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GOOD MORNING, HAMPTON
ROADS. LET'S CHECK THE
JAM CAMS NOW.
IT TOOK MORE THAN A DAY
TO LEARN THE RESULTS. BUT
SUFFOLK RESIDENTS FINALLY
KNOW WHO WON TWO CITY
RACES.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LIZ
PALKA JOINS US NOW WITH
WHY THE RESULTS TOOK SO
LONG. BUT FIRST, LIZ,
WHO WON?
DON--MAYOR LINDA JOHNSON
WON RE- ELECTION. AND LUE
WARD WON A CITY COUNCIL
SEAT IN THE NANSEMOND
BOROUGH.
THOSE RESULTS CAME OUT
LATE LAST NIGHT.
AFTER ELECTION OFFICIALS
HAD TO COUNT ABSENTEE
BALLOTS--BY HAND.
WE MET UP WITH ELECTORAL
BOARD CHAIRMAN, KENNETH
CARPENTER, WHILE
THEY WERE STILL COUNTING.
HE TOLD US THEY HAD
NEARLY SIX
THOUSAND PAPER ABSENTEE
BALLOTS THAT NEEDED TO BE
COUNTED BY HAND.
FOR SOME REASON, THE
MACHINE THAT RECORDS
PAPER BALLOTS WAS NOT
DOING ITS JOB. WE ASKED
CARPENTER--HAVE
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
OF MACHINE?
4 7:05 - ALL THE TIME.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
ACCURATE. WE'RE ALWAYS
FOR THAT.
CARPENTER TOLD US DURING
THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, THEY
WERE COUNTING BALLOTS FOR
THREE DAYS AFTER POLLS
CLOSED.
HE ALSO SAID, THEY ARE
DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO
NEW VOTING MACHINES IN
SUFFOLK.
I'M LIZ PALKA, 10 ON YOUR