Election fiasco in Ohio linked to poorly trained eleciton workers. Don’t let it happen to you...

Training lax, warnings went ignored, panel says

by Joan Mazzolini, Plain Dealer Reporter

The election fiasco in Cuyahoga County was the result of widespread dysfunction in the county's election offices, where officials ignored specific warnings of the looming calamity, according to a report released today that blames election chief Michael Vu and deputy chief Gwen Dillingham.

In the 394-page report, a three-member panel concludes its investigation of the flawed May 2 primary with descriptions of breakdown after breakdown at every level of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The problems included poorly trained poll workers, too few workers, the rehiring of poll workers with histories of poor performance, a lack of crucial supplies, error-filled and ambiguous manuals for poll workers, a careless or reckless disregard for security of the voting machines, and the refusal to accept help from outsiders with expertise.

The dysfunction was made worse by a rushed changeover from punch-card voting to electronic machines.

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