[heleny]

On the KOGO radio news, they said all but one polling place is up and working now, and that place should be up soon.

Originally, the workers turned on the machines this morning, but because of lack of training, they did not know they had to click through some windows to start up the program. Then, when they called the Registrar's office, they couldn't get through because everyone else was calling.

So, people who went to the polls in the first two hours or so (After polls opened at 7 AM) were unable to vote there and had to go to the Registrar's office in Kearny Mesa, the only place with punchcard (paper) ballots. Of course, that office was then overwhelmed with long lines.

[newzjunkey]

It's a real mess here, isn't it?

Having opposed the touch-screen system, I'm loving it. We should've gone all optical (color in the dot--what the absentees get now) if we really had to make a change. There's nothing better than a real paper ballot.

[martin_fierro]

Ping.

[heleny]

They should have had a trial run to train the pollworkers (who are mostly-senior-citizens -- that's what KOGO said) before election day!

The weather forecast is for showers today, so the voters who were turned away at the polls and either found the Kearny Mesa lines too long or lived in a different area of the county (say, 30 miles away in Oceanside) may skip voting altogether if it's raining when they get off work.

Too bad, because San Diego County is generally more Republican and more opposed to Propositions 55/56 than LA County or the SF Bay area.

Anyone who still wants to use a paper ballot instead of the touchscreens can vote here:
San Diego County Registrar of Voters
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I
San Diego, CA 92123
For General Information Call: (858) 565-5800

[kellynla]

but, but, but, but the touch screen voting machines were supposed to be better??? The dirty little secret is that there are more problems and inaccuracies with the touch screen voting machines than with the punch cards. Plus there is no paper trail record with the touch screen machines so nobody knows who voted for what or whom. If the folks in Fl had problems with the punch cards imagine the nightmares they're going to have with a touch screen voting machine.

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[farmfriend]

The touch screens were widely used in New Mexico during the 2000 election. The error rate was 2% as compared to California's 1.9% and the contested Florida counties 1.5 & 1.6. Go figure, people do not pay attention.