Posted on 09/14/2010 3:10:08 PM PDT by Pinkbell
NEW YORK (CBS 2 / WCBS 880/1010 WINS) — There were major problems at the polls on primary day in New York and it’s all connected to the debut of the state’s new electronic voting machines.
New York City spent $160 million on new voting machines, but the roll out was embarrassing.
Some polling places opened as much as four hours late and thousands may have been unable to cast ballots, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.
“This is a royal screw up and it’s completely unacceptable,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Sources told CBS 2 that the list of problems was astonishing, including: broken machines, missing machines, missing emergency ballots and workers totally unprepared to assist voters and resolve technical glitches.
And probably the most unforgivable was the fact that polling places that opened hours late.
One polling place at 38 Water St., in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn was still closed at 8:30 this morning, two and a half hours after its scheduled 6 a.m. start.
Another polling place at 350 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope still wasn’t open at 8:15 a.m.
And most ironic, one at 339 8th St. — Camp Friendship — didn’t open until after 9, because the keys to open the voting machines didn’t arrive.
That’s where Public Advocate Bill de Blasio votes and he was furious.
“Literally we have right now thousands from what I’ve heard already, could be 10,000 New Yorkers turned away, didn’t get to vote, may not get to vote, and that’s outrageous,” de Blasio said.
“Unfortunately, this could decide the election in some cases, literally, which machines were working and which weren’t, could decide this election.”
Mayor Bloomberg blamed the board of elections.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
At P.S. 175 in Harlem, crowds cheered wildly for Rangel as he voted Tuesday morning; one man even said he would vote for the embattled congressman twice. “It was great to see that the district has felt it necessary to reaffirm their faith in me,” Rangel said.
Being that he's a Democrat, he probably will.
The Democrats up to no good... no surprise..
wait for it..
wait..
wait..
it’s coming..
It’s Bush’s fault.
< /sarc
Those polls ain’t your only problem, Mayor. What about the stripper poles your idiotic, prissy imam condemned today? Do YOU think Ground Zero is hallowed ground?
I’m actually loving this story. Watching the imam blow himself up every time he opens his mouth makes my day!
As long as we keep electing incompetent people to run our elections we are going to continue to have such problems.
The biggest problem appears to once again be that the people were not properly trained, and not enough was done before the election to make sure it would go smoothly. They didn't even turn on the machines ahead of time. They hadn't verified that everything was set up and working properly before they opened the doors.
You can't design a completely idiot proof system.
Considering the people who run things in up there this isn’t suprising.
How unexpected...
No worries, I am sure the votes have already been counted and recorded.
Only in Amerika. We’ve had time tested and proven voting systems forever. Why spend the $$$ and end up with the fraud potential and the screwups left and right.
I think I answered my own question.
“One polling place at 38 Water St., in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn was still closed at 8:30”
LOL...you can’t make this stuff up.
Bloomers-time is running a close second to Dinkins-time.
Perhaps Bloomberg should have been doing his job as Mayor instead of feathering his nest with the Saudis.
Rhut, rho. Not a very convincing advertisement for the Bloomberg, Inc. IT financial systems being sold to the Dubai stock exchange.
yitbos
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