Last June, Stephanie Hams felt good About cast her ballot in New Jersey's primary election on a new Sequoia Voting Systems touchscreen voting machine, a replacement for her county's rickety half-century-old lever models. Until it came time to vote, that is. After designating her choices with a few taps on the large single-screen ballot, she thought she had completed the process by pushing the Cast Ballor button. A poll worker informed her that her vote hadn't been tallied; the audible tone intended to inform officials that the transaction was registered had never sounded. Harris pushed the button several more times. No tone. Then the poll worker volunteered that he thought her vote had been registered after all.
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