Reply #28: Here's ONE of the sources reporting that NM machines [View All]

[Hamoth]

were defaulting to bush at start.

i can't find it, but I read an interview with the NM SOS or some such offficial saying that the machines were set to default to the candidate at the top of the list. In a few cases, this was actually Kerry, but most it was Bush.

Here's the one source i COULD find:
"The two major machine errors involved voters who selected Kerry on an electronic touch screen and saw their vote change to Bush on a summary screen. The second was a specific problem with the Sequoia AVC Edge machine where voters saw preselected default choices presented to them. According to EFF and VFF, counties where the most serious problems were reported include Mahoning and Franklin County in Ohio, Broward and Palm Beach Counties Broward and Palm Beach in Florida, in Florida, Mercer and Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania, Harris County in Texas and Bernalillo County in New Mexico."
http://www.counterpunch.org/harrison12082004.html