'Daily Voting News' For March 01, 2008

 

Bits and Pieces today. As reported here yesterday Sequoia Voting Systems has blamed one or two poll workers in 6 counties for doing something strange at the back of the counties Advantage DREs that would cause the correct ballot to be voted yet would report that ballot as being from a different party. And, that incorrect report is only on one of two internal, redundant memories. It all sounds very wrong to me and it’s probably a good thing this problem may only happen during the primaries when party preference means something. &&& All but one of Cuyahoga Co Ohio’s ES&S optical scan machines seem to have tested satisfactorily. &&& Los Angeles Co election officials owe it to the voters to count every ballot possible. They don’t seem to understand that simple premise for some reason. &&& Tuesday will be another busy day though the news from Rhode Island and Vermont will be pretty slim with not a lot to report. However, Texas and Ohio will more than make up for a lack of news from the other two primary states. We look for a busy week next week.

 

NAtional: Pesky Details with Getting a Voting System Correct

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2762&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: March 4 Snapshot: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2768&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: 'Perceived' Problems Part of Reason for National Move to Paper Ballots Says USA TODAY

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5755

 

CA: L.A. County 'Double Bubble' Trouble Gets Worse, as Thousands of 'Remade' Provisional Ballots Set to Go Uncounted as Well, According to Local Activist

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5752

 

CO: Colorado Secretary of State says Garfield County’s voting equipment is OK

http://www.postindependent.com/article/20080301/VALLEYNEWS/713162640

 

CO: Montrose County - State ok’s county voting equipment for now

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2008/03/01/news/doc47c8cd2002074142348106.txt

 

CT: Ten Myths About Electronic Voting In Connecticut

http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=162

 

FL: Farewell to touch-screens

http://www.newsherald.com/headlines/article.display.php?id=911

 

IN: Marion County - GOP says clerk error "disenfranchised" voters

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7948758&nav=menu35_3

 

NJ: Makers defend voting booths Tally errors blamed on polling workers

http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1204347977220020.xml&coll=5

 

OH: Ohio Election Officials Brace For Record Turn Out For Tuesday's Primary

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010193816

 

OH: All eyes will be on Ohio to get Election Day right

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/NEWS09/803010401

 

OH: Ohio's cost to switch voting method soars

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/01/turnout.ART_ART_03-01-08_B1_D49GN2E.html?sid=101

 

OH: Above-average voter turnout expected for Ohio primary

http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isope/1204379745169620.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Absentee record expected

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/NEWS01/803010380/1056/COL02

 

OH: 2 Cuyahoga Co. Vote-Counting Tests Fail, Third Works

http://www.wcpo.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=f34d4997-bf64-458e-a31e-db26464f4d2d

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - One of 15 vote-counting machines in Cuyahoga County fails test

http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/isope/1204379735169620.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Franklin County - Shake-up to precede primary at Franklin County Board of Elections

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/01/shake.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

 

OH: Lorraine County - Oberlin College prints phone bills for voter ID

http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/03/01/10976

 

TX: Texas's Paperless Votes: Will They Decide the Democratic Nomination?

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2763&Itemid=26

 

TX: El Paso County - Early voting turnout record-setting, prepping for primary

http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=7948707&nav=AbC0

 

TX: Upshur County - Official faults Upshur GOP in voting flap

Party responsible for securing at least one ballot machine

http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/03/01/03012008_Upshur_Election.html

 

VT: How does your town count your votes?

http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_8413009

 

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