Voting Machines Chop Off Dem Candidate Webb's Name...Can't Be Fixed Before Election Day...

Voting Machines Chop Off Dem Candidate Webb's Name...Can't Be Fixed Before Election Day...

U.S. Senate candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville because of a computer glitch that also affects other candidates with long names, city officials said yesterday.

Although the problem creates some voter confusion, it will not cause votes to be cast incorrectly, election officials emphasized. The error shows up only on the summary page, where voters are asked to review their selections before hitting the button to cast their votes. Webb's full name appears on the page where voters choose for whom to vote.

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