Substantial Voting Problems Reported in Florida, Ohio

CNN is reporting that significant problems with voting machines are occurring in Florida and Ohio, with sporadic reports of problems elsewhere in the US. So far today, 11,000 calls have been made to CNN's hot line reporting problems, and of those 1,500 are in Florida and 450 are in Ohio. Both of these are states that McCain must win if he is to have any chance of winning the Presidency. These must be closely watched.

I do wonder how long the Americans will continue to accept Diebold voting machines in their elections. The rest of the world seems to manage just fine with paper ballots, and yet American governments seem to have a fascination with electronic voting machines. Hopefully the Americans will force their government to return to paper ballots.

I will try to keep updating during the day, but since I'm in class for most of the day, that may be a bit difficult. Also, I won't be live blogging the election tonight, since I'll be watching the returns at a bar with friends. I will write something later tonight once the outcome is clear.

Days Remaining in Bush Presidency: 76