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March 2008June 2009November2008PremierAccuVote-OSSequoiaAVC AdvantageSequoiaAVC AdvantageNewHampshireNew JerseyNew JerseyAlthough a technician for the vendor fixed theproblem in Clark County and provided officials therewith a software patch, the same problem occurred afew weeks later in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. 418Rockingham County, NHThe Eagle Tribune reported that “a single key on afaulty computer keyboard” caused the election resultsfrom optical scanners to be mis-entered by electionofficials. Consequently, the initial election result waserroneous. 419Monmouth County, NJAccording to the Asbury Park Press, “results from ahalf-dozen towns were delayed because of problemsin transmitting data from machine cartridges, CountyClerk M. Claire French said on Wednesday.” Thecartridges thus had to be physically taken to thecentral election offices. "We're studying what causedthese problems," French said. 420Essex County, NJThe Star-Ledger reported that “[v]oters arriving atConklin Hall near the Rutgers-Newark campus werethwarted this morning by two malfunctioning votingmachines. Voters said they were told the machinewould have to be replaced and to come back later.“Carmen Cassiano, Essex County's commissioner ofregistration, said about half of the machinesmalfunctioned because they were turned onincorrectly, which caused them to jam.November2008SequoiaAVC AdvantageNew Jersey“They could not be reset, and had to be replaced,Cassiano said. All the jammed machines werereplaced by mid-morning, but there were sporadicproblems throughout the day.” 421Hudson County, NJAccording to the Jersey Journal, “the system ofcounting votes at Hudson County Clerk’s office hasgone haywire.”“According to County Clerk Barbara Netchert, theway things were supposed to work is that local townclerks were supposed to be able put the cartridgesfrom the electronic voting machines into a reader andthe information would be sent via computer to herBrennan Center for Justice | 75