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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Houston Fire destroys all Harris County voting machines Fire destroys all Harris County voting machines Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman Friday morning said she is confident of timely, clean elections in November, even after a fire that destroyed the county's entire inventory of 10,000 electronic voting machines. Kaufman urged voters to cast their ballots early to help the county cope with a possible shortage of equipment on election day. "Because I don’t expect to have 10,000 pieces to work with, no matter what we do, I’m sure that we’re going to be putting on a full court press urging people to vote early," Kaufman said. Kaufman said she expected that the fire in a county warehouse in the 600 block of Canino, in north Houston, has destroyed $30 million worth of equipment and caused $10 million more in damage to the building. Kaufman hopes to cobble together a collection of voting machines through loans from other counties and replacement equipment from its vendor, she said. All five members of Commissioners Court contacted her Friday morning to pledge their support in helping her with the resources needed to stage a successful election in which early voting begins in just 52 days, she said. Kaufman encouraged people to vote early in person or by mail. "There is no doubt in my mind that we’re going to have a timely election here and that we’re going to take care of the voters," Kaufman said. Houston Fire Department spokesman Patrick Trahan said arson investigators were at the scene of the fire, but no cause has been determined. The three-alarm blaze started about 4:15 a.m. at the football field-size warehouse the county uses to store its election equipment. Firefighters extinguished the flames about four hours later. No injuries were reported. The county’s voting machines, including eSlate equipment, were stored at the nearly 27,000-square foot facility, county officials said. Early voting begins Oct. 18. Election Day is Nov. 2. Fire officials said a county animal control facility that houses animals is nearby, but that building was not involved in the fire and the animals were not in danger. The massive flames lit up the sky for miles and could be seen from the Hardy Toll Road near Little York. chris.moran@chron.com dale.lezon@chron.com COMMENTS: u67 wrote: Isn't it a coincidence that this warehouse holds Harris County voting machines and this fire happens a day after a story breaks about 18,000 out of 25,000 voter registrations are determined to be fraudulent????? Makes you wonder if there is a connection. Hmmmmmmm........... ThePrize (68) ThePrize wrote: dcsports (0) dcsports wrote: commonsents wrote: "No other information was immediately available. Well let me help you out, this warehouse had the voting machines used by the Republican party, earlier reports say. " KajunKen (0) Bintheloop (10) Poster Comment: We just had 20 or 30 voter registrars fired for submitting fraudulent applications in this county. Out of 25,000 they submitted applications, about 7,000 were accepted and 5,000 were deemed fraudulent. It's the Wild West down here, folks. Gonna be a helluva November. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#3. To: randge (#0)
Too funny. Get some kenyan stimulus $$$ for new black box machines. Or print up some paper ballots if you want an honest election.
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