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Voting machines malfunction in South Carolina Voting Republican primary
CNN ^ | January 19, 2008 | Lisa Desjardins

Posted on 01/19/2008 11:42:55 AM PST by CaspersGh0sts

CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) – Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign called on supporters in South Carolina Saturday to make sure that their votes are counted, as voting machines in an eastern county malfunctioned on primary day.

"We have received reports from Horry County that voters are being turned away from the polls, because electronic voting machines are not working and paper ballots are not available,” Buzz Jacobs, McCain’s South Carolina state director, said in a statement. “Some voters say they are being instructed to return at a later time. We are disturbed by these reports and hope that this issue is resolved immediately. We encourage any voters who were turned away from the polls to return again to their polling place this afternoon to exercise their constitutional right to vote."

Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said that he had confidence the problem was being fixed.

“We expect a full and fair count,” Dawson said in a telephone interview with CNN. “In South Carolina, our citizens take the right to vote very seriously. We have full confidence in our state elections commission, which is running this primary. Any questions that have arisen are being addressed.”

Dawson noted that “there is always a backup in case there is an election machine malfunction and a ballot can’t be cast.”

Lisa Bourcier, public information for Horry County, said that 80 percent of the voting machines were back on-line as of 1:30 p.m. ET.

South Carolina was holding its Republican primary Saturday, a critical contest on the road to the GOP presidential nomination.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: electronicvoting; fred; mccain; sc; sc2008; thompson
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1 posted on 01/19/2008 11:43:03 AM PST by CaspersGh0sts
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To: CaspersGh0sts

McCain and the Huck, two back stabbing RINOs fighting over some squirrel meat.


2 posted on 01/19/2008 11:44:59 AM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: indylindy

While Fred looks for table scraps.


3 posted on 01/19/2008 11:45:54 AM PST by Huck (Ok, I'll sneak in a few posts here and there and try to stay out of trouble.)
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To: Huck

Well, maybe. At least he isn’t looking for road kill.


4 posted on 01/19/2008 11:46:54 AM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

electronic voting machines are not working and paper ballots are not available

well, ain’t that a hoot.


5 posted on 01/19/2008 11:47:54 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: CaspersGh0sts
Dang.

Voted for Buchanan again........

6 posted on 01/19/2008 11:48:15 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

I just voted Conway North Precinct. No problems.


7 posted on 01/19/2008 11:50:46 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

Are the machines casting ballots for Democrats?


8 posted on 01/19/2008 11:55:19 AM PST by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
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To: Bosco

That depends on whether you consider Giuliani a Dem...


9 posted on 01/19/2008 12:05:18 PM PST by atomopawn
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To: NormsRevenge

Yep, and wonder why. You would think someone would be prepared.


10 posted on 01/19/2008 12:14:27 PM PST by freekitty
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To: CaspersGh0sts
Horry County

One suspects that Bill Clinton will do a fair piece of campaigning there.

11 posted on 01/19/2008 12:14:36 PM PST by fhayek
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To: CaspersGh0sts

In one of the straw polls in SC last year, McCain was running a distant 2nd.

The location decided to stop counting for the night.

Miraculously, the next morning, when counting resumed, McCain ended up winning by a few votes.


12 posted on 01/19/2008 12:14:59 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: fhayek

LOL! It’s the Myrtle Beach area.


13 posted on 01/19/2008 12:27:54 PM PST by Tax-chick ("How inscrutable are His judgments and how unsearchable His ways!")
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To: CaspersGh0sts

Now I KNOW McCain is a Liberal...calling out “vote fraud” when he’s worried about losing.


14 posted on 01/19/2008 12:36:24 PM PST by madison10
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To: NormsRevenge
electronic voting machines are not working and paper ballots are not available

Are these machines provided by and maintained by Hugo's company?

15 posted on 01/19/2008 12:45:15 PM PST by fella (The proper application of the truth far more important than the knowledge of it's existance."Ike")
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To: Slings and Arrows

No problems in my Spartanburg County precinct this morning. By about 10:30, 260 people had voted.


16 posted on 01/19/2008 12:46:15 PM PST by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

“We are disturbed...”

That says it all right there....

So is your candidate pal...


17 posted on 01/19/2008 12:46:34 PM PST by Khepri (Fred Thompson, he's a hundred miles away son - READY TO STRIKE!)
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To: Bosco
Are the machines casting ballots for Democrats?

That's why they won't work, there are only Republicans on the ballot.

18 posted on 01/19/2008 12:53:30 PM PST by SouthTexas
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To: fhayek

Bad form to use bill clinton and piece in same sentence.


19 posted on 01/19/2008 12:56:54 PM PST by dusttoyou (FRED 08, heard it here first)
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To: CaspersGh0sts
If this had been the dem primary -

THIS IS PROOF!!! IT’S RIGGED BY KARL ROVE!!! GEORGE BOOSH = HITLER AND IT’S THE JOOOOOZ!!!! I AM SPEEKING TROOF TO POWUR!!!

I’m getting a headache just doing that as a joke. What a sad pathetic hell those people live in.

20 posted on 01/19/2008 12:59:51 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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