Checking Out the Electronic Ballot Boxes

The Government Accountability Office will look into problems with the November elections including malfunctioning voting machines and problems with provisional ballots. Among the complaints:

• An Ohio electronic voting system gave President Bush an extra 4,000 votes that were never cast
• A North Carolina computer failed to count 22,000 votes cast for John Kerry
• Ohio voters who voted for John Kerry saw their electronic voting machines record votes for President Bush
  
  

It won't change the Presidential election's outcome, but it could change the way we cast votes in the future.