New York Voting Anomalies

New Yorkers who post on Election Forums are quite attached to their Lever voting machines. They oppose the installation of electronic voting machines in which the votes can be rigged and the count not verified. And it's understandable when one looks at the mess HAVA created. They assume that since Levers are not programmable, they are impervious to fraud. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This analysis shows that Kerry did much better in NY than the recorded vote indicates. The question is not if votes were stolen from Kerry; the question is how it happened. Those who claim to “love my Levers” are mistaken to believe that they are foolproof. They cannot verify and prove that their votes were counted accurately. In fact, historical evidence indicates that Lever machine vote counts are highly vulnerable to rigging – and not just in NY. It’s not a HAVA or Lever vs. Optical-scan issue. The issue is whether NY will have a verifiable vote count.

Victoria Collier wrote about a fraudulent 1970 Florida election in which levers were used in "Votescam":

Many people still in power have yet to be held accountable for their role in aiding and abetting vote fraud. I'll give you two important examples. Famous Miami lawyer Ellis Rubin brought the original Votescam evidence to the Florida assistant State Attorney at the time, Janet Reno. The evidence included the shaved wheels of lever voting machines, forged canvass sheets, and pre-printed vote tally sheets. Reno refused to prosecute, claiming falsely that the statue of limitations had run out on the crime. Years later, Rubin would tell my father that behind closed doors Reno had stated that she could not prosecute. Why? Because she would bring down many of the most powerful people in the state.

In 2000, Gore won nationally by 540,000 recorded votes. But according to the US Census, there were 5.4 million net uncounted votes, of which Gore won approximately 4 million (75%). Therefore Gore’s True margin was close to 3 million. In NY, Gore won by 1.7 million votes (60.2-35.2%) with 4.6% going to third parties. Kerry knew he would win New York easily. But to those who were already planning for Bush’s re-selection in 2004, there could not be a repeat of 2000. Bush not only needed 270 electoral votes, he also needed a convincing popular vote margin.

Rove knew that Bush could not win a fair election so HAVA was passed in 2002. Touch screens and central tabulators could switch the votes in the battleground states. But New York kept its levers. To pad the popular vote, it made eminent sense to cut Kerry’s margin in states like NY and CA - especially in large urban and suburban locations. Even though Florida and Ohio were the key battleground states, New York was a fertile state for vote padding.

Everyone knew Kerry was going to win NY easily. Winning the popular recorded vote was critical in order to make Bush’s “mandate” appear legitimate. There could not have a repeat of 2000 when Gore won the national recorded vote. In 2004, all indications were that Kerry would do better than Gore in NY and nationally. A massive Democratic registration and GOTV effort would bring at least 500,000 new NY voters. Bush was very unpopular in NY; his approval was much lower than his national 48% rating. So Bush had to find a way to keep Kerry’s margin down in order to get his popular vote “mandate”.

Kerry won the NY recorded vote by 58.5-40.2%, far below his unadjusted exit poll margin (64-35%). The unadjusted vote shares were closely matched even after they were adjusted in the Best Geo and Composite timelines. Kerry’s NY recorded margin was 1.35 million. Kerry’s True margin was reduced by 750,000 votes (a full 25% of Bush’s 3.0m national recorded “mandate”). How could Kerry have won by just 18% in NY when Gore won by 25%? Where did Bush get his NY votes from? It’s an Urban Legend. Read on.

Even highly regarded experts get it wrong once in a while. Richard Hayes Phillips did a comprehensive analysis which proved that Ohio 2004 was stolen. RHP wrote that the 2004 NY exit poll matched the recorded vote and suggested that it proved the lever machines were accurate (i.e., there was little or no fraud). But Phillips incorrectly cited the Final NY Exit Poll. Final state and national exit polls are always forced to match the recorded vote – regardless of whether or not the vote count is fraudulent. Phillips should have checked the unadjusted NY State 12% exit poll discrepancy indicated in the Edison-Mitofsky Jan 2005 report.

The Edison-Mitofsky state exit poll timeline shows that the discrepancies declined nationally as they were adjusted for pre-election polls and voter turnout. The New York exit polls only declined from 65% (Best GEO) to 63% (1240am Composite). And then the final exit polls were forced to match the recorded vote. The pristine, unadjusted exit poll data was not released by E-M until Jan. 2005. Their report shows that the unadjusted exit poll discrepancies were greater than those downloaded by Jonathan Simon at 12:22am. The extent of the fraud was much greater than the original estimate – but this was not known until the release of the exit poll report. Yet even the Election Day adjusted exit polls raised many red flags.

To summarize:

Kerry won the NY recorded vote by: 58.5-40.2% (4.31- 2.96m).

There were 7.39m recorded votes.

1) Exit polls (unadjusted and adjusted) showed Kerry to be a 64-35% winner.

2) In 2000, Al Gore won the recorded vote by 60-35% (4% to Nader).

3) Returning Nader voters went for Kerry by 3-1.

4) In 2000, there were 552,000 late (absentee, provisional, etc.) ballots. Gore won 65.4%.

5) In 2004, there were 499,000 late votes. Kerry won 65.8%.

6) The National Exit Poll indicated that 10% of Bush 2000 voters defected to Kerry, while only 8% of Gore voters defected to Bush.

7) Kerry won the majority (57-62%) of new voters.

How does one explain the 2000-2008 New York late vote anomalies?

There were 1.56 million late votes compared to 20.1 million Election Day, a 7.8% increase.

The average Democratic late vote share was 70.2%; the Election Day share was 60.0%.

Gore won 74% of the 483,000 late votes but only 60% of the initial 6.3 million.

Kerry won 66% of the 499,000 late votes but only 58% of the initial 6.8 million.

The unadjusted exit poll had Kerry at 64%.

Obama won 70.7% of the 584,000 late votes but only 62.2% of the initial 7.0 million.

New York Late Votes

(in millions)

Late Dem Share Initial Dem Share

2000 0.483 0.36 74% 6.3 3.78 60%

2004 0.499 0.33 66% 6.8 3.94 58%

2008 0.584 0.41 70.7% 7.0 4.34 62.2

Total 1.566 1.10 70.2% 20.1 12.1 60.0%

Let’s review the evidence that the NY vote (Kerry 58.5-40.2%) was padded for Bush:

1- Unadjusted exit poll: Kerry led by a steady 64-35%

http://www.richardcharnin.com/NewYorkConfirmationKerryLandslide.htm

2- Late votes: Kerry’s share of absentee, provisional paper ballots was 7% higher than his Election Day share (same as Gore and Obama).

http://www.richardcharnin.com/2008LateVotes.htm

3- Exit poll discrepancy: Levers had a 10.6% WPE, far exceeding other voting machines and Paper ballots (2%)

http://www.richardcharnin.com/2004NewYorkLeverExitPollDiscepancies.htm

http://www.richarcharnin.com/NewYorkLeverFraud.htm

4- Returning voters: Gore had a 60-35% NY margin; third-party (Nader/other) voters broke 3-1 for Kerry (see table below).

