Voting Machines Turn Up 3 Weeks Later
Machines Left In Closet, Found By Accident
POSTED: 5:46 p.m. EDT October 2, 2002
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Three weeks after the primary election, several touch-screen voting machines have turned up left behind in a closet.
The machines were apparently shut in the closet of Fort Lauderdale Fire Station 49.
June Lewis, manager of the warehouse where the machines are supposed to be stored, told Channel 10 News that she was not aware that there were any machines missing.
Broward Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Rick Earl said that he happened to find the machines while he was inspecting the fire station in preparation for the Nov. 5 election.
Earl returned the machines to the elections supervisor's office himself.
There are 5,200 touch-screen machines, each worth $20,000. On Wednesday, Channel 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier asked Lewis is those machines are all accounted for. She said, "We will do a complete inventory, which we have ongoing, and we hope to have a complete itemized list back in the warehouse." When Weinsier asked again if the she knew if all the machines were accounted for, Lewis said, "No, we don't."
No one had an explanation for how the machines ended up left in a closet for 22 days following the primary election.
The machines were apparently shut in the closet of Fort Lauderdale Fire Station 49.
June Lewis, manager of the warehouse where the machines are supposed to be stored, told Channel 10 News that she was not aware that there were any machines missing.
Broward Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Rick Earl said that he happened to find the machines while he was inspecting the fire station in preparation for the Nov. 5 election.
Earl returned the machines to the elections supervisor's office himself.
There are 5,200 touch-screen machines, each worth $20,000. On Wednesday, Channel 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier asked Lewis is those machines are all accounted for. She said, "We will do a complete inventory, which we have ongoing, and we hope to have a complete itemized list back in the warehouse." When Weinsier asked again if the she knew if all the machines were accounted for, Lewis said, "No, we don't."
No one had an explanation for how the machines ended up left in a closet for 22 days following the primary election.
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