A cartridge generated a faulty number

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A computer error with a voting machine cartridge gave President George W. Bush 3,893 extra votes in a Gahanna precinct.

President Bush won Ohio by 136,000 votes so fixing the error wouldn’t change the election’s outcome.

Franklin County’s unofficial results gave Bush 4,258 votes to Democratic challenger John Kerry’s 260 votes in Precinct one-B.

Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct. Franklin County elections director Matthew Damschroder says Bush got 365 votes there.

Damschroder says he got calls Thursday from people who saw the error when reading poll results on the election board’s Web site.

Damschroder says after Precinct one-B closed, a cartridge from one of three voting machines at the polling place generated a faulty number at a computerized reading station.

AP via News Channel 5 (Cleveland)

One thought on “A cartridge generated a faulty number”

  1. I wonder how many of these glitches occurred …millions I reckon. Being a computer type person, I know just how easy it would be to rig this election. Throw in some disenfranchisement …and bingo.

    Since the margin of victory is so large, nothing will be done to verify the legitimacy of this election.

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