E-voting glitches plague US midterm elections
Technical glitches and usability flaws caused problems with many electronic voting systems in Tuesday's midterm elections. Experts say the systems, particularly those that let users cast their vote through touch-sensitive screens, must be tested more thoroughly in future to prevent such problems happening again.
More than 20,000 complaints were logged by the Election Protection Coalition, many involving e-voting systems. Close races in Virginia and Montana also threw the spotlight on the security and auditing of results.
Some voters complained that voting machines simply did not work, and those at polling places in Denver crashed repeatedly, according to reports. Polling staff across the country were also unfamiliar with the equipment, and some polling places were forced to stay open later than planned.
[The most disconcerting issue concerned touch-screen machines allegedly "flipping" votes cast for one candidate to another. Some voters were unable to correct on-screen mistakes, while others may not have spotted them.]
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