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2006 iVotronicThe Post & Courier reported that iVotronic machinesfailed to allow voters to review their choices incontests in which they voted for more than onecandidate.November2005June 2009November2008ES&S:iVotronicES&SModel 650PremierAccuVote-TSXSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennessee“If voters can vote for only one candidate, the reviewscreen shows who they voted for, but if they can votefor two or more candidates, as is the case in aCharleston County School Board race and theCharleston County Soil and Water Commission race,then the review screen indicates only whether theyhave voted for the maximum number allowed. Itdoes not state for whom they voted.” 473Kershaw County, SCAccording to The State, initial vote totals in theRepublican and Democratic primary races for aCounty Council seat, showed that 3,208 votes hadbeen cast in District 2. A manual count discoveredthat only 768 votes had been cast. Election officialssuspected that the error had occurred becausemachine cartridges were incorrectly programmed torecord some votes more than once. A state electionofficial apparently did not check a box that wouldhave prevented multiple readings. 474Pennington County, SDKOTA Radio reported that a “glitch” with theelectronic scanning machine caused additional votesto be added to the total number of votes from thecounty. The problem was discovered and corrected,but the cause was unclear. 475Shelby County, TNThe Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that theBartlett municipal election “ballot did not load ontothe voting machines” in Shelby County.Consequently, some voters used paper ballots insteadwhile others simply did not vote in that race at all.According to the paper, “Election Commissionofficials said part of the problem was poll workers notputting the proper code in for the Bartlett ballot inprecincts, such as Bartlett Elementary, whereresidents and non-residents are registered.” Precinctswhere all registrants were Bartlett residents also hadproblems, which candidates said they understood toBrennan Center for Justice | 87