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November2008May 2008May 2008ES&SiVotronicES&SModel 100ES&SiVotronic –MecklenbergCo.Model 100 –Wake Co.North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolinawhat caused the problem. 438Polk County, NCThe Tryon Daily Bulletin reported that the CountyBoard of Elections left the public confused as theresults continued to flip-flop between candidates.This was caused by a malfunction in the computerreporting system. Eventually, local officials resolvedthe problem and were able to announce a winner ofthe race. 439Onslow County, NCThe Jacksonville Daily News reported that “there werea significant number of votes missing⎯approximately 4,000” after a “tabulator broke” onelection night. Rose Whitehurst, director of thecounty board of elections, said ““[w]hen we startedlooking over the report, we found that the votesdidn't all go into the software,’ . . . . ‘We starteddoing an audit and ran through the information (andfound that) both one-stops weren't counted.’” Nofurther information regarding the missing votes wasprovided. 440Mecklenburg & Wake Counties, NCLocal news station, News 14, reported that due to a“problem” with an optical scanner, certain votes inthe primary election were counted twice. The errorwas corrected, and the errors did not change theoutcome of the races but the number of votesinvolved was large. “For example, when Democraticpresidential candidate Barack Obama declaredvictory Tuesday night in North Carolina’s primary,he was given approximately 15,000 votes more thanhe should have been. That’s 1 percent of all ballotscast.“In Wake County, early and absentee ballots werecounted as part of the individual voters precincts andagain as a whole. ‘So in essence, those voters wererecorded double,’ said Cherie Poucher of the WakeCo. Board of Elections. It was around 37,000 votes.November2004SequoiaAVC AdvantageNorth CarolinaIt was unclear what caused the problem with thescanner. 441Buncombe County, NCAccording to the Mountain XPress, touch-screen80 | Brennan Center for Justice