According to the Miami Herald, early voting has exposed some serious problems with their voting machines. In at least one situation, the machine would not let the person cast a vote for the Democratic candidate for governor:
Debra A. Reed voted with her boss on Wednesday at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center near Fort Lauderdale. Her vote went smoothly, but boss Gary Rudolf called her over to look at what was happening on his machine. He touched the screen for gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, a Democrat, but the review screen repeatedly registered the Republican, Charlie Crist.
To make matters worse, there is not a consistent process for voting judges to deal with broken machines. Sometimes they call somebody to "fix it." Sometimes they take it out of commission, and put a seal on it.
That's exactly the kind of problem that sends conspiracy theorists into high gear -- especially in South Florida, where a history of problems at the polls have made voters particularly skittish.
A poll worker then helped Rudolf, but it took three tries to get it right, Reed said.
''I'm shocked because I really want . . . to trust that the issues with irregularities with voting machines have been resolved,'' said Reed, a paralegal. ``It worries me because the races are so close.''
In any case, since Florida has not fully enacted their law regarding paper trails, every vote from those machines must be considered suspect.
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