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the time the polls opened at 6 a.m. to 1 p.m”November2006February2008September2008May 2008ES&S3P EaglePremierAccuVote-TSES&SAutoMARKPremierAccuVote-OSMaineMarylandMassachusettsMassachusetts“Secretary of State spokesman Jacques Berrydescribed what occurred as a ‘reverse lockout. Therewas no machine malfunction at all,’ Berry said. ‘Itwas strictly a programming error that was discoveredby a voter. We determined that 60 voters had castvotes in that precinct prior to 1 p.m. and those arethe voters who should have had the opportunity tocast a vote in that election but did not.’” 405Waterville, METhe Journal & Morning Sentinel reported thatunidentified machine malfunctions caused electionresults to indicate that one Senate candidate forDistrict 25 received 27,000 votes on one of the threemachines used by the town. 27,000 is about 16,000more votes than the number of registered voters inthe whole city. 406Anne Arundel County, MDAccording to the Capital, three voting machines went“down” as the election day began. In response, localofficials got “two machines going again by basicallyunplugging and plugging them back in.” A localofficial told the paper that the problems were“beyond her ability to fix, and apparently beyond theskills of the Diebold [Premier] technical assistantposted at Cape St. Claire Elementary.” 407Bristol County, MAThe Standard-Times reported that in New Bedford,one week before the state primary election, “theAutomark voting machines won't work with thecity's Republican ballots.” Elections CommissionerMaria Tomasia “said technicians from ES&S haveabout 48 hours to get the machines set up properly,and that the problem ‘seems to be the ink,’ but thatnobody is certain.” 408Plymouth County, MAAfter a recount of a voter proposition, the BostonGlobe reported, local officials discovered that thescanner had counted four votes wrong. Local officialsblamed the problem on the machine getting jammedwhile counting the votes: “‘The machines jammed afew times when counting the votes,’ [Town ClerkLinda] Adams said.” 40972 | Brennan Center for Justice