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Sun Sentinel Voting Supplement (9/28/2008)
Voting machine and ballots shot for Sun Sentinel
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07 Nov 2006, Alexandria, Virginia, USA --- An electronic voting machine in Alexandria, Virginia. For the first time in a general election, all Virginians who cast ballots Tuesday will use electronic voting machines. Despite concerns elsewhere, state election officials are confident that the new electronic systems will function smoothly. --- Image by © Shawn Thew/epa/Corbis
Jason Woods from Shaker Heights, Ohio struggles to see the text on one of the Diebold voting machines at Boulevard Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 7 2006. Woods has a number of degenerative eye diseases so he had problems reading the ballot. Wood's daughter Norah, 3, stands behind him. Voting for the 2006 midterm election campaign started this morning all across the country. Ohio is widely considered a battleground state in an election where the Democrats are poised to take seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to most polls.
Back of Danaher ELECTronic 1242 voting machine (also under names Guardian or Shouptronic) as used in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This control panel is concealed inside the case when the machine is closed for transport.
yayyy its election day. I hate our machines though. No receipt and a glowing X is all ya get. Complete piece of crap.
Moving the voting machines took some time and are lined one after the next as inmate labor waits to load the next machine on the scrap truck.
George Fillinger of Bay Village takes an absentee ballot from a motorist on E. 30th Street Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006. Absentee ballots have been a popular choice for voters this year because it is a paper ballot and restrictions on filing absentee ballots were lifted before the election. Voting for the 2006 midterm election campaign started this morning all across the country. Ohio is widely considered a battleground state in an election where the Democrats are poised to take seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to most polls.
James Cody, 73, shows Alvaro and Sally Robles, how to cast their ballots using the ImageCast, Nov. 2, Liverpool N.Y. This is the first year all the polling machines have been changed by the ImageCast. “It’s interesting to see people’s reactions to the new voting machine,” Cody said. “People come in here with the idea that it’s intimidating until they use it and find out that it’s easier to use than they thought.” Cody has been working as a poll worker for the last 17 years and believes the new machine is easier to use than the older machine. Photo by Matthew Freire ©2010
Alan Melamed, spokesperson for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, fields questions during a press conference around 7:30p.m. Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006. Melamed answered questions about a judge Dan Aaron Polster's ruling on the Ohio Democratic Party's lawsuit where 16 polling locations were ordered to stay open an hour and a half later that usual because of technical difficulties and long lines. Voting for the 2006 midterm election campaign started this morning all across the country. Ohio is widely considered a battleground state in an election where the Democrats are poised to take seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to most polls.
Robert Peil, 88, smiles during the 2010 elections, Nov. 2, Liverpool, N.Y. Peil has been a poll worker for the past 10 years and believes in the voting process. “I’m hoping that the American people will have faith in their government, and that the government responds to the people’s interest for freedom,” Peil said. Photo by Matthew Freire ©2010
More than 600 machines needed to be removed from the Voting Machine Warehouse on Water Street to make room for the new electronic machines. Here we see inmate labor working in tandem to load the 800lb machines.
Alan Melamed, spokesperson for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, fields questions during a press conference around 7:30p.m. Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006. Melamed answered questions about a judge Dan Aaron Polster's ruling on the Ohio Democratic Party's lawsuit where 16 polling locations were ordered to stay open an hour and a half later that usual because of technical difficulties and long lines. Voting for the 2006 midterm election campaign started this morning all across the country. Ohio is widely considered a battleground state in an election where the Democrats are poised to take seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to most polls.
Henrietta Foster of South Euclid holds a Diebold voter card encoder at Boulevard Elementary School in Shaker Heights Ohio on election day.
The Party Lever was used on the Automatic Voting Machine to lock the machines against voting for candidates of another party than that which a voter would be entitled to vote for.
Jeff Wilson is a technical adviser at the Boulavard Elementary School polling location in Shaker Heights, Ohio photographed Tuesday Nov. 7 2006. Voting for the 2006 midterm election campaign started this morning all across the country. Ohio is widely considered a battleground state in an election where the Democrats are poised to take seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to most polls.
Seen here the primary election candidates are properly set for voting. Note the lever "lock outs" where no candidates have filed for a nomination.
cook county voting is different and ahead of the federal curve
shows 2 tiered approach to vote tallying in cook county
Automatic Voting Machine lever systems are lined for removal from their former home at the warehouse.