Voting Problems in Maryland Primary

First, head over to dailykos to get the skinny.

This is a huge problem, and Maryland Democrats will not stand for it any longer.

My own voting experience was ok. My precint at Barclay Elemetary was almost empty, but I went early. The machines worked well and I had no problems, other than the fact that I wanted a paper trail.

For others it hasn't been so simple. In Montgomery County, several polling places did not the recieve the cards necessary to use the new Diebold machines. Voters who showed up from 7 AM to 8:30 AM had to wait in line. How many left to make it to work on time is anyone's guess. This is not acceptable in an industrialized Democracy. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN MY STATE OR IN MY AMERICA.

How can we act? Today, we can email the Attorney General of Maryland and ask that they polls be kept open an extra hour to help at least some disenfranchised voters get another chance.

How to Contact the Attorney General's Office

Main telephone number
(410) 576-6300 or 1 (888) 743-0023 toll-free in Maryland
TDD: (410) 576-6372

Mailing address
Office of the Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

Press office
Media only: (410) 576-6357
press@oag.state.md.us
News organizations that wish to receive news releases by e-mail or fax may send an e-mail to press@oag.state.md.us

E-mail
Consumer questions: consumer@oag.state.md.us
Securities Division: securities@oag.state.md.us
Website problems or comments: webmaster@oag.state.md.us
Other inquiries: oag@oag.state.md.us

We can't save ourselves before this November. But what we can do is make sure there are Democrats waiting on November to catalog the complaints so we can start to make a case for a Statewide change.

Maryland voters deserve an anonymous paper trail. Maryland voters deserve polls that open on time and stay open all day. Maryland voters deserve to have elections that give them a voice, not take it away. By 2008, Maryland Progressives should get these things for all Maryland voters. Kick it into gear.

UPDATE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLLS OPEN UNTIL 9PM/ BALTIMORE CITY POLLS WILL STILL CLOSE AT 8PM


Blogs covering the problems (updated throughout the day):

Political Yak: Votes Not Counted Until Next Week?
DailyKOS: Maryland's Voting Problems
Moco Politics: Complete Meltdown at the BOE
FSP: Election Fiasco in Montgomery
Political Yak: Voting Problems in Montgomery County
Maryland Politics Watch: Election Disaster in Montgomery
DailyKOS: Maryland's Malfunctioning Voting Machines