Voting machines work perfectly, except when it's not a low turn-out: Early voting in Florida suggests that
the electronic machines are screwing up already:
Broward Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Mary Cooney said it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly. Poll workers are trained to recalibrate them on the spot -- essentially, to realign the video screen with the electronics inside. The 15-step process is outlined in the poll-workers manual.So... the machines are great, unless people turn up to vote? Is it just us being picky, or does a polling system which can't match votes cast with what it's displaying - and then require a fifteen-step "fix" constitute a polling system which doesn't actually work?