Here’s an up-to-the-minute election blog from the Richmond Times Dispatch. Way to go, Richmond!
7:50 a.m. — Voters report that Precinct 308 in Richmond, at a Richmond library, opened late because a poll worker overslept.
Way to go, electronic voting machines and the Godwin district!
7:29 a.m. — Henrico voter Audrey Belford, who experienced the machine problems at Godwin, reports: “I arrived at 5:15 and was about 10th in line. When the polls opened at 6:00 I would estimate about 3-400 people were there. Of the 7 voting machines, only one was working. Apparently they are wireless and only one “found†the signal. I was able to vote within about 15 minutes and the poll officials were considering offering paper ballots as I left. If the machine malfunction were not worked out, I can only imagine what a mess it is by now.”
8:54 a.m. — The voting machine problems at Godwin were due to a problem in the machines’ wireless communication systems, registrar Mark Coakley said.
He attributed the problem to human error.
I’m going to vote in a little while. I’ll be back with a report.