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The full-scale debut of touch-screen and other high-tech voting machines in more than 200 counties nationwide did not go off without fail Tuesday, although technical problems were minor.
A touch-screen machine locked up and crashed as the wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Sonny Perdue was casting her ballot. Officials rebooted the computer, and Mary Perdue continued with ease.
The biggest general election debut for touch-screen machines was in Georgia, where some 19,000 were deployed across the state. Voters offered good reviews.
One voter, Tracy Yandle of Atlanta, said it was “as easy as using an ATM.”
Technical problems characterized as minor were reported in three of Georgia’s 159 counties, with two machines failing in one.
