As should be expected by anyone who follows elections as closely as we do, the news today is again full of articles from Sarasota Co., Florida where the counties paperless ES&S voting machines failed to register over 18,000 votes for a 13^th Congressional District race. ES&S and the county elections director are, of course, blaming the problem on the voters just not wanting to vote in the race. Meanwhile the media is full of anecdotal evidence that the machines failed to register votes in that race. The lesson is that Never, NEVER should the decision of who wins a race come down to a decision made by a voting machine. Never! NEVER should a voting machine be part of the decision. If the voters don't want to vote in a race then it's their decision and there should be no doubt that was there decision. A paper ballot gives us that information. A box with circuitry and software gives us nothing. We need to take the box out of the decision process.

 

NAtional: Sequoia Voting System Failure Means Votes Counted Twice in NJ County

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3781

 

NAtional: ES&S Voting Machines Fail Again: More Votes than Voters in Arkansas, Thousands of Votes Missing in Florida and Zero Votes Recorded for One Mayoral Candidate

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3780

 

NAtional: E-voting worries focus on failures, not fraud

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/12/us_mid-term_elections_e-voting_analysis/

 

NAtional: Ballot Roulette

Computer scientists and mathematicians look for better ways to vote

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061104/bob10.asp

 

AR: Poinsett County - Candidate: Zero Vote Tally Off - by 1

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2646802&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

 

AZ: Maricopa County - 'Early' ballots cast late slow counting process

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1112VoteQA1112.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Time to admit mistake

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/12/opinion/jacobs/17_06_2611_11_06.txt

 

CA: Ventura County - Absentee voting rate increasing in county

Rising trend slows down count for local offices

http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_5138596,00.html

 

CO: Opinion - What went wrong in Denver

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_4639966

 

CO: Montrose County – Editorial - The damage is done; time for an investigation

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/11/12/opinion/op1.txt

 

CO: Montrose County - City wants independent inquiry into election

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/11/12/local_news/3.txt

 

FL: Confidence up in election process

Voters mostly satisfied with experience, state survey finds

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061112/NEWS0107/611120403/1075

 

FL: Palm Beach County – Columnist - Goodman: Sarasota shows we need a voter-verified paper trail

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-phoward12nov12,0,3411642.column

 

FL: Sarasota County - The Sarasota Triangle: Why America Needs to Examine the Election in Florida's 13th District

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2025&Itemid=113

 

FL: Sarasota County audit to begin Monday, state officials say

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15990496.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - Dent will back machines with trail

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/15992080.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - Vote machines spark uproar in Sarasota

Without paper trail, recount may prove nothing about touch-screens

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/15992077.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - The 2000 recount is fresh in the mind of Jennings lawyer

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061112/NEWS/611120418/1006/SPORTS

 

FL: Sarasota County - How did we end up here again?

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061112/NEWS/611120502/1006/SPORTS

 

FL: Sarasota County - Work begins for recount

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061112/NEWS/611120507/1006/SPORTS

 

FL: Sarasota County - Unclear ballot? Glitch? Maybe both, experts say

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-voterprobs1206nov12,0,6657404.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state

 

FL: Sarasota County - PFAW Foundation Urges Sarasota County Not to Certify Results of Disputed Race in Florida's 13th Congressional District

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23069

 

ID: Dems critical of Idaho election officials

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/11/09/news/regional/3e8994cf740c1eee87257220007c89e1.txt

 

IN: Vanderburgh County – Editorial - Smooth Election

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/nov/12/smooth-election/

 

KY: Complaints about state's voting machines may lead to modification

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/15996589.htm

 

MD: Pols this year specialized in voter harassment

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/11_12-84/OPN

 

PA: Lebanon County - Officials solve election problem

Programming error won't return, they say

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1163304615302230.xml&coll=1

 

TN: Buy more voting machines

The delays on Election Day should not be repeated again.

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061112/OPINION01/611120313

 

TX: Newfangled machines, old-fashioned voters lead to election night delays

http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/11/12/post_election.html

 

VA: Vote counters will take accuracy over speed

Use of electronic tallying last week wasn't as fast as some expected it would be

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191647399

 

VA: Montgomery County - Pursue more voting upgrades than just the 'Ding!'

Dings are nice, but a paper trail would be nicer

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-91166

 

WI: Voting places seek new help

As aging poll workers retire, schools, charities asked to recruit replacements

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529955

 

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