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'Daily Voting News' For February 07, 2008

 

Besides the growing number of voting machine problems, none of which would have been helped by adding a vvpat printer to a DRE but most of which would have been helped by banning the DREs outright, we’ve also got the leaking of the GAO report on the Florida CD-13 race from 2006. It seems that the GAO found that the machines were not the cause just the voters.  Of course they overlook the fact that the same voting machines in other Florida counties also had a high percentage of undervotes but in different races. &&&It appears that the good folks who inhabit the Mesa County Commission seats are about to defy the Secretary of State and, possibly, the courts. They have voted to use their uncertified ES&S voting machines no matter what the state tells them. &&& This afternoon the New Mexico Democratic Party announced that they were going to go back and recount every vote cast on Tuesday.

 

NAtional: Millions Without a Voice

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080206_felony_disenfranchisement/?ln

 

NAtional: Opinion - After all those revisions, are elections working better?

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/OPINION01/802070306

 

AR: Benton County - Chairman Blames Delay In Election Results On Bad Luck

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/02/06/news/020708bzvotecounting.txt

 

AZ: Napolitano: Let Independents Vote in Primary

http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=725501

 

AZ: Cochise County - Computer glitch causes hiccup in Cochise County tally

http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2008/02/07/news/doc47ab6bc4d0b70550988123.txt

 

AZ: Pima County - Election problems linked to turnout

High numbers at the polls left officials ill-prepared

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/224009

 

AZ: Pima County - County: Get used to slow election results

Effort to protect vote totals from hackers cited

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/76290.php

 

AZ: Pima County – Opinion - Casting ballot shouldn't be a bad experience

Our view: Some issues could be solved by improving quality of election workers

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/223937

 

CA: Primary rules trip up some Inland decline-to-state voters

http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_D_voting07.391b109.html

 

CA: Alameda County - Heavy turnout cited for ballot shortage

Alameda County officials say that some voters were given sample voting sheets and later converted to real ballots

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_8194580

 

CA: Alameda County - Despite mishaps, county survived primary

http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_8194029

 

CA: Los Angeles County - LA County supervisors to investigate 'double-bubble' problem

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/06/politics/p194139S12.DTL&type=politics

 

CA: Los Angeles County – Opinion - Bubble trouble on the ballot

A complicated system and confusing ballot may have spoiled the vote for many independents.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hasen7feb07,0,4738134.story

 

CA: Los Angeles County - L.A. County registrar to examine independents' ballots; mix-up leaves many presidential votes uncounted

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote7feb07,1,1604978.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Filling in the Ovals on LA County's Super Tuesday 'Double Bubble' Debacle

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5665

 

CA: Monterey County - County still counting absentee ballots

Tally of 28,373 late absentee votes could take two weeks

http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_8193363

 

CA: Nevada County - A vote of confidence for our county Elections Office

http://theunion.com/article/20080207/OPINION/962380723

 

CA: Riverside County - Glitches in system slowed vote count

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/NEWS0301/802070313/-1/newsfront

 

CA: San Diego County – Editorial - Paper or electronic?

Our view: Paper ballots work and attract less controversy than their electronic cousins

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/07/opinion/editorials/18_54_292_6_08.txt

 

CA: San Francisco - Poll Worker Slaps Voting Machine to Bring It to Life

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/poll-worker-sla.html

 

CA: San Joaquin County - Flood of provisional ballots means final vote tally may be weeks away

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/A_NEWS/802070324/-1/A_NEWS07

 

CA: Santa Clara County - Ballot shortages afflict Palo Alto polling places

Voters forced to improvise with sample ballots, touch screens or simply turned away

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7085

 

CA: Santa Cruz County - Equipment bugs delay local vote count

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/story.php?sid=65572&storySection=Local

 

CO: Chaos, delays feared at polls

Big caucus turnout adds to Election Day angst

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/07/perfect-election-storm/

 

