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WDBJ7
November 7, 2005
Voters
report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co.
Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but
everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County.
News 7 has received calls from several voters in at least
four different precincts who say their votes for Tim Kaine were not recorded or
took several attempts to go through.
They contend the electronic touch screens repeatedly
indicated they were voting for Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore instead of
registering their intended vote for his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.
Roanoke Co. Registrar Judy Stokes says she doesn't want to
say the problem is operator error on the part of the voters, but she points out
the touch screens are sensitive. She
says anyone who is having difficulty voting should ask one of the poll workers
for assistance.
State election officials have been told of the problem. They
believe if there is a problem, it could have been caused by the way the
machines were stored.
The Kaine compaign is reportedly watching the situation in
Roanoke County.
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