[link|http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1652544|Houston Chronicle]
Faulty chip hands election to wrong canidate. The problem was only discovered because the vote was so lopsided in an unexpected way.
At least they had the sense to count the votes by hand even after getting a new chip.
The way things are going to Alabama they may not get a recount at all.
[link|http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1036837040270380.xml|Mobile Register]
The Republican Attorney General has released a legal opinion that it would be illegal to actually open the sealed ballot boxes despite the fact that there is a law in the state that lets people request recounts.
Jay