5- Urban Legend: Bush’s vote share increased sharply from 2000 in the NYC area with no gain in GOP rural, small towns

http://www.richarcharnin.com/NY2004UrbanLegend62Counties.htm

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6- Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS): Many NYC precincts had broken machines; all “stuck” levers were stuck on Bush. Lever voting machines have given New Yorkers a false sense of security. The 2004 Election Incident Reporting System confirms that Kerry’s winning NY margin was cut drastically by election fraud. There were 19 reported NY 2004 “stuck” lever incidents. All 19 were “stuck” on Bush.

http://www.richardcharnin.com/electionmodel/NY2004EIRS.htm

7- NY 2008 Primary: Zero Votes for Obama in 80 districts. The problem was resolved. But did Kerry also have zero votes go unnoticed in 2004?

Why would BushCo steal votes in NY? Kerry won the recorded vote by a whopping 18%. The simple answer: to pad his popular vote “mandate”. This analysis shows that Kerry did much better in NY than the recorded vote indicates. Naysayers cherry-picked the final NY pre-election poll in an attempt to promote the myth that the exit poll was off. They claimed that the final pre-election poll matched a fraud-free recorded vote. But they can’t provide evidence that the votes were counted accurately. Historical evidence indicates that Lever machines are vulnerable to rigging. They failed to consider absentee and provisional ballots. Dan Rather's voting machine expose illustrated one way that mechanical voting machines were rigged. In Florida poor-quality paper used in punch card machines was a major cause of election fraud in heavily Democratic precincts.

HAVA Look: A Simple, Verifiable, Open Source Paper Ballot Vote Recording & Counting System

http://www.richardcharnin.com/electionmodel/HAVAOnePC.htm

Thanks to HAVA, elections are vulnerable to multiple vote miscounts: at the precinct level with closed-source, diverse, proprietary code-based touch screens (DREs) and Optical scanners and then on closed-source, proprietary Central Tabulators. They have you coming and going.

On the other hand, paper ballots can easily be input to a standard personal computer spreadsheet. Voters can request a copy before leaving the precinct. The precinct (spreadsheet) file is uploaded to the Internet. The voter can quickly and easily verify his vote as the spreadsheet ballot records are sorted by a unique Precinct/Ballot ID code. At the same time, he can view and/or download the total precinct ballots to verify the vote counts. Consolidation of district/county/state vote counts is tabulated by Open Source software.

Three (3) volunteers input and verify the paper ballots. As Volunteer A reads the ballot, B enters the data and C verifies the result. Data entry would be completed shortly after the polls closed. The voter fills out a ballot marking each selected candidate's code (i.e. a-Dem, b-Rep, c-Ind). The volunteers use their god-given optical scanners (EYES) to read the ballots and enter the codes in a spreadsheet. As each code is entered, the spreadsheet automatically calculates the total vote and percentage for each candidate.

The following simple steps complete the process: 1) Print the spreadsheet (1 minute). 2) Upload it to the Internet (10 seconds) so anyone can check the precinct results. 3) Upload the sheet to the Central Tabulator (10 seconds). The published totals should match the precinct totals on the Internet and the local PC.

19 “Stuck” Lever Incidents

The 2004 Election Incident Reporting System confirms that Kerry’s winning NY margin was cut drastically by election fraud. There were 19 reported NY 2004 voting machine “stuck” lever incidents. All 19 were “stuck” on Bush.

1) 28456 141 Machon Street JHS 258

Only one machine in polling place and its STUCK ON REPUBLICAN, they're giving out envelope that says "affidavit oath", no list of candidates

2) 28554 PS 58, Macon Street Brooklyn

Radio report--minister called in that the machine is broken and ONLY TAKING THE REPUBLICAN side of the vote; report came on the radio 2x while on the phone

3) 28715 PS 306, Wortman & Cozine Ave.

Machine is LOCKED ON THE REPUBLICAN side

4) 29919 PS 306, Vermont Ave.

One of the machines was STUCK ON THE REPUBLICANS. The other machine was only for voters A-L. They disenfranchised anyone whose name was not through A-L. Did vote in the end because last name starts with B.

5) 30394 PS 258 JHS - 141 Macon Street

Machines STUCK SO ONLY REPUBLICANS COULD BE VOTED FOR, told people to go back rather than hand out emergency ballot

6) 33002 PS 126 , 424 Leonard Street

Voter reported that SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE LITTLE LEVER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC Presidential candidate's slot at Polling Machine serial number: 91204. She said that lots of voters complained that the lever did not properly click down.

7) 34442 Taylor White Community Center

THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WASN'T WORKING --- could only vote for president. This is what she was told regarding the ability to vote along party line. She said she will return later to see if fixed.

8) 39120 - SWITCH FOR DEMOCRATIC AND GREEN CANDIDATES WOULDN'T FUNCTION CORRECTLY but other parties would work, officials did offer paper ballots.

9) 33516 New York PS 199 270 west 70th street

2004-11-02 07:57:10 PST Machine problem

LEVERS WERE BROKEN FOR CERTAIN PARTY LINE, they did not give him emergency ballot because they didn't know which one to give the voter. The voter cast vote for all other candidates. (only specific section of party line was broken).

10) 37472 New York ps 158 11/2/2004; 1:15 pm 2004-11-02 10:31:55 PST Machine problem for voters A-L NO LEVER FOR VP CANDIDATE on DEMOCRATIC side.

11) 33495 ps 158 46-35 oceania st

THE JOHN KERRY CHAD WAS HARD TO PUNCH. None of the other chads for the democratic party candidates were hard to punch.

12) 28481 Bronx PS 50 173rd and Bryant Avenue 6:40 2004-11-02 04:02:36 PST Tyrek said that other voters in line told him that the MACHINES WERE STUCK ON "REPUBLICAN". The line was not moving at all and he did not see whether paper ballots were being passed out to voters. He had to go to work so he left the polling place.

13) 28965 Bronx 11/2/2008 7:30 2004-11-02 04:32:37 PST

MACHINE STUCK IN BUSH/CHENEY POSITION - was allowed to cast paper ballot

14) 31417 Bronx 3410 Dereimer Avenue; apartment building 11/02/04--7:30 a.m. 2004-11-02 06:39:20 PST

Voting machine: only one machine for the 8th district at the location; THE MACHINE WAS STUCK ON "REPUBLICAN" and voters couldn't vote unless they were Republican. One of the police officers there looked at the machine and tried to "unstick" it, but was not successful. Voter is concerned that the paper ballots will not get counted, or will be lost.

