We reported recently in the print edition of the Observer about problems with the touch-screen voting machines used in most Ohio counties. They’ve been problematic from the start. The optical scan machines, such as those used in Michigan, are generally considered more secure.

And then along comes an advisory from Diebold (Premier) to Florida election workers:

Diebold (which now calls itself Premier Election Systems) quietly released a “Product Advisory Notice” last Friday to the state of Florida, concerning an explained malfunction in the paper-based optical-scan voting machine used across the state. While reports of problems on those systems, and others, began surfacing throughout the day today across the Sunshine State.

The Diebold advisory warns that “No Error Message is Displayed when Ballot Fails to Feed Completely Through AccuVote-OS.”