# Official Voting Day Irregularities Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138 "2008-11-04T20:41:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138/1 "2008-11-04T20:41:18Z")
Inspired by the [It’s Officially Election Day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491079) thread, there a few few posts in it claiming voting irregularities. Rather than hijack that thread and get lost in the posts, lets put them here. There is only one rule - **If you personally experienced a problem voting during this election, post it here. The more details, the better.** ( **Please, no hearsay.** No posts of what you heard about someone else, what you heard/read on the news, what a coworker claims happened to them/their friend/someone they know. Also, if you decide to comment about a problem, please don’t add in any hearsay accidentally.) ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138/2 "2008-11-04T21:45:26Z")
The second page of my Ohio ballot was rejected by the scanner because the poll worker tore off a bit of one of the barcodes when he pulled it out of the book. I didn’t notice the problem until the first page had already been scanned. The poll worker in question swore up and down that he hadn’t made the mistake - that either I or the machine somehow tore the ballot, and not him. Another worker then dropped my (unscanned) ballot into a slot into a slot in the side of the machine. Nobody there was able to give me a straight answer on whether my second page would be counted or not, and they refused to give me another ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138/3 "2008-11-04T22:20:07Z")
Did you call the Secretary of State’s office or 1-866-OUR-VOTE or another hotline to report what happened? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138/4 "2008-11-04T22:38:26Z")
By 1 oclock they had 27,000 phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-voting-day-irregularities-thread/471138/5 "2008-11-04T22:45:59Z")
The only thing odd when I voted (at 7:15am) was the presence of 2 armed constables outside the polling place. I don’t remember seeing anything like that before.