NC GOP head threatens suit over touch-screen votes
By The Associated Press
Published: October 28, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Republican Party is threatening to sue the State Board of Elections over problems with touch-screen machines.
Elections board deputy director Johnnie McLean said Thursday officials have only heard of a handful of problems in New Hanover and Craven Counties. Those were corrected on the first couple of days of early voting and inconvenienced about a dozen voters.
But Republican Party officials claim in a letter to the elections board that they have heard of problems in other counties, including Mecklenburg, Cumberland and Forsyth counties. The party is demanding that elections officials provide notice to all voters about problems, to preserve all data and to track all complaints.
The GOP believes the machines have a default setting that benefits Democrats. McLean said that is not true.
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http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/oct/28/nc-gop-head-threatens-suit-over-touch-screen-votes-ar-491651/
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