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2006 M150November2004ES&S:Optech III-PEagleWyomingAccording to the Marshfield News Herald, four and ahalf months after the election, a consulting firmdiscovered that the optical scanners wereprogrammed incorrectly. All straight-party voteswere lost, affecting approximately 600 ballots. 511Natrona County, WYAccording to the Casper Star Tribune, the UnityElection Management System, used to tally votesfrom both optical scan machines and paperlesselectronic voting machines, failed to tally votescorrectly in several municipal races. Noticing that theballot totals in the city of Evansville seemed low,election officials checked the printouts from theprecinct voting machines. They found that the totalsdidn't match the totals computed by the Unitysoftware. Election officials conducted a recountusing printouts from the voting machines and thepaper absentee ballots. 51296 | Brennan Center for Justice