palm Beach County, centre of the last election’s debacle, said election workers were indifferent when she pointed out the oversight.

“This is not a good start. If there are incomplete ballots out there, I can’t imagine I would be the only one getting it,” she said.