Modem Problem Delayed Linn County Results

First time voter Ben Railsback of Palo receives some assistance loading his ballot into the optical scan machine from poll work Bill Cooper at the Farm Services Building in Palo on Monday, November 4, 2008. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

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Modem Problem Delayed Linn County Results

By Dave Franzman, Reporter

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Nov 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM CST

LINN COUNTY - The election results from Linn County came in a bit slower than expected.

Linn County Auditor Joel Miller had expected at least half the totals by 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. It took at least an hour longer than that.

Miller says the modems on the new voting machines mandated by the state didn't transmit totals electronically to the Auditor's office.

So election workers had to drive in the results. That took a lot longer than expected.

Miller says he plans to work on the problem for the next election.

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