15) 29968 Bronx PS 50 Rice Ave 2004-11-02 05:29:28 PST

MACHINE ONLY SET FOR REPUBLICANS, could not vote any other way

16) 30579 Bronx 3410 Dereimer Avenue 11/2/04 at 7 am 2004-11-02 06:01:12 PST MACHINE STUCK ON REPUBLICAN; Gave paper ballots; Voter suspects it was a provisional --rather than an emergency ballot. ;

17) 39075 Bronx p.s. 50, crotona park east 2004-11-02 11:46:17 PST Individual reports news reports of machine irregular; DEMOCRATIC LEVELS MALFUNCTIONING.

18) 33077 Bronx County PS 105, White Plains Road 2004-11-02 07:42:17 PST

Machine is NOT BEING RE-SET for each voter; the machine REMAINS ON "REPUBLICAN" and voters have not been able to vote for other parties. The pol workers said that they cannot adjust the machine because it will jam.

19) 32390 Bronx PS 50 1550 Vyse Ave 7:05 2004-11-02 07:15:06 PST

Went at 7:05; was told that 6 MACHINES "WERE LOCKED ON REPUBLICAN"

Brooklyn

62 incidents reported “machine not working or broken”

28180 PS 279

Machines w/ red handles will WILL NOT WORK; there are long lines

28396 Veronica Place, Brooklyn NY

Polling station machine is NOT WORKING; lever does not go down

28456 141 Machon Street JHS 258

Only one machine in polling place and its STUCK ON REPUBLICAN, they're giving out envelope that says "affidavit oath", no list of candidates

28554 PS 58, Macon Street Brooklyn

Radio report--minister called in that the machine is broken and ONLY TAKING THE REPUBLICAN side of the vote; report came on the radio 2x while on the phone

28612 PS 291

Voting machine DID NOT REGISTER (did not switch to green) nobody at poll could say if he voted or not

28715 PS 306, Wortman & Cozine Ave.

Machine is LOCKED ON THE REPUBLICAN side

28768 PS 273 Jerome Avenue Brooklyn

worried that her machine is BROKEN when others were working

29040 East 55th Street PS 251

no keys left to unlock the machines, they called the technicians at 5:30 this morning, there is no one there right now to unlock the machines, no paper ballots are being out

29204 P.S. 217, 1201 Newkirk Avenue

2 machines for 73rd district at his polling place--voter went to vote on machine (the one for A-L), and the first lever he pushed down was jammed. He was able to vote on a different column for the same candidate. He reported it to poll worker, but they didn't know what to do. He reported it to head of 73rd district and coordinator of polling place, but not convinced that she ever called it in.In a separate incident--at least 2 people at his polling place got provisional ballots because they were not in the book (although they had cards showing that they should vote in that location).

29277 PS 251 1103 E. 54th St. enter on E. 55th St.

Everyone NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE on machines. Poll workers asked people to write names down as list on a piece of loose leaf paper. Coordinator did not have emergency ballots and that they cannot open that machines (caller did not see any machines). No one was allowed to vote at this location. The hall was crowded people going back and forth. Coordinator said they did not have emergency ballots.

29727 601 Parkside Avenue - PS92

Machinist on site has never fixed ballot machine before, poll workers didn't know what to do with provisional ballots.

29794 IS 296, 125 Covert Street

Broken machine--voters not sure if their votes counted. She was in the polling place several times today.

29879 PS 202 982 HEGEMAN AVENUE

Machine would only allow for CERTAIN COMBINATIONS - would not allow write ins. He informed the poll workers, who allowed him to use a affidavit ballot. Poll workers tried to get him to vote down party line - they told him he could only choose judges within one party.

29919 PS 306, Vermont Ave.

30116 314 Pacific Street

2 machines for district, divided alphabetically. Several people came out of one of the booths and said the machine was broken--they weren't able to flick the switches and make their choices. And the poll worker said that the number of votes recorded by the machine didn't match the number of cards the poll worker had. Emergency ballots were not being offered. An elections official was yelling at poll worker saying that the machines weren't broken. {cr}{newline}Also people were being put on the wrong lines, etc. It was total chaos. When the voter left, there were a lot of people on line waiting for the broken machine.

30258 PS 272 101-24 Seaview Avenue; AD 59, ED 5

The machine was delivered locked--election officials had no idea of when someone would be out to unlock the machine. Election officials did not offer voters the option of emergency ballots, and she left without voting.

30394 PS 258 JHS - 141 Macon Street

Machines STUCK SO ONLY REPUBLICANS COULD BE VOTED FOR, told people to go back rather than hand out emergency ballot

30424 339 8th St. Brooklyn, NY

Not sure if machine was working properly, it made strange noises when she voted. There is a lever on the side that the poll worker tinkered with to try to fix it. Light in some booths was not on. Two machines at this site, one seemed to be a problematic consistently. Poll worker said someone was called and that they have not come yet.

30834 Jean Baptiste Church 125th btw. 4th and 5th

Poll worker drunk, general confusion.

31394 JHS 258 (between Macom & Marcy)

machines not working, red-print paper ballot given (not sure if emergency), voter and a few others did not have time to stay there to vote on paper ballot, will try to go back today after work

31395 24th district

watched investigators flipping voter buttons back and forth and levers then seemed jammed. #93807 appearance of mechanical trouble. seemed suspicious.

31711 PS 262 500 Macon Street

the machines were broken, voter had to fill out paper ballots, didn't have pens, envelope marked E for emergency, filled out name and situation and then paper with ballot

32036 PS 29

messy and unorganized placed emergency ballots in make shift box

32847 PS 316 750 Classon Ave District 24;

asked for ID; big lever got stuck part way through, so she had to yank it; she was told by the poll worker that the light had gone on and off and she had voted; she says she did not actually touch anything aside from the lever originally; others had problems with the machine as well

32862 1655 Flatbush Avenue

one district machine is not working properly. they are handing out paper ballots, not sure if they are emergency ballots or not. did not vote, will go back later.

32936 Machine is broken and they're handing out paper ballots and telling people who do not want to vote by paper ballot to come back later but this is a working class neighborhood and people don't have time to come back.

33002 PS 126 , 424 Leonard Street

33290 ps 9 80 Underhill Avenue

Machine was "broken" some cast emergency ballots. Voter did not see anyone check machine when they reopened it to other voters. The caller had not completed a paper ballot when it was reopened but was told to fill out a paper ballot and could not vote on the machine.

33387 1655 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Six voting machines at site, one down at 7am long lines. The machine delivered was broken, never worked which was one for bldg. itself. People filled out paper ballots on top of cardboard boxes. Voting was chaotic and no privacy for voters. Organization was lacking and planning was lacking, people confused checking boxes instead of filling them in. Did not voters on how to fill out the paper ballots. There were six machines but one broken was the only machine for that district and people from that district were not allowed to vote on other machines (different districts). Workers seemed unprepared, people left because (1) they felt their vote wasn't going to be counted & (2) they had to go out to work.

