The Florida District 13 Voting Mess

I previously blogged about voting machine problems in District 13. The problems are the same. Votes for Christine Jennings wasn't showing up on the screen.

Among them was Kenneth Sanderson, who said he cast an early vote for Jennings last week that didn't show up on the review screen. He corrected it before turning in his ballot, but questioned whether the same happened to others who didn't catch the omission.

"I'm an ex-poll worker, so I understand all the problems that can happen," he said. "I don't hold much confidence in machines."

Neither do Jennings lawyers.

Jennings lawyers say touch-screen voting machines malfunctioned in Sarasota County, where thousands of ballots didn't register a vote for Congress but did for other big races. Local elections supervisor Kathy Dent couldn't explain why that happened, but told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune the electronic equipment worked fine.

This is how close the election is:

Vern Buchanan - 50.08 percent
Christine Jennings - 49.92 percent

That's a total of a 368 votes difference. The recount could take days. Division of Elections Canvassing Commission officially hasn't decided if there will be a recount. This could get nasty.