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October 2008February2008PremierAccuVote TSR6PremierAccuVote TSR6GeorgiaGeorgiacomputers were sluggish and sometimes crashed. Itwas unclear why the machines crashed. 373Fulton County, GAThe local CBS affiliate reported that “[c]omputers atthe North Fulton Government Center and othercounty polling places lost their connection to thestate's database, officials told CBS 46’s JoannaMassee. That glitch created a big headache forelection workers and long waits for voters.” It wasunclear why the computers lost their connection tothe database. 374Muscogee County, GAIn Muscogee County, according to the Ledger-Enquirer, the express poll machine was not“functioning properly” so 16 voters had to castprovisional votes. “‘It's not that they didn't work,’said Nancy Boren, executive director of theMuscogee County Office of Elections andRegistrations. ‘It was that they were slow in comingup.’February2008February2008November2006PremierAccuVote TSR6PremierAccuVote TSR6DieboldTS-R6; TS-RSGeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgia“Once the machines were functioning correctly,voting returned to normal. The 16 provisional ballotswill be counted as regular votes, Boren said.” 375DeKalb, Fulton and Cobb counties, GAAccording to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, four offive voting machines went offline and becameinoperable. 376McIntosh County, GAThe Florida Times-Union reported that the electronicvoting machines did not work when the polls firstopened. “‘The touchscreen voting machines hadworked well when tested, but didn't when theprecinct first opened,’ [election official PhillipKempton] said.” Poll workers recorded the names ofthe individuals they had to turn away from voting.They later contacted them when the machines wereworking, and got them to come and vote. It wasunclear why the machines did not work initially. 377DeKalb, Fulton, and Cobb Counties, GAAccording to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, touchscreenvoting machines in three counties switchedvotes for Democratic candidates to Republicans.Brennan Center for Justice | 65