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HAD TO SAY.. AFTER LAST
GOOD EVENING, I'M GINA
QUATTROCCHI. AND I'M JEFF
SMITH.THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SOME CLOSE RACES WERE
DECIDED LAST NIGHT.. BUT MAYBE
A LITTLE LATER THAN SOME
VOTERS IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY
EXPECTED. SOME TROUBLE WITH
A MACHINE THAT COUNTS PAPER
BALLOTS AT THE TIPPECANOE
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
OFFICE DELAYED RESULTS.NEWS
18'S KELLY ROBERTS IS LIVE
DOWNTOWN AT THE COUNTY
BUILDING WITH WHAT HAPPENED...
AND HOW IT MAY BE FIXED IN THE
FUTURE.KELLY? GOOD EVENING
JEFF AND GINA-- ALL VOTES FROM
YOUR TYPICAL TOUCH SCREEN
BALLOT WERE COUNTED BEFORE 11
LAST NIGHT.HOWEVER, A DELAY
WITH PAPER BALLOTS DIDN'T HAVE
ALL THE VOTES COUNTED UNTIL
AFTER TWO THIS MORNING.AND
MOST OF THE PROBLEM CAME FROM
THIS MACHINE RIGHT HERE.TWO
BROKE LAST NIGHT.. LEAVING B-O-
E MEMBERS SCRAMMBLING FOR A
QUICK FIX.#@THE VOTERS HAVE
SPOKEN.. AND WE NOW KNOW THE
UNOFFICIAL WINNERS FROM THE
2012 ELECTION.BUT THOSE
ANSWERS DIDN'T COME ABOUT
WITHOUT SOME PROBLEMS.COUNTY
CLERK CHRISTA COFFEY SAYS THE
PROBLEM FOR THE TIPPECANOE
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS CAME
IN THE FORM OF TWO BROKEN
OPTICAL SCAN MACHINES.
CHRISTA COFFEY: 6:08:26-:34
WE HAD A PAPER JAM IN ONE AND
A MOTOR ISSUE IN THE OTHER. WE
TRIED TO GET ONE FULL MACHINE
WORKING, AND DID, BUT IT WAS
STILL SLOW.KELLY: THE
OPTICAL SCAN MACHINES COUNT
ALL THE PAPER BALLOTS.. MANY
BEING THE MAIL IN VOTES.THE
COUNTY ONLY HAS TWO.. AND WITH
TWO MALUFUNCTIONING B-O-E
MEMBERS SCAMBLED TO FIGURE OUT
A SOLUTION.MEMBERS WERE ABLE
REPLACE THE BAD MOTOR WITH THE
GOOD ONE FROM THE OTHER
MACHINE.AND ANOTHER SCANNER
CAME FROM NEWTON COUNTY.
COFFEY: 6:05:20-:29 WE
CONTACTED THE COMPANY, GBS IS
OUR CONTRACTOR, THEY FOUND TWO
OF THE SAME MACHINES THAT A
NOTHER COUNTY HAD USED, THEY
WERE FINISHED. THEY BROUGH
THOSE TO US.KENT
MOORE:5:56:14-:20 THE MAIN
PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE OF THE
PAPER BALLOT COUNTING. WE HAD
TO DO HALF OF THOSE BY HAND.
KELLY: KENT MOORE IS A
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS AND SAYS THE BOARD
SPEND NEARLY 12 HOURS COUNTING
THE PAPER BALLOTS.
MOORE:5:57:14-:23 15 OR 20
SECONDS OR MORE AND MULTIPLY
THAT BY 12 OR 13 HUNDRED VOTES
IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME.
THE MACHINES ARE NOW 10
YEARS OLD AND HAVE PROCCESSED
VOTES FOR 3 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS.COFFEY SAYS THE
BOARD WILL DISCUSS REPLACING
THEM AT THEIR NEXT MEETING IN
JUST OVER A WEEK.COFFEY SAYS
SHE HAS ALREADY CONTACTED THE
COMPANY ABOUT PRICES.COFFEY:
6:06:07-:11 TIME TO START
LOOKING TO UPGRADE TO THE NEXT
MODEL.@# COFFEY SAYS THERE
AREN'T MANY DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MODELS, BUT A NEWER
MACHINE WILL CUT DOWN ON TIME.
AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY HAVE BEEN
A LONG NIGHT.. MEMBERS OF THE
B-O-E SAY SINCE THERE WERE NO
VOTING OR COMPUTER GLITCHES..
IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.REPORING