Malibu Vote Fiasco Traced To Software Bug
Written by 991KBU on August 2, 2018
Los Angeles county has figured out why hundreds of Malibu voters where ousted from the voting rolls in the June primary election.
The Los Angeles times reports it was a software glitch that misinterpreted state voter data …
This dropped 118,500 names eligible-voter rosters on election day in June.
There was no evidence of a security breach.
While the glitch affected only 2.3% of registered voters across the county .. It was hit and miss geographically.
About 35% of voting locations were affected .… including most of Malibu.
The problem had no impact on voter eligibility … officials say.
Poll workers gave provisional ballots to people whose names did not appear on rosters … and they were allowed to vote.
