'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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