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We're getting reports of problems from readers, writers and the media. John Ennis, one of the founders of Video the Vote, gave LAist this update. Most of the confusion today is over people who are not registered as Democrat or Republican who want to vote in the primaries. The issue might be that they moved and they thought they were up to date. If you are a non-partisan voter, all you have to do is go to either a Democratic or Republican voting booth. Other than a few precincts not opening on time, Ennis says things seem to be running smooth, but it's early in the day he warned. To report a bad voting experience, call Video the Vote at 866-OUR-VOTE

Ohio-based Diebold, the company that makes electronic voting machines, whose CEO Walden O'Dell, a GOP fundraiser who was quoted as saying in a 2003 letter that he was committed "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President", was exposed -- through Fox News of all places -- for having a voting machine so faulty that it could be hacked in ten seconds.