'Daily Voting News' For March 15 and 16, 2008

 

It has just been revealed that an investigation is taking place in Franklin Co Ohio stemming from problems noticed by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on her DRE voting machine last Nov. 6. Brunner claims that when she got to a municipal court race a gray banner appeared over one candidates name to let her know that he had withdrawn from the race. In fact that candidate had withdrawn the day after the machines were programmed. The problem is that her husband voted on a machine next to hers and he had no warning. Voters in other precincts have now reported the same thing to investigators so it appears that not everyone had the same ballot. Investigators have also found that it appears that ES&S, the county’s vendor, told election workers that it was not necessary to do pre-election testing on every voting machine so only one machine per precinct was tested. They have also found that ES&S instructed the county’s “board programmer” in how to turn off the “audit logs” on the machines while doing any work on them. This act hinders any investigation into what was done with software changes. How will these bad-acts by ES&S affect what seems to be a good relationship between Brunner and the vendor?

 

NAtional: 'Voter Fraud' Phantom Returns to Haunt Policy Makers and Voters Themselves

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_project__080313__voter_fraud__phanto.htm

 

CA: Shasta County - County is still paying for idled voting machines

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/mar/16/county-is-still/

 

CO: Lawmakers consider paper ballot elections

http://www.chieftain.com/national/1205557200/1

 

CO: Panel passes on paper ballots

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/03/14/031508_1b_paper_voting.html

 

FL: What can go wrong in the 're-do'? Only everything

http://www.miamiherald.com/540/story/457642.html

 

IL: Kane County - Could Kane precincts be split soon?

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/844981,2_1_AU16_ELECTION_S1.article

 

IN: Rokita Supports Vote Center Legislation