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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Nov 8, 2016, 10:06 AM Nov 2016

NC’s most liberal county hit with long voting lines after polling place computers go down [View all]

Source: RawStory

The most liberal county in North Carolina reported on Tuesday that wait times for voting had increased because polling place computers were experiencing “tech problems.”

“We’ve got some tech issues @ our polling places that we’re fixing now. Please be patient with us as we iron out some kinks,” a message on Durham County’s Twitter account said soon after polls opened on election day.

While the computers are only used to check in voters, the county said that the glitch was expected to cause delays. Votes were being cast on paper ballots, which is the county’s normal practice.

“May slightly increase wait times, but everyone will still get to #vote!” one tweet noted.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/ncs-most-liberal-county-hit-with-long-voting-lines-after-polling-place-computers-go-down/

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NC’s most liberal county hit with long voting lines after polling place computers go down [View all] DonViejo Nov 2016 OP

I'm still waiting for the most conservative county to have problems. SpankMe Nov 2016 #2

Naw, they prolly get UPS's & T1's just to connect to the central office... Crash2Parties Nov 2016 #22

I hope the turned away voters can come back if that was the issue. :( Kittycow Nov 2016 #3

paper & #2 pencils never have yech issues a sharpener can't fix. pansypoo53219 Nov 2016 #5

I, for one, am shocked. MynameisBlarney Nov 2016 #6

Ugh. Any reported problems in the conservative areas? Iliyah Nov 2016 #7

Funny how these polling problems are always politically selective. nt Snotcicles Nov 2016 #11

It's Rigged!! MontanaMama Nov 2016 #12

Isn't it funny that it happens to be a "liberal" area that's having these "technical" issues judesedit Nov 2016 #13

Of course, they did. Pencil and paper. Best method yet. AllyCat Nov 2016 #14

I vote absentee and take mine and my family's ballots directly to the campaign office....early judesedit Nov 2016 #16

They do that crap in Florida, too. Once I stood in line for at least hours and when I got in there judesedit Nov 2016 #15

Ballots in Durham County are NOT cast on machines: they are paper ballots mnhtnbb Nov 2016 #23

what a coincidence in a state where the republicans are actually trying to fix the election patsimp Nov 2016 #17

OF COURSE they did SwankyXomb Nov 2016 #18

Not county wide... update from Washington Post OKNancy Nov 2016 #24

Why even use a machine to "check people in" for voting? 4lbs Nov 2016 #25

When a state government is run by repugs voting becomes much more "complicated". We had retread Nov 2016 #41

Comrade hacker first class DonCoquixote Nov 2016 #26

Gosh, how unexpected! n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #28

Time for some traffic problems LeeM Nov 2016 #31

Hmm, are we seeing Russian hackers in action? lark Nov 2016 #35

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