Posted on 01/19/2008 11:42:55 AM PST by CaspersGh0sts
CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) – Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign called on supporters in South Carolina Saturday to make sure that their votes are counted, as voting machines in an eastern county malfunctioned on primary day.
"We have received reports from Horry County that voters are being turned away from the polls, because electronic voting machines are not working and paper ballots are not available,” Buzz Jacobs, McCain’s South Carolina state director, said in a statement. “Some voters say they are being instructed to return at a later time. We are disturbed by these reports and hope that this issue is resolved immediately. We encourage any voters who were turned away from the polls to return again to their polling place this afternoon to exercise their constitutional right to vote."
Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said that he had confidence the problem was being fixed.
“We expect a full and fair count,” Dawson said in a telephone interview with CNN. “In South Carolina, our citizens take the right to vote very seriously. We have full confidence in our state elections commission, which is running this primary. Any questions that have arisen are being addressed.”
Dawson noted that “there is always a backup in case there is an election machine malfunction and a ballot can’t be cast.”
Lisa Bourcier, public information for Horry County, said that 80 percent of the voting machines were back on-line as of 1:30 p.m. ET.
South Carolina was holding its Republican primary Saturday, a critical contest on the road to the GOP presidential nomination.
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McCain and the Huck, two back stabbing RINOs fighting over some squirrel meat.
While Fred looks for table scraps.
Well, maybe. At least he isn’t looking for road kill.
electronic voting machines are not working and paper ballots are not available
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well, ain’t that a hoot.
Voted for Buchanan again........
I just voted Conway North Precinct. No problems.
Are the machines casting ballots for Democrats?
That depends on whether you consider Giuliani a Dem...
Yep, and wonder why. You would think someone would be prepared.
One suspects that Bill Clinton will do a fair piece of campaigning there.
In one of the straw polls in SC last year, McCain was running a distant 2nd.
The location decided to stop counting for the night.
Miraculously, the next morning, when counting resumed, McCain ended up winning by a few votes.
LOL! It’s the Myrtle Beach area.
Now I KNOW McCain is a Liberal...calling out “vote fraud” when he’s worried about losing.
Are these machines provided by and maintained by Hugo's company?
No problems in my Spartanburg County precinct this morning. By about 10:30, 260 people had voted.
“We are disturbed...”
That says it all right there....
So is your candidate pal...
That's why they won't work, there are only Republicans on the ballot.
Bad form to use bill clinton and piece in same sentence.
THIS IS PROOF!!! IT’S RIGGED BY KARL ROVE!!! GEORGE BOOSH = HITLER AND IT’S THE JOOOOOZ!!!! I AM SPEEKING TROOF TO POWUR!!!
I’m getting a headache just doing that as a joke. What a sad pathetic hell those people live in.
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