'Daily Voting News' For February 06, 2008 – Morning Edition

 

In last evenings “Daily Voting News” I said that we seemed to have dodged a bullet. That statement may have been made a little early. Most of the big reports are election administration failures. Administration failures are those failures that cannot be blamed on voting machines or the voters or poll workers. They are those failures that fall directly in the laps of clerks or registrars or boards of elections. Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure. The “decline to state” issues in Los Angeles County and elsewhere in California, is an administrative failure that may cost hundreds of thousands of voters their voice. We are also picking out little pieces in media articles and some first hand reports that machines put in some California precincts for voters with disabilities were not operational and voters with disabilities ended-up losing the privacy of their vote just so they could cast a ballot.

 

(Note: This will be the last of the two-a-day DVNs we hope)

 

NAtional: Was Your Vote Counted?

An expert assesses how different technologies worked at the polls

http://www.newsweek.com/id/108320

 

NAtional: Registration Problems Mar Super Tuesday in Some Places

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/registration-is.html

 

NAtional: Voting Goes Smoothly in Most Places

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/politics/06voting.html?hp

 

NAtional: Votes Go Smoothly in Most States

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5bvnvKVFnHMNnWKFHDXB7pXdpcgD8UKIHVO1

 

NAtional: Polls Flooded but No Major Problems

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020601034.html

 

AL: Northwest Alabama counties pick Huckabee and Clinton

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080206/NEWS/802060333/1011

 

AR: Slow going: County results trickle in : Unofficial numbers show Clinton, Huckabee in lead

http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58488/

 

AZ: For some Arizona voters, an exercise in frustration

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0205longlines05-ON.html

 

AZ: Super confusion at Arizona polls

http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0205super-azprimary0205.html

 

CA: A few hitches as Bay Area voters go to the polls

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/BA7NUSERR.DTL&type=politics

 

CA: Registrars begin slow task of tallying Calif. primary votes

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080205-2156-ca-eln-californiaprimary-voting.html

 

CA: Long lines of voters - may be record turnout

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/06/MNQOUSIIM.DTL

 

CA: Gaming initiatives in lead as voters crowd polls

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/06/BA7NUSERR.DTL

 

CA: Update: Dem ballot shortage keeps some Alameda County polls open late

http://origin.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_8179918

 

CA: Glenn County - Paper ballots easy in Glenn County

http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_8182334

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Quick Coverage of Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5658

 

CA: Los Angeles County - LA election officials leery of potential election fiasco over "double bubble"

http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8175116

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Voting advocates allege problems at Los Angeles polls

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/MNQOUSIIM.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Few election glitches, except for independents

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-vote6feb06,0,5117569.story

 

CA: Monterey County - Observers will watch county ballot count until end

http://origin1.montereyherald.com/news/ci_8182998

 

CA: Napa County - Hope for those with lost, tossed-out ballots

Mail-in voting confused some who tossed out their ballots

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/02/06/news/local/doc47a8d95ad182c362832823.txt

 

CA: Napa County - Delays, snags fail to register at elections office

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/02/06/news/local/doc47a95e153004e476879000.txt

 

CA: Nevada County - Young people drive turnout - local results to be delayed

http://www.theunion.com/article/20080206/NEWS/694092183

 

CA: Riverside County - Voters claim party registrations wrongly switched

http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_dvoting06.3bf9f0f.html

 

CA: Riverside County Registrar's Office vows ballots will be hand-counted

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080206/NEWS0301/802060326/-1/newsfront

 

CA: Riverside County - Machines delay Riverside County election results

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080206/NEWS03/80205061

 

CA: San Diego County - Polls Close In California

Paper Ballots Will Be Individually Scanned

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/15228228/detail.html

 

CA: San Diego County - Paper ballot election hits few bumps

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/06/news/politics/7_91_062_5_08.txt

 

CA: San Diego County - Independent voters voice ballot complaints

Some poll workers unclear on rules

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080206-9999-1n6vote.html

 

CA: San Luis Obispo County -  By polling place and mail, SLO voters cast their ballots

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/268687.html

 

CA: Santa Clara County - Some Palo Alto voters turned away no ballots

Provisional ballots run out at polling place on extremely busy day

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7071

 

CO: Moffat County - Commission to support ballot protests

Moffat County Clerks have qualms about decertification process

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2008/feb/06/commission_support_ballot_protests/

 

CT: Registrars busy keeping up with demand for ballots

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ctvoterturnout0205feb05,0,1133864.story

 

DE: Some problems at Del. polls

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/NEWS/80205042

 

FL: Voters' Disconnect From Election Process Is No 'Virtuality'

http://brandonnews2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/06/br-voters-disconnect-from-election-process-is-no-v/

 

FL: Sarasota County elections chief drawing more fire

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080206/NEWS/802060442/-1/newssitemap

 

GA: Grovner beats Deverger in a court-ordered rematch for McIntosh County

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020608/geo_244103741.shtml

 

HI: Critic Says E-Voting Machines Vulnerable

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/15340126.html

 

IL: Winter Weather Almost Freezes Primary Voting

What happens when winter weather threatens Super Tuesday primary voting?

http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=92726

 

IL: Voting smooth for Illinois, despite invisible ink incident

http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/02/05/ap-state-il/d8ukhke05.txt

 

IL: Chicago - Election officials probe use of 'magic' invisible ink pens in 49th Ward

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-magicpen-webfeb06,0,4184216.story

 

IL: Cook County - Election '08: City precinct misses half of ballots in count

http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/02/06/City/Election.08.City.Precinct.Misses.Half.Of.Ballots.In.Count-3191362.shtml

 

NJ: Hudson County - Poll worker errors rectified; votes flowing in Hudson

http://www.nj.com/hudsoncountynow/index.ssf/2008/02/poll_worker_errors_rectified_v.html

 

OH: Ohio County, ACLU Sue Brunner Over Ballots, Voting Machines for March Primary

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/702

 

OH: Tally in fight with Brunner: 1 new lawsuit, 1 challenge lost

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/06/a_voting_mess.ART_ART_02-06-08_B1_76997D5.html?sid=101

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - No Last-Minute Switch at Cleveland Polls

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5he8Blnwws1k9ho3ArBE4wYNydVFwD8UKGG8O1

 

OH: Cuyahoga County can use optical-scan voting machines for March primary

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/120229053425000.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Union County officials contest state's decision on paper ballots

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

 

UT: Turnout high for Utah's primary

http://origin.sltrib.com/news/ci_8175189

 

United Kingdom: Super Tuesday: Voting from London in the Democratic Global Primary

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/584697/super_tuesday_voting_from_london_in.html

 

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