34042 PS29 425 Henry St.

Voting machines down for districts 87 & 89. Voters voted on paper ballots, unsure if emergency or provisional. No verbal instructions given on how to fill them out, but wrong instruction given -- told to sign the ballot, even though the ballot explicitly says not to make extraneous marks.

34146 Classon Avenue 24th District Brooklyn

She noticed others having problems with machine went in. Machines lever wouldn't move to the right. The little levers got stuck. Asked for help and the worker said she already voted. They argued. He told her to get an election board judge to allow her to vote.

34442 Taylor White Community Center

THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WASN'T WORKING --- could only vote for president. This is what she was told regarding the ability to vote along party line. She said she will return later to see if fixed.

34849 Machine is broken-been calling to have it fixed since 630am and has not been fixed yet

34872 60 Division Street

lever won't work for Candidate- was told that nobody can vote for him because levers not working on that machine #59 serial #83639 [P]

35401 60 Division (ED 59, 57, 104)

In all five machines, not allowed to vote for fifth supreme court justice candidate (Louis J. Marrero). Able to pull lever for other four, but not for Marrero.

35429 P.S. 194, Knapp Street

The only machine not working was for the public housing development.

35593 Avenue M - E 51st & E 52nd St

Machine woudn't register votes - had to call someone to fix it.

35956 St. Thomas Acquinas School, 1501 Hendrickson Street at Flatland Avenue

Her voting machine (machine number 45) (and her gut feeling is that perhaps each other machine at that location) lists each candidate's party but does not specify the office being sought by the candidates (at each level of voting)--very confusing.

36265 IS 293 284 Baltic

Lever DID NOT WORK FOR SENATOR SCHUMER'S name under working family's party--Instead she voted for him under democratic party

36511 District 63/ 10-10 6th Ave (probably) at a school pS 94

Went to the poll, and 4 of the machines were broken, so this school has 10 precincts voting,so moved to paper voting{cr}{newline}paper ballots stacked and unmonitored -- could have taken them without anyone supervising.. no one watching

36676 ps 94 /50- 10 6TH Ave, Brooklyn

4 broken machines, no privacy, no attention. Reports that she was given an emergency ballot, saw stacks of them sitting there, pointed out that anyone could pick up a stack and vote, and put in boxes, and that no one responded to protect either a) privacy or b) safety

36685 200 EASTERN PARKWAY

Machine broken; voter uncomfortable casting an emergency ballot. Brooklyn Museum polling place, Machine Number ED 112.

36896 Ft Hamilton and 99th Street

machine for district 15 was not working. people allowed to execute paper ballots.

37037 PS 269

voter told machine was broken and had been actually delivered broken. voter given a xeroxed ballot with no privacy and which was not marked emergency. also voters didnt know about this situation until after they signed the book and could not leave

38250 ps 104

all machines broken, voting by paper ballot (probably emergency but not marked emergency) which are not put in envelope, line stretches to two hours, not enough pens and pencils

38870 -

went into booth (old kind where you switch the lever and yes shows up besides the names) and told election official that yes did not appear and he said it didn't matter; her vote would still be counted.

39120 -

SWITCHED FOR DEMOCRATIC AND GREEN CANDIDATES WOUDN'T FUNCTION CORRECTLY but other parties would work, officials did offer paper ballots.

40513 P.s. 196 207 Bushwick Avenue

One machine was not working. 7 machines and one #27 was not working. She was told she use a paper ballot - White. She called back and 300pm and the machine was still not working

40570 125 Marine Avenue

Machines at polling places were broken and voters were required to vote by provisional ballot. Poll-worker informed voters that machine would be fixed in 2 hours and voters could return then if they didn't want to vote by provisional ballot. Caller voted provisionally, but was concerned about security of her ballot.

40819 125 Marine Avenue

40820 PS 104 -- 9115 5th Avenue

machine designated for her election district was not working and was given a paper ballot to place in box that was located under a table on floor and was unsecured.

41238 9115 Fifth Avenue -- PS 104 - district 4

Voter is concerned because voters were required to use paper ballots because the machines were broken, BUT the ballot box was unsecured -- no one was watching it or monitoring it inside the polling place.

41742 JAY ST NEAR CHAPEL

CALLER VOTED, WHEN MOVED RED LEVER IT STUCK--POLL WORKER CLEARED; MACHINE NO. 2 ON LEFT

43250 ps 203 52 and avenue M

lever was very difficult to move; not sure if machine registered vote. only one machine BB 73 district

44231 99th Street and Ft. Hamilton

In ED 15 at 99th Street and Ft. Hamilton polling site, machine was broken. Caller was given an emergency ballot and was concerned about whether it would be counted. He also wanted to know how one goes about volunteering to work at polling sites.

45221 DuPont Street

All the machines at the polling site were broken when voter arrived at polling site. Was forced to vote via paper ballot.

46444 Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York - P.S. 284 Brownsville, BK -95 Election District

46523 Community Room, 60 Division Avenue

told all voting machines broken - gave everyone a paper ballot; put in cardboard

48718 60 Division Avenue, Brooklyn

Caller was given a paper ballot at her polling place, since all of the machines were broken. She was not sure if it was a provisional or an emergency ballot, & was concerned about whether the ballot would be counted.

51362 School PS 29

1)Voting machine broken (doing paper ballots while broken). 2) Couldn't find caller's name on voter list, even though she has lived in same place for 4-5 years, and voted at same precinct previously. Information card received in mail indicated that polling place. Did an "absentee ballot", worried that it would get lost.

57991 1655 Flatbush Avenue

Polling place in basement of building - huge complex. Four machines working in four areas. One machine not working, for one area only. Distributing paper ballots now, but is going slowly.

62358 Brooklyn

Lever was broken on machine for candidate so called for assistance and was told to mark with an X on the ballot instead of writing candidate's name. She doesn't think her vote for President was counted and wants to know if there is anything she can do

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Manhattan

28579 New York 596 Riverside Drive 11/2/2004 2004-11-02 04:12:03 PST

ALL MACHINES BROKEN, ppl being asked to mark their party on the outside of the ballot and other information that doesn't apply to the situation. There is one machine open for a different district and they are only letting people from that district vote on that machine even though there are long lines, is this ok?

28759 New York 45 Well St.

7AM 2004-11-02 04:19:24 PST Machine problem; Long lines

28879 New York District 5, Union Baptist Church on 145th Street btw. 7th and 8th 6:10 AM 2004-11-02 04:33:10 PST

Broken machine, "will be fixed this afternoon." Lots of confusion.

28980 New York Union Baptist Church, 240 West 145th Street Nov. 2; 6am 2004-11-02 04:34:43 PST

Went to vote; 2 machines at polling place (one for each district). After the first person in his district voted, the machine broke. The other machine (different district) still worked. Workers gave out paper ballots (emergency? he wasn't sure), he didn't fill one out. He called Board of Elections at 6:30am and got an automated message that no representatives were available yet. He wants to go back later and vote on the machine.

