Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

A hearing will be held on Monday in Kern Co. California to investigate problems in the recent primary election. / “We had polling places that didn’t open until several hours after they were supposed to, voting machines that didn’t work at all, and hundreds of voters around the state who were told to ‘come back later’ once the problems had been sorted out,” said Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Redondo Beach, who chairs the committee. “That’s not acceptable and we need to begin addressing these problems now to ensure they don’t repeat themselves in November.” / When discussing expected problems in Shelby Co., Tennessee, David Bear of Diebold has already started blaming problems on the voters and the elderly, “”There’s going to be hiccups,” said David Bear, spokesman for Diebold, manufacturer of the 1,500 voting machines the county bought this year for about $4.2 million. Most troubles involve the elderly or voters unfamiliar with computers, yet that generally changes quickly once on the machines, he said.”…

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