Sun Journal Staff

A Craven County voter says he had a near miss at
the polls on Thursday when an electronic voting machine completed his
straight-party ticket for the opposite of what he intended.

Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the
button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen
displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen
and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and
received help from election staff.

“They pushed it twice and the same thing
happened,” Laughinghouse said. “That was four times in a row. The fifth
time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.”…

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