29185 New York ps 8 (she is not sure) 6.00 am November 2, 2004 2004-11-02 04:51:50 PST

Machine problem; Long lines broken machines and general confusion - many people were leaving - overall wait time of 2 hours

29765 New York PS 92, 133rd St./ 8th Ave. 2004-11-02 05:25:48 PST

MACHINES BROKEN at this location according to friend who went to polls. Friend asked for emergency ballot, not sure if they are allowing paper ballots since she did not go to the polls herself. Her friend went home to get pens since they did not have enough pens to do paper ballots.

29808 New York 122nd and Amsterdam 7:20 AM but ongoing 2004-11-02 05:26:56 PST

MACHINE IS BROKEN, pollers are handing out affidavits instead of emergency ballots.

30956 New York 6th Street (Between Avenue D & FDR) 2004-11-02 06:14:03 PST

MACHINE PROBLEMS, USING EMERGENCY BALLOTS,LONG LINES, TOTAL CHAOS

31712 New York 2004-11-02 06:43:48 PST

Voter Intimidation; Machine problem;

Had a BROKEN machine, replaced it with a spare. An assemblyman who is on the ballot came and tried to fix the situation; poll monitor was worried about the official being in the polling site.

32467 New York Norman Thomas High School on East 33rd Street 11/2 at 10am 2004-11-02 07:35:14 PST

the only machine for the 62nd district is BROKEN, they're handing out white paper ballots, which she thinks are conufsing because you can't really tell which circle goes with which candidate, then they are putting these paper ballots in a cardboard box, she vioted with one of these paper ballots

32501 New York 34th St./2nd Ave. 2004-11-02 07:19:21 PST Machine problem

One machine not able to vote on, another machine would not let you vote for certain people (ie only presidential vote, not local or congressional offices). Some people complained and unsucessful adjustments were made and others were allowed to vote. Ten or twelve machines, some were working, some were not. Many people, crowded lines.

33516 New York PS 199 270 west 70th street

2004-11-02 07:57:10 PST Machine problem

34740 New York PS 166 W. 89th b/t Amsterdam and Columbus 2004-11-02 08:43:52 PST Machine problem

Machine BROKE, long lines, seniors filling out paper ballots

34750 New York Salome Urena De Henriquez (Intermediate School 218) 4600 Broadway

11/2/04 11:40am 2004-11-02 08:55:35 PST Machine problem

2 of 8 machines were BROKEN - was supposed to go to machine 42, but was broken, so went to a different

35707 New York PS166 132 West 89th Street (ED-95, AD-67)

11/2. 10-11am 2004-11-02 09:29:27 PST Machine problem

BROKEN machines. handed out paper ballots. no effort to make it private. unclear what happens to these ballots. ballots didn't say emergency ballot on them, had red print on them. people were instructed to to write emergency on them, but not everyone got the instruction. envelopes said affidavit oath on them. caller didn't vote this morning, but there were hundreds of people who did. caller is going back.

35836 New York Bracnetti Plaza, 296 E 4th St

2004-11-02 09:26:09 PST Machine problem

BOTH MACHINES BROKEN. Didn't vote but will come back. Was in line at 8;15 and at 8:45 was told broken completely. Told people to come back or wait. Then told people to vote by paper. Somebody on 866-OUR-VOTE said wasn't sure if ballot would be counted.

36857 New York 2004-11-02 10:09:49 PST Machine problem poll monitor at PS 153 (A'dam and 146th)

said that the MACHINES ARE BROKEN at polling place located 145th street (btween 7th and 8th) (and it is a Church). The voters are being told to go home. Some voters have come to her poling place to report this. The polling place with the broken machines do not have emergency ballots to hand out! NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ASAP!

37472 New York ps 158 11/2/2004; 1:15 pm 2004-11-02 10:31:55 PST Machine problem for voters A-L NO LEVER FOR VP CANDIDATE on DEMOCRATIC side

37828 New York 11 forst George Hill - apartment house

11/2/ 10 am 2004-11-02 10:38:27 PST Machine problem One voting machine NOT FUNCTIONING - paper ballots being used and some people are leaving without coting because they don't want to use paper ballots.

38378 New York 34th and Park (In Manhattan)

Before 1030 2004-11-02 11:04:48 PST Machine problem ALL MACHINES WERE BROKEN. Voters had to come back. Or were being asked to vote on blank pieces of paper!

39724 New York Joan of Arc High School 93rd Columbus and Amsterdam 10:30 AM 2004-11-02 12:00:36 PST Machine problem

There was a MACHINE MALFUNCTION and voters were given affidavit ballots not emergency ballots. complaint to fix machines not responded to--fortunately someone was able to fix.

42676 New York Election District 12 2004-11-02 13:39:51 PST Machine problem Curtains are not opening and closing when lever is pulled. ARE THE VOTES BEING COUNTED? Please call back.

44295 New York Stuyvesant 272 1st One, New York, NY 2004-11-02 14:40:49 PST

Machine problem - couldn't vote at machine - BROKEN- Was told she could use paper ballot - She didn't use it.

44760 New York West 43rd Times Square Hotel 11/2/04, after 4pm 2004-11-02 15:06:14 PST

Machine problem; Other ballot-related problem; Long lines

Only for people whose names started with A-L. machine BROKEN, given ballot with pen. instructions were in back of form, poll workers were not helpful. ballot was placed in box. Voter concerned that ballots were incorrectly filled. No privacy. Voter is concerned that people were not filling up the ballot correctly. This was creating a long line.

48472 New York PS 290 at 311 E 82nd Street 11/2 at 5:00PM 2004-11-02 17:17:32 PST Machine problem Son 18 and voting for the first time. He had a problem with the machine. LEVER JAMMED- didn't go all the way over. He didn't go how far over it as supposed to go. Tried to pull the switch but didn't work. He was really confused. He told them it's not working and he hadn't been able to vote...they called in a supervisor-very rude told him he didn't listen to the directions. Vote never registered and they said he didn't follow directions and couldn't vote twice. No instructional signs on how. Woman explained to him but he had never done it before and didn't know how far lever was supposed to go. Tried to ask for instructional posters- none there and directed to her station. Tried to ask for demonstration. Had a terrible experience- poll workers extremely rude and tried to acuse him of wanting to vote twice.

51242 New York Manhattan 2004-11-03 10:28:24 PST

Machine problem Machine at caller's polling place DID NOT REGISTER HIS VOTE. He was eventually escorted out by security. He believes it did not work properly because he did not register his vote, yet the poll worker came and told him he had already voted.

