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Computer Glitch Changes Election Result
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Los Angeles Times/Associated Press
Los Angeles Times/Associated Press, November 12, 2004
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.WantToKnow.info/041112latimes
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.WantToKnow.info/041112latimes
A hand recount of ballots cast using optical scanning technology gave a Democrat enough extra votes to bump a Republican from victory in a county commissioner's race. The erroneous tally was caused when the Fidlar Election Co. scanning system recorded straight-Democratic Party votes as votes for Libertarians in southeastern Indiana's Franklin County.
Note: How many cases like this go unnoticed?