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Ohio: “Franklin County's phone system was returned to service about 90 minutes after it collapsed today under a crush of calls from voters and poll workers. The volume of calls ‘overwhelmed the system,’ Franklin County Elections Director Matthew Damschroder said. …Damschroder said the system could not handle the quantity of calls from voters needing help to figure out where to vote and from poll workers needing help figuring out how to set up new electronic machines.”

More Ohio: “In Cleveland, voters rolled their eyes as election workers fumbled with new touchscreen machines that they couldn't get to start properly. ‘We got five machines — one of them's got to work,’ said Willette Scullank, a trouble shooter from the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, elections board.”

Indiana: “In Indiana's Marion County, about 175 of 914 precincts turned to paper because poll workers didn't know how to run the machines, said Marion County Clerk Doris Ann Sadler. She said it could take most of the day to fix all of the machine-related issues. Election officials in Delaware County, Ind., planned to seek a court order to extend voting after an apparent computer error prevented voters from casting ballots in 75 precincts there. Delaware County Clerk Karen Wenger said the cards that activate the machines were programmed incorrectly. ‘We are working with precincts one-by-one over the telephone to get the problem fixed,’ Wenger said.”

Florida: “A precinct in Orange Park, Fla., turned to paper ballots because of machine problems.”

Illinois: “In Illinois, some voters found the new equipment cumbersome. ‘People seem to be very confused about how to use the new system,’ said Bryan Blank, a 33-year-old librarian from Oak Park, Ill.”

We can send a man to walk on the moon, but we can’t sort out a fucking election.

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