West Virginia Vote Flipping

- Eye-witnesses reported instances of "vote flipping" on touch-screen voting machines in Missouri, Texas, Tennessee and West VirginiaDaily Kos: Widespread Touch Screen Vote Flipping (October 26, 2008)
- "Vote-flipping" refers to the failure of the machine to count the chosen vote and giving the vote to another candidateDaily Kos: Widespread Touch Screen Vote Flipping (October 26, 2008)
- Machines that involve "vote-flipping" are the ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machinesDaily Kos: Widespread Touch Screen Vote Flipping (October 26, 2008)
- West Virginia's secretary of state addressed the issue of "vote-switching" in an October 2008 press conference

Early voters in West Virginia reported that Election System and Software (ES&S) iVotronics touch-screen voting machines are "vote-flipping" or switching votes after the voter chooses the candidate and enters the choice on the screen, giving the vote to another candidate.Daily Kos: Widespread Touch Screen Vote Flipping (October 26, 2008)West Virginia's secretary of state Betty Ireland held a press conference in mid-October to address the issue. She directed the 34 counties in the state to re-calibrate the machines on election day and each morning prior to the election, for early voters.Wired: W. Virginia Gives E-Voting VP an Award While Machines Malfunction (October 27, 2008)
YouTube Vote Flipping Video

A video uploaded to YouTube on October 27, 2008, features a county clerk in West Virginia demonstrating the malfunction. The clerk in the video explained that the machine "just needed to be calibrated."WVA Vote Flipping Caught on Tape (Time: 2:16)