That doesn't mean there's a vast conspiracy and the fix is in. It may be user error, combined with a badly designed GUI, badly calibrated machine, and/or buggy code. Regular readers of this column will be extremely familiar with those kinds of problems.

The Brad Blog, which eats this kind of stuff for breakfast, has or encounter other gremlins living inside an electronic voting machine. Here's what you should do:

-- Call poll supervisors to observe the problem.

-- Fill out a problem report.

-- Refuse to vote on that machine.