CO: Mesa County - Voting machines may stay in play

Commissioners might not wait for Coffman's OK

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/07/voting-machines-may-stay-in-play/

 

CT: Primary comes off with few hitches

http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_8189920

 

FL: Sarasota County - GAO Sarasota D-13: Blood on the floor, bullet in the head, where did that smoking gun go?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_lani_mas_080207_gao_sarasota_d_13_3a_b.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - GAO: Fla. Undervote Not Due to Machines

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080207/D8UL6N8O0.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - No evidence found of voting machine failure

http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/383663.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - Machines cleared in 2006 vote flap GAO says touch-screens didn't cause undervote

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080207/NEWS/802070373/-1/newssitemap

 

FL: Report on Disputed 2006 House Election Finds No Machine Malfunctions

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=2&docID=news-000002666787

 

GA: Muscogee County - Turnout higher than

Small problems occurred during Tuesday's primary

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/241798.html

 

IL: Cook County - Vote miscount in city precinct a result of rare technical glitch

http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/02/07/City/Vote-Miscount.In.City.Precinct.A.Result.Of.Rare.Technical.Glitch-3194449.shtml

 

IL: Kane County - Little trouble this election in Kane County

Some problems here and there, but nothing like in the past

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=129970&src=109

 

IL: Lake County - Consultant to investigate Lake County malfunction

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=130066&src=3

 

IN: State's voter ID law is called an effort to defraud Hoosiers

http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080207/NEWS0302/802070342

 

NJ: Two electronic ballot machines replaced in Montclair during vote

http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=16698

 

NJ: Hudson County - An error at Hudson polls delays official tally of primary ballots

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-9/120236316811890.xml&coll=1

 

NJ: Warren County - Voting machines stopped working

Hundreds of warren county voters made their choices on emergency ballots.

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1202360780241640.xml&coll=2

 

NM: Provisional Ballots to Decide NM Winner

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCc92PUVIygkNFF0LiBuVuSFmLXAD8UL97I00

 

NM: Uncounted Rio Arriba County ballots raise eyebrows

http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2008/02/uncounted-rio-arriba-county-ballots.html

 

NM: Editorial - If party can't count votes, voters can't count on NM

http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2008/02/06/Opinion/Editorial.If.Party.Cant.Count.Votes.Voters.Cant.Count.On.Nm-3194796.shtml

 

NM: Say What? - Party Official Kept Uncounted Ballox Boxes at Home Overnight as 200 Vote Margin Currently Seen in New Mexico's Democratic Caucus

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5664

 

NM: Provisional ballots still out in San Juan County

http://www.daily-times.com/news/ci_8190939

 

NM: Provisional ballots designed to be counted late

http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8187806

 

NM: New Mexico to Recount All Democratic Votes

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18785663

 

NY: Election officials focus on voting machines

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080206/NEWS05/934171291

 

NY: County officials have four machines to choose from for disabled voters

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyvotingmachines0207feb07,0,1180984.story

 

NY: Ulster County - Concerns remain about electronic voting

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19270862&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6

 

PA: Allegheny County - Team 4: Is Your Vote Safe With County Voting Machines?

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/15245889/detail.html

 

PA: Bucks County - Paper ballots beat touch screens, Bucks is told

Activists say scanned hard copy is better for verifiable vote count.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2commish-r.6261419feb07,0,1843063.story

 

PA: Bucks County - Voters make plea for new machines

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-02072008-1484017.html

 

PA: Fayette County - Commissioners approve purchase of voting machines

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19270696&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6

 

PA: Fayette County - Fayette officials buy paper-ballot machines

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_551193.html

 

WA: King County delays all-mail voting until 2009

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/350326_mailvote07.html

 

WA: King County - Countywide vote by mail delayed until 2009

Goal: maintain security and integrity of ballot counting machines for voters

http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/2008/0206Votebymail.aspx

 

WV: Video: Secretary of State Betty Ireland on WV Voting Machines

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/080207-seaton-localbettyirelandvotingmachines.html

 

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