Touchscreen voting complaints reported in Tennessee and Florida
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Voters in Tennessee and Florida reported problems in which touchscreen voting machines displayed or selected candidates they said they had not intended to choose. Stella Parton, the sister of Dolly Parton, said a machine changed her vote to a Republican candidate, while other Tennessee voters reported machines defaulting to Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn.
Election officials pushed back on claims that the reports showed votes were being switched. In Nashville, officials brought back stir sticks for voters to use on ballot touchscreens after complaints during early voting. Separate reports from Jupiter, Florida, described a woman whose machine repeatedly displayed the wrong candidate, while local coverage raised the possibility that long fingernails or large fingers could affect touchscreen selections.
The Associated Press reported that such touchscreen challenges do not by themselves indicate election rigging.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported meta-commentary about what the headlines establish and whether displayed choices were recorded or counted. - "The reported incidents concerned what voters saw or selected while using the machines; the article headlines do not establish that incorrectly displayed choices were ultimately recorded or counted.": This is commentary about the source material and makes an unsupported distinction about whether choices were recorded or counted.
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Touchscreen voting complaints reported in Tennessee and Florida
Voters in Tennessee and Florida reported problems in which touchscreen voting machines displayed or selected candidates they said they had not intended to choose. Stella Parton, the sister of Dolly Parton, said a machine changed her vote to a Republican candidate, while other Tennessee voters reported machines defaulting to Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn.
Election officials pushed back on claims that the reports showed votes were being switched. In Nashville, officials brought back stir sticks for voters to use on ballot touchscreens after complaints during early voting. Separate reports from Jupiter, Florida, described a woman whose machine repeatedly displayed the wrong candidate, while local coverage raised the possibility that long fingernails or large fingers could affect touchscreen selections.
The Associated Press reported that such touchscreen challenges do not by themselves indicate election rigging. The reported incidents concerned what voters saw or selected while using the machines; the article headlines do not establish that incorrectly displayed choices were ultimately recorded or counted.
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