Oneida County didn't report complete primary election results until Friday because results from 20 percent of the districts were missing. “There was a problem with missing memory cards,” said Pamela Mandryck, the county’s Republican election commissioner. Mandryck said election inspectors failed to remove the cards from the machines when polls closed Tuesday. She said the numbers had to be...
View full sizeA sample ballot is inserted into an ImageCast paper ballot-optical scan system voting machine on display at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Oneida County didn't report complete primary election results until Friday because results from 20 percent of the districts were missing. “There was a problem with missing memory cards,” said Pamela Mandryck, the county’s Republican election commissioner.
Mandryck said election inspectors failed to remove the cards from the machines when polls closed Tuesday. She said the numbers had to be pulled off results tapes when the machines were returned to the county, and entered manually.
The information came to light in a story about Matt Doheny’s lead over Doug Hoffman narrowed to 582 votes today in the 23rd Congressional District after Oneida County reported its full results.
The news worries one syracuse.com user, litfuel, who said:
"I don't know if I like the idea of these 'memory cards' floating around...seems like they could easily be altered by anyone with computer knowledge."
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