Have problems in DRE machines been seen in real elections?
Yes! Problems are routine. Disturbingly, no one gets to the bottom of some of them, even when the outcome of the election may have been affected. Here is one of many examples: In March 2002, in the city of Wellington, Florida, there was a runoff election between two candidates for a single office. The final tally was 1,263 to 1,259, but 78 ballots had no recorded vote. Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore put forth the implausible explanation that those 78 people came to the polls yet chose not to vote for the only office on the ballot! Here is another example: In 2000, a Sequoia DRE machine was taken out of service in an election in Middlesex County, New Jersey, after 65 votes had been cast. When the results were checked after the election, it was discovered that, out of those 65 voters, no votes were recorded for the Democrat and Republican candidates for one office, even though 27 votes each were recorded for their running mates. A representative of Sequoia insisted that no votes wer
