Indiana 9th Congressional Seat to be recounted/ 1022 st party votes found

[truehawk]

When they recounted the Franklin County Council Race they found 1022 stright party democratic votes had been given to the Libertarians.

The Dem had lost the House Race by 1,485 votes and
Franklin was not the only county with the problem.

So the 9th is going to get a recount.

I think the equipment was made by ES&S.



http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041118/NEWS01/411180311

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Election officials learned last week there was a programming error in the database that tabulated the county's votes. The program awarded straight --party Democratic ticket votes to Libertarian candidates and straight-party Libertarian votes to Democrats.

After the error was discovered, Franklin County's 10,000 ballots were counted again by optical scanners with new, reprogrammed memory cards. The new results showed Lanning, a Democrat, had replaced Hall as the third-highest vote-getter in the contest.

Hall said he met with the Franklin County commissioners on Monday and asked them to follow up on any legal action the county could take against Fidlar. Hall said he'll consult with his attorney about that issue Friday.

Hall credited Franklin County Clerk Marlene Flaspohler with explaining the tabulation problem in a way he could understand. Hall first thought the problem was only a labeling issue, but later understood that the 1,022 straight-party Democratic tickets were never counted for Democrat candidates, he said.

The only place the database error was visible was the printed election report, where the order of party names printed on the report's left column didn't match the order of party names on the right adjacent the vote totals. Democratic Party Chairman Jim Sauerland questioned the results last week because the Libertarian Party had 1,022 straight-party tickets while the Democrats had only 60.




Posted on Wed, Nov. 17, 2004


Hoosier congressional race to get recount

Associated Press


INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Recount Commission on Tuesday approved a recount in the 9th Congressional District, expected to be the largest and most expensive recount since the commission was created.

The Democratic Party and Rep. Baron Hill, who lost to Republican challenger Mike Sodrel by 1,485 votes in the southern Indiana congressional district, filed for the recount after questions arose over whether optical-scan voting systems recorded straight-party votes erroneously.

Sodrel responded Tuesday, saying a “substantial number” of ineligible voters might have cast ballots in Monroe County, and that it could be impossible to determine who received the most votes in that county.

The commission approved a recount that will cover the 613 districts and 280,000 voters.


http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041118/NEWS01/411180311

[KatieB]

1. Machines are Accuvotes- I think made by Diebold

I believe AcuuVote are sold by Fidlar but are manufactured by Diebold.


Franklin County Detail: Election Official Contact


Voting Technology: E-Voting: Touchscreen
Vendor: Fidlar Doubleday
Model: AccuVote
Data Source: h0mee - http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/voters/vot_sys.html
Last Verified: 9/13/2004

Source: http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?topic_string=5std&state=Indiana&county=Franklin

[truehawk]

2. My bad

I just remembered that Fidler was a vendor for ONE of the perp brothers.