'Daily Voting News' For February 05, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

I know that any voter who was affected by a machine malfunction or had to wait in a long line will disagree but we seem to have dodged a bullet so far in this primary. Voting machine malfunctions were wide-spread as were electronic poll book failures. This evening and tomorrow will bring us many more reports of problems as counties get polls closed and begin to tabulate the votes. Please note that our information comes from media reports and not anecdotal reports from voters.

 

Also in the news this evening is a report from Cuyahoga Co Ohio where a judge has denied an injunction filed by the ACLU in which the group hoped to stop the county from changing to centrally-counted paper ballots.

 

NAtional: A guide to Super Tuesday's riskiest voting machines

http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/02/05/voting_technology/

 

NAtional: Early Votes Go Smoothly in Most States

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5bvnvKVFnHMNnWKFHDXB7pXdpcgD8UKBE001

 

NAtional: Myth that Touch-Screen Voting Machines Mean Faster Election Results Debunked

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/myth-that-touch.html

 

NAtional: Super Tuesday: Groups say states face e-voting risks

The Verified Voting Foundation and Common Cause say that voting machines can pose problems when left unattended or if they don't have paper backups

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/05/Super-Tuesday-Groups-say-states-face-e-voting-risks_1.html

 

NAtional: Super Tuesday. And Wednesday, and Thursday - by Tova Andrea Wang

http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080205.114518&time=12%2058%20PST&year=2008&public=0

 

CA: Expect record turnout, long wait for results

http://www.sfgate.com/flat/archive/2008/02/05/chronicle/archive/2008/02/05/MNPPURQHV.html?tsp=1

 

CA: Record turnout expected

Large number of mailed ballots may delay final tally until Wednesday

http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_8173055

 

CA: Tuesday Prize Fight Could Go into Wed.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/05/ca_biggest_tuesday_prize_fight.html

 

CA: High number of mail-in ballots raises concern of late vote tally

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8176472

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Los Angeles = Voting Problems Everywhere?

http://laist.com/2008/02/05/los_angeles_vot.php

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Polling place says equipment not delivered

http://www.chicoer.com/news/national/ci_8175340

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Numerous Voter Irregularities Reported Across Los Angeles

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/Brj

 

CA: San Diego County - No blips as county goes to ballots

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080205-1015-bn05voting.html

 

CA: Santa Clara County - Higher than expected turnout causes some ballot shortages

http://morganhilltimes.com/news/235570-higher-than-expected-turnout-causes-some-ballot-shortages

 

GA: Ga. voters face long lines, some glitches in Super Tuesday vote

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/240221.html

 

GA: Voter Turnout Turns Into Long Lines

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=110725

 

GA: Ga. voters see long lines, potential for record turnout

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=2%2F5%2F2008%4021084

 

GA: Down the stretch: Voters see long lines, some bottlenecks

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/05/votereports_0205.html

 

GA: Voters Face Long Lines in Georgia as Photo ID Laws and Diebold's Crashing E-Pollbook System Slow Process

Wait Times Up to 90 Minutes or More in Metro Atlanta, While New E-Registration Computers Cause Delays

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5654

 

IA: Iowa: Secretary of state seeks money for voting upgrades

Governor disagrees that state should continue to pay for counties to machines

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=189727

 

MA: Voter: Paper beats computers

http://blogs.computerworld.com/voter_paper_beats_computers

 

NJ: Confusion reported in New Jersey presidential primary polls

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njprimary-problems0205feb05,0,7887455.story

 

NJ: Mercer County Elections Superintendent says turnout is huge

http://www.politickernj.com/mercer-county-elections-superintendent-says-turnout-huge-16187

 

NJ: Warren County - Some N.J. Polling Places Switch to Paper Ballots

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=218064

 

NY: Blind Justice

Court Orders DREs Can Be Sold in NY

http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/

 

NY: NYPIRG: Voting Problems No Worse Than Usual

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/supertuesday/2008/02/nypirg-voting-problems-no-wors.html

 

NY: Voting Glitches on Super Tuesday

http://gothamist.com/2008/02/05/voting.php

 

NY: Obama campaign dispatches lawyers to troublesome Brooklyn polling places

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?NoCache=1&Dato=20080205&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=802050358&Ref=AR

 

NY: Dutchess County - Voting machine problems repaired in Fishkill, Tivoli

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/NEWS01/80205029

 

OH: Large number of Ohioans want paper ballots

http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=375866&c=y

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga's Plan to Vote on Paper Goes Before Federal Court Judge

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5685172&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Judge backs state officials in voting dispute

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/05/voting_mess.html?sid=101

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Judge Rules Cuyahoga County to Use Paper Ballots

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5688620&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

TN: Locally Produced Documentary Explores Voter Fraud

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7822766

 

TN: Some Problems In Knoxville, Nashville, Sullivan County

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7827054

 

UT: Super Tuesday brings big turnout in Davis County

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695250459,00.html

 

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