'Daily Voting News' For January 30, 2008

 

Florida’s primary is essentially over. There will still be some ballots to be counted but the last election on the state’s DRE’s is complete. There were some reports of problems scattered around the state. Election officials and the media were pretty successful in minimizing the reports. However, there was one small graf in one article that jumped out at me. The county clerk in Volusia County had announced that they were going to have to recount one early voting precinct because the Diebold Optical-Scan used in that precinct had not counted 4 ballots. They are doing this, according to the report, because Diebold/Premier had sent counties in Florida an advisory (http://www.votersunite.org/info/DieboldAdvisory25January2008.pdf) that the machines used in those counties may stop with a ballot partially fed through. Those ballots were not being counted when this happens. My first reaction was, “How many other states/counties that use the Diebold AccuVote OS v. 1.94w have gotten this advisory?” This is the same system used in New Hampshire and many other Northeast jurisdictions as well as various counties across the nation. Why don’t vendors of these machines recall them when there is a problem like this? Who should be responsible to ensure the word is put out that there is a problem and ensure the problem is solved?

 

NAtional: Electronic voting is facing a recall

Officials are switching systems or trying to fix problems, even as they contend with new laws and earlier primaries.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-natvote29jan29,1,625897,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

 

NAtional: Battle for Election Integrity 'Fought and Won by Activists' Says LATimes in 2,800-Word, 2-Part Series Which Doesn't Bother to Quote a Single One of Them...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5626

 

NAtional: What the World Needs Now: Voting method suggestions for archaic America

Not the right to vote, but the ability to vote

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/2008/01/30/22615/

 

NAtional: Filmmaker examines election fraud, voter suppression

http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/01/30/wednesday_sun/news/doc479e2430ddb24930136992.txt

 

NAtional: Touch-screen me not

Reformers want change in voting procedures.

http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=19945e52-19a9-4098-9ccb-c809d33e5d1c

 

AR: Benton County - Early voting begins; ‘glitch’ doesn’t deter voters

http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58289/

 

CA: Appeals court rejects county election challenge

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/sandiego/20_47_441_29_08.txt

 

CA: San Bernardino County - Planes may speed ballots

County seeks to hurry vote tally

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_8114325

 

CA: Santa Clara County predicts delays in vote count 

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7007

 

CO: Decertification of machines has clerks looking for answers

http://www.lamardaily.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/doc47a0926169c7f442596911.txt

 

CO: Denver to Use Paper Ballots, Consolidate Polls

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/260016

 

CO: Logan County - Election woes may not affect Logan County

Schneider reassures voters paper ballots work fine

http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/local2.txt

 

CO: Mesa County - Residents urged to register for mail-in balloting

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/01/29/013008_1b_Mail_ballots.html

 

FL: It's the Voters' Fault. The DOG ATE MY BALLOT and Other URBAN LEGENDS!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_lani_bro_080130_it_s_the_voters__fau.htm

 

FL: Diebold Issues 'Product Advisory' in Florida About Malfunctions with Optical-Scan Voting Systems

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5624

 

FL: Reports: One out of every three registered voters cast ballots

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/CAPITOLNEWS/801300355/1010/NEWS01

 

FL: Touch screens pass primary test

The much-maligned machines seemed to have few glitches handling the big turnout.

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/30/State/Touch_screens_pass_pr.shtml

 

FL: Editorial - Florida still struggling to get elections right

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/01/30/opinion/editorials/eddy.txt

 

FL: Glitches plague voting throughout Orlando area

Ballot mix-ups, heavy turnout keep officials busy

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-glitches3008jan30,0,101390.story

 

FL: Broward County - Complaints mar debut of voter check-in system in Broward

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbglitches0130sbjan30,0,7869220.story

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Touch screen problems reported in Hillsborough

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=72767

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Defective cartridge slows PBC vote counting

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/29/0129latevoting.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - County officials' good day turns into rough night

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/south/epaper/2008/01/30/s10a_ELEX_PBC_VOTE_0130.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Once again, reporting of election results is a struggle in Palm Beach County

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flptouch0130pnjan30,0,6325088.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Anderson criticized for election  result delays

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/30/0130voting.html

 

FL: Volusia County - DeLand Approves Two Initiatives

http://www.wesh.com/news/15171627/detail.html

 

MA: New machines make voting accessible for everyone

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x382989255

 

NH: Hursti Testimony to NHThe $700 Rig: Broken-Link Elections

http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5408

 

OH: Former Ohio SOS Blackwell Asked to Testify on Voter Suppression

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/641

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Numbers Game

The County And Aclu Square Off Over The Least Unreliable Method For Counting Votes

http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/39/numbers-game

 

OH: Current machines get vote in Wood County

Election gear now is OK with officials

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS17/801300411

 

TX: Plan to offer paper ballots at early voting sites is rejected

http://www.star-telegram.com/elections/story/441559.html

 

WI: Commentary: Clean election reputation could not prevent a few touch-screen woes in '06

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/OSH06/801300446/1190/OSHopinion

 

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