51275 New York Grace Lutheran School 2004-11-03 10:43:57 PST

MACHINE NOT WORKING. When official tried to fix it, caller was told it cancelled his vote, and they WON'T LET HIM VOTE PROVISIONALLY.

61464 New York Jacob Riis Center 11/2/2004 2005-01-21 09:41:54 PST

Machine problem; Identification-related problem 1) As a non-first-time voter, Eileen was asked to produce a photo ID; two of the machines broke down; voters were not notified that their poll site location had been changed prior to the election -- new poll site location was a 25 minute walk away from Jacob Riis poll site and as a result, voting booths were set up at the Riis site so that voters did not have to go to their newly assigned poll site; election officials were occupied with buying costume jewelry from a vendor instead of monitoring the polls, poll monitor (Eileen) questioned by election official who informed her that she would be reported to the Board of Elections because she didn't belong where she was standing.

61513 New York 1223 Amsterdam Avenue 11/2/2004 10:00 2005-01-21 14:34:50 PST

Machine problem Spoke to coordinator at 11:30 AM-- he confirmed 1 machine was BROKEN for four hours, fixed by 10:45 AM. He also confirmed improper use of affidavit ballots, but reported that problem was also corrected earlier in the day. I thanked him and left.

61760 New York 1525 St. Nicholas Ave 2005-02-01 08:53:46 PST Machine problem; Other polling place problem/ POLL WORKERS DID NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. Could not look up names. MACHINES NOT WORKING.

62601 New York 11th St / 6th Ave 2005-02-24 12:19:40 PST Machine problem Voted by lever machine in NY. CURTAIN DID NOT OPEN when lever was pulled. She voted, but is CONCERNED THAT THE VOTES ARE NOT COUNTING.

62937 New York District 88 11/2/04 6am 2005-03-04 13:53:50 PST Machine problem; Provisional ballot problem; Other polling place problem

Do not have list of names on print-out for voters to sign. They are not going into a booth. They are handed a paper affidavit (I think provisional ballot) to fill out instead. Polling volunteers are telling them their vote will count. Caller feels uneasy and DOES NOT TRUST this process.

63058 New York 1525 St. Nicholas Ave 11/2/2004 6:15 2005-03-09 11:29:45 PST Machine problem; Other Poll workers unable to understand English. Didn't know how to look up names by alpha order. Machines not working.

63061 New York 596 Riverside Dr., Hudson Piers #1 Basement of Apt. Building 2005-03-09 11:33:20 PST

POLLING MACHINES ARE ALL BROKEN. Everyone is asked to use provisional ballots.

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28459 Queens County Maria Curie Junior High School 11/2/2008 6:45 2004-11-02 03:51:31 PST

Did not vote because the polling MACHINE DOWN at the location. The took the machine out and have paper ballots. She does not want to vote by paper ballot.

28470 Queensborough Hill Library

Poll not open until ca. 6:20; 2 voting machines DID NOT WORK; administrator was late; she was 6th person to vote at 6:35. Sample ballots were not even hung up; she helped hang them. Board of Elections hotline is down.

28988 46-35 Oceania Street

NONE OF THE VOTING MACHINES WERE WORKING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE. One person tried to use a voting machine, and 4 others were in the machine with her trying to pull on the lever. All voters are now using paper ballots.

28992 PS138 on Paney Lane, Rosedale Queens

Everyone has to fill out a paper ballot, and people are upset because the ballots and the boxes they are being stored in do not appear to be secured. People are nervous that their ballots are not going to be counted. Caller said that because 5 out of 11 machines are broker, alphabetically from A-L, can vote on machines but those from M-Z machines are broken so those persons have to vote by paper ballot.

29332 251-11 WELLER AVENUE

VOTING MACHINES ARE BROKEN. Began paper ballots. Very long lines.

31089 ED 26 (116th avenue) -- ps140

MACHINES ARE BROKEN; caller does not want to use paper ballots (although they are being given out)

31313 PS 140

machines for her district are BROKEN, offering white paper ballots, she didn't take one so doesn't have any more info about it

31626 One of the volunteers called stating that he was informed a voting machine in "booth number 66" on "Inwood Street" in Jamaica Queens was NOT WORKING correctly. We do not have the contact information for the person who originally told the volunteer this, and this is all the information he was given. The volunteer was not located near any "Inwood Street" at the time he was approached.

32206 PS 135

MACHINE BROKEN. Concerned vote not counted.

32943 PS 150 40-01 43rd Avenue

One machine was OUT - other people were complaining that they were having a HARD TIME PULLING DOWN THE LEVERS.

33495 ps 158 46-35 oceania st

THE JOHN KERRY CHAD WAS HARD TO PUNCH. None of the other chads for the democratic party candidates were hard to punch.

34290 130-02 115th Ave, Ozone Park; PS155

said machines BROKEN and went to paper

34851 130-02 115th Ave, Ozone Park; PS155

said machines broken and went to paper

36541 PS138, Weller Avenue (ED-50)

MACHINES DOWN. voted on a paper ballot, which she had sign and date. unsure if it was an emergency ballot.

37989 PS 150 40-01 43rd Avenue Sunnyside, NY

Caller said that there were 5 MACHINES BROKEN at the same time. OTher voters were discouraging people from waiting to vote, telling them to "not bother" because the machines were broken, and they'd have to use paper ballots. Caller did successfully cast a vote, to the best of her knowledge, but says this is the WORST voting SITUATION she has ever seen in 34 years of voting. "I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT."

39191 130-02 115th ave.

MACHINES ARE DOWN and can't vote offered paper ballot instead- husband has not voted.

39511 PS 10, astoria

Lever on machine was very difficult to push to left, vote was still there. Reported to staff and they didn't get show any concern. Concerned that her vote and subsequent votes were not counted. Only one machine for Dist. 54.

48456 PS 41, 214-43 35th Avenue

Caller wanted to confirm that his vote was properly cast. The machine at his polling site was NOT WORKING. The poll worker had him complete an emergency ballot which he observed placed in a boc.

48782 Russel Sage Jr. High, Austin Street, Forest Hills

Charles Schumer called in voting machine broken. People having difficulty with other machines. Reported to pollworkers.

51331 PS 158 Junior High

LEVER ON MACHINE FOR KERRY/EDWARDS DOES NOT WORK.

61873 PS #124, 12915 150th Ave

MACHINE BROKEN. Voters were given paper ballots. Followed up with Queens BOE.

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Miscellaneous Lever Voting Machine Incidents

28481 Bronx PS 50 173rd and Bryant Avenue 6:40 2004-11-02 04:02:36 PST Tyrek said that other voters in line told him that the MACHINES WERE STUCK ON "REPUBLICAN". The line was not moving at all and he did not see whether paper ballots were being passed out to voters. He had to go to work so he left the polling place.

