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Des Moines, IA- The technology that helps tally the votes in the Iowa Senate tanked this week. Radio Iowa reports that lawmakers typically push a green or red button on their desk to vote yes or no. That speedy system got real sluggish Wednesday afternoon. "We are having technical difficulties," Senate President Amy Sinclair announced. There was a reboot. "We're going to try it," she said. It still didn't work, so Charlie Smithson, the secretary of the senate, had to read each senator's name. Each senator had to say their vote aloud and Smithson punched those votes in from his desk in the center of the senate. A thumbs up or thumbs down didn't work. "I can't hear your thumb," Smithson said. At one point, Sinclair had to remind senators not to use the buttons on their desk to vote. "Everything is moving so slowly, when you push your buttons it crashes the system up here, so we need to you to leave your fingers off the buttons,&

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