“If the success of an election is to be measured according to whether each voter’s voice is heard, then we would have to conclude that this past election was not entirely a success,” said Doug Chapin, director of Electionline.org, a nonpartisan election group that plans to release a report Wednesday with a state-by-state assessment of voting. “In places where the margin of victory was bigger than the margin of error, we looked away from the problems, but in 2008 we might not have that luxury.” The preceding from an article in the NY Times.
NAtional: Experts Concerned as Ballot Problems Persist
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/us/politics/26vote.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
NAtional: Election Won, Election System Broken
http://magic-city-news.com/article_7102.shtml
AL: Montgomery County - County sells voting machines
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061125/NEWS/611250337/1001
CO: Mesa County’s voting machines garner high scores for accuracy
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/11/25/11_25_1b_post_election_audit.html
FL: Editorial - Democracy's failure
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN52112506.htm
FL: Did rush to e-vote backfire on state?
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/25/State/Did_rush_to_e_vote_ba.shtml
FL: Miami-Dade County - Election chief: Voting went smoothly overall
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16093712.htm
FL: Sarasota County - County to weigh purchase of voting machines
http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/112506/ew2.htm?date=112506&story=ew2.htm
FL: Sarasota County - Voting 'model' under scrutiny
Florida's highly touted electronic voting machines have thrust the state back into the national spotlight over vote-counting after a close congressional race.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/elections/16093133.htm
FL: Sarasota County - Voting machines test starts Tuesday: Jennings' attorneys want state's focus on undervote areas
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/16093699.htm
FL: Sarasota County – Editorial - Another Florida fiasco
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/11/25/ed.edit.flaelex.1125.p1.php?section=opinion
ME: Columnist - A Salute to Paper Ballots and Election Clerks
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/columns/3356832.html
PA: Luzerne County - Touch machines get more protection
Luzerne County official says machines will be recalibrated after setup at polling spots.
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16095050.htm
UT: Re-count could be finished next week
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/201237/4/
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