28660 New York County PS 41 (116th West 11th Street) 2 November 2004; 6:20 am 2004-11-02 04:08:58 PST

Irregularities -- appeared the both machines broke down. Then, a woman came around and messed with it and said "I think it is okay now." Poll workers were totally out of it. Pointing wrong name to sign. Don't know if machines working, unclear if people signing in correct slots. Made very uncomfortable. One women working there got upset. People asked them to CALL POLICE OR SOMEONE TO COME FIX THE MACHINES the machines. Had to find own name for them. [P]

28675 New York 650 Academy Street (entrance on Broadway) 2004-11-02 04:11:42 PST Voter completed a paper ballot but suspects it was a provisional ballot instead of an emergency ballot.

28878 New York Hudson Piers Number 1, 596 Riverside Drive 11/2/2004 6:00 2004-11-02 04:22:35 PST

TWO MACHINES NOT WORKING. A lot of voters left. They are making everyone fill out affidavits instead of emergency ballots.

28965 Bronx 11/2/2008 7:30 2004-11-02 04:32:37 PST

MACHINE STUCK IN BUSH/CHENEY POSITION - was allowed to cast paper ballot

28972 new york 135 w 106th st 6:15 2004-11-02 04:36:36 PST

Voting machine jammed on the second voter. Poll workers were handing out paper ballots and Robert was able to vote on a paper ballot.

28987 Bronx Brady & Lydig Ave 11/02 6:00-7:30 2004-11-02 04:32:26 PST

Went to polling place at between 6 and 6:30 and the machine was BROKEN; wasn't informed about the availability of emergency ballots

29480 New York GEN GRANT HOUSES 75 LaSalle Street (Harlem) 11/2/2004 6:00 2004-11-02 05:01:47 PST

ONLY ONE MACHINE WAS WORKING - 7 people voted before it broke down - poll workers were telling people to come back later. She was not able to vote because she had to go to another site (she is a poll worker).

29673 New York 94 e 1st st 7:30 2004-11-02 05:26:20 PST

Jenny wanted to vote for Kerry under the working families party, not the democratic party, however row e of the voting machine (for working families party) was jammed. Instead of offering a paper ballot, the poll workers instructed Jenny to vote for Kerry under the democratic party, which she didn't want to do. Eventually, she was able to unjam the machine so that she could vote according to her preference, but her sister voted on the same machine and had the same problem, so she's afraid that it's going to jam again. Jenny said that a lot of the rows for the smaller parties seemed jammed or "tight."

29697 New York County 123rd Street and 7th Avenue All morning 2004-11-02 05:11:56 PST

Volunteer for Kerry-Edwards was working outside handing out flyers and voters were leaving from this polling site complaining that the machines were not working. They are now having voters use paper ballots. Voters are leaving frustrated without voting.

29968 Bronx PS 50 Rice Ave 2004-11-02 05:29:28 PST

MACHINE ONLY SET FOR REPUBLICANS, could not vote any other way

30049 Queens County PS 160 8:30 2004-11-02 05:30:56 PST

Voting machine NOT WORKING. Additionally, there are people going to voting poll and their name is not on the list or they are being redirected to another school even though they have voted at that location in the last 4 or 5 elections or they cannot find their name.

30091 New York Ralph Hernandez Ten 189 allen st 2004-11-02 05:42:28 PST Machine Broken

30331 New York County 130 4th Street b/n 7th and 8th Avenue 8:45 2004-11-02 05:57:41 PST

There were six machines covering three districts, one out of every machine was NOT FUNCTIONING. At the polling place the workers said that the machines were not working when they came in.

30579 Bronx 3410 Dereimer Avenue 11/2/04 at 7 am 2004-11-02 06:01:12 PST MACHINE STUCK ON REPUBLICAN; Gave paper ballots; Voter suspects it was a provisional --rather than an emergency ballot. ;

31191 Kings County 54st & Avenue H Ongoing since this morning 2004-11-02 06:30:15 PST

No one at site able to vote. Machine are LOCKED OR BROKEN and cannot vote. They did not give paper ballots. Gave number to call board of election office if had problem, saying may be able to vote AFTER 9 pm tonight. Had a composition book and told them to put in name and address.

31296 New York btw 123-124 @ 7th Ave. 8:30-9:00 2004-11-02 06:31:16 PST

People are told to come back or to fill out paper ballots because the machine is BROKEN. Possibly provisional ballots.

31417 Bronx 3410 Dereimer Avenue; apartment building 11/02/04--7:30 a.m. 2004-11-02 06:39:20 PST

31489 New York County 272 First Avenue Has been happening all morning 2004-11-02 06:40:27 PST

One machine broken, telling people to come back later. Mostly older people live there. Telling people to fill out paper ballots but not instructing them how to fill it out, and people doing it incorrectly. Putting them into a white envelope with red lettering. He believes it was the provisional ballot - had four check boxes with your situation and none pertained to this situation so people just filling out random box. Also, not having people fill out voter log, so could come back later and vote again. All over the board not instructing people which line to wait in, people getting frustrated and leaving.

31619 New York 101st between FDR and 1st Avenue 11/2/04, 9:30 am 2004-11-02 07:05:14 PST Problem with write in component of machine.

31724 New York County 272 1st Avenue; Stuyvesant Town; 9 a.m. 2004-11-02 06:50:29 PST

Only one voting machine present which is NOT WORKING. Poll officials are giving out paper ballots without instruction or turning people away. A Republican lawyer is present who is "helping" people with their ballots.

32032 Kings County PS 94 5010 6th Ave All morning 2004-11-02 06:57:02 PST

Precinct had a BROKEN machine, they people fill out paper ballots which they put into a box. Not provisional ballots.

32163 New York County 2004-11-02 07:08:46 PST

Voting with write-in, thinks turned the nob incorrectly. Concerned this might have made her vote not count entirely.

32390 Bronx PS 50 1550 Vyse Ave 7:05 2004-11-02 07:15:06 PST

Went at 7:05; was told that 6 MACHINES "WERE LOCKED ON REPUBLICAN"

32706 Bronx PS 97 Mace avenue 820 am 2004-11-02 07:23:20 PST

when she walked in they told her she was at the wrong place. she had to argue to be allowed to look for her name. she saw this happen to other people. machine #56 - they have to bang the machine to make it work. long line at that machine.

32750 New York County PS 36; at Amersterdam & 122nd 2004-11-02 07:47:26 PST

Some of the machines BROKEN, and there is a lot of CHAOS. Some of the machines are working, so people can vote on machines. But long lines and some people are opting to do paper ballots.

33077 Bronx County PS 105, White Plains Road 2004-11-02 07:42:17 PST

33555 New York 45 Wall Street 11/2 morning 2004-11-02 07:52:57 PST Hundreds of people and only 1 machine - others working - people are leaving

33629 new york 245 w 145th 8:00 2004-11-02 08:13:23 PST

The voting machine was BROKEN so the poll workers handed out provisional ballots to the voters instead of emergency ballots.

33682 Bronx County PS 220, 468 East 140th Street 2004-11-02 08:11:11 PST

The LEVER WAS BACKWARDS on the machine she used, so when she tried to vote, she had to pull it all the way to the other side and the knobs would not move. When she left the booth, the poll worker pushed a button on the outside. When she told the poll worker about the problem, it seemed that the machine worked differently after she worked. She says that the polling site across the street had the same problem -- the machines across the street seemed to have the same problem.

36345 New York 2004-11-02 09:45:23 PST

Poll officials announced they LOST ALL THE RESULTS at 11 AM for one candidate, wouldn't say which candidate.

37501 New York County John Jay College, 59th St. and 10th Avenue 11/2/2008 8:30 2004-11-02 10:36:59 PST

Machine broke in front of caller. Ballot did not appear to be official emergency ballot. Poll worker at table said she wasn't sure the ballots would count. Long line of people behind me, worried none of those ballots will count. She didn't know if we should go back and vote when/if problem fixed.

38667 bronx 2004-11-02 11:21:46 PST Polling place location: 1594 Unionport Road, Parkchester Complex (Parkchester).

This voter called to report the following incidences at his polling place: (1) at about 7:45 am he was at the polling site in line to vote when the machine broke down. He saw the emergency ballots and filled one. However, the poll monitors were not directing any of the voters to the emergency ballots despite the fact that the MACHINE WAS BROKEN. (2) this voter saw other voters who were voting at the same polling place for 20-30 years being told at the polling place this morning that they were supposed to be voting at another location.

39075 bronx p.s. 50, crotona park east 2004-11-02 11:46:17 PST Individual reports news reports of machine irregular; DEMOCRATIC LEVELS MALFUNCTIONING.

40221 New York PS 33 at 281 9th Ave, Booth 44 Nov 2 at 2:15 2004-11-02 12:08:57 PST

Voter voted for president, but half an 'x' showed up in the box but all the other candidates she voted for showed a full 'x'. Machine didn't reflect a full 'x' for President. She asked poll worker why it didn't show full 'x' and poll worker said it was fine.

41688 New York Find Aid for Aged, 141 W. 73rd Street 11/2/04, 9am 2004-11-02 13:29:20 PST

The caller went to her polling place and the machines were BROKEN. The poll workers were extremely disorganized, uninformed, very elderly. The caller and a number of other voters were handed paper ballots that appear to have been "affidavit" ballots instead of "emergency" ballots. A poll worker insisted that the ballots provided were the correct ones and that the voters should check of the "one applicable box," none of which were applicable. The caller and others hand wrote on the outside of their ballots that the machines were BROKEN. She wanted to report the irregularity.

41786 New York 141 West 73rd Street (Find Aid For Aged)

this morning 2004-11-02 15:01:48 PST

voting machine was BROKEN and instead of giving emergency ballots, gave affidavit ballots; people didn't know what they were doing; no pens for people; no interpreter for non-English speaking people

43523 New York County School on corner of Academy and Broadway. 11/2/2004 7:30 2004-11-02 14:18:17 PST 7:30 am, Congressional District 82,

since beginning machine NOT WORKING. Making vote by affidavit (not emergency) vote. Is this still happening? Curious to see if low number of votes. There was a very long line of voters. Not working since polling station opened. Another issue was voting absentee ballot. Requested early Sept. and didn't receive by October 10 (overseas). Bagged this and just voted in person.

46995 Bronx 88th district; Kingsbridge Management Heights; 340-26 Cannon Place November 2, 2004; 2pm and 6.45pm 2004-11-02 16:16:42 PST

The machines kept BREAKING DOWN; there were only 2 out of 3 machines working.

47034 New York 425 W. 144th St -- Convent Ave Church 2004-11-02 16:18:05 PST

MACHINE IS BROKEN -- told to fill out an affidavit.

48182 Queens County PS 231 - Rosedale Queens 11/02/04; 7:45 pm 2004-11-02 17:00:55 PST Junior Highschool 231 Rosedale Queens - 7:45 pm

There were two other people behind me. Poll Worker said she would take care of it later .

51547 New York 189 Allen St. 11/2/04; 7:30 AM 2004-11-03 12:37:02 PST

Polls opened in voter's precinct at 6:30 AM. Voter was in line to vote at 7:30 AM. Voter was told by poll workers that the voting machines were BROKEN and that they would not be fixed until 9:00 AM. Polling place only had 100 paper ballots and 2 pens.

61061 Bronx Valadeck Hall, 74 Van Cortlandt Pk., S. 2005-01-12 11:17:26 PST Voting machines NOT WORKING. Attempted to fill our provisional ballot; didn't offer her one; [said]they don't know what to do with them.

61435 New York 1750 Amsterdam Avenue 11/2/04, 3:00 PM 2005-01-20 14:20:32 PST Machine 58

BROKEN Machines; the attendant kept juggling the machine -- it stalled repeatedly-- long lines-- and attendant wanted us to fill out paper ballot but we refused.

61443 New York 1750 Amsterdam Avenue 11/2/2004 15:15 2005-01-21 08:11:19 PST

ONLY ONE machine of the two allotted for the 58th ED is working. Machine jamming repeatedly; Potential voters were turning away because they could not continue to wait (had to go to work mostly). Were offered a chance to file Emergency paper ballots but they were terribly AFRAID THAT THEIR VOTES WOULD BE DESTROYED.

61453 New York 1750 Amsterdam Avenue 11/4/2004 15:10 2005-01-21 08:44:03 PST

Jammed -- then fixed machines for the 70/58 ED

61456 New York 145th Between 7th and 8th Avenue 11/2/2004 12:30 2005-01-21 08:50:10 PST

Machine BROKEN, no envelopes for paper ballot, people told to come back later.

61489 New York Jacob Riis Houses, 807 East 6th Street at Avenue D 11/2/2004 15:00 2005-01-21 10:24:45 PST

Machine was NOT READY when she began voting.

61871 Bronx 555 Kaypox Street 11/2/04, 11:45am 2005-02-03 12:49:28 PST

Machine needed physical movement to register vote. Senior citizen was UNABLE to do this because it required too much strength. She is concerned this will happen to others. She was able to vote eventually when someone helped her.

62076 New York 343 E. 70th St,, 1st and 2nd 11/2/04 around 11:30 2005-02-10 11:41:36 PST

Machine was DOWN at voting place. Voter was handed a paper ballot. There was no place to fill it out. Once voter filled out her ballot, attendant took it back but voter does not know what happened to her ballot. She knows it was not a secret ballot and is certain it will not be counted.

19) 32390 Bronx PS 50 1550 Vyse Ave 7:05 2004-11-02 07:15:06 PST

Went at 7:05; was told that 6 MACHINES "WERE LOCKED ON REPUBLICAN"