The confusion during general elections for house representatives last December was even greater. The computer program failed completely and the Council was forced to nullify the results and reschedule voting for a week later.
According to Hawkins, the council's goal is to rewrite the computer voting program and to convert it to a Web-based model.
However, Kamil E. Redmond '00, a resident of Pforzheimer House and vice president of the council, cautioned that the problems are rooted in financial limitations.
"We really don't have funds in the budget to fix this," she said.
So despite the much-touted $40,000 budget surplus last year, the bugs in the council's computer system may continue to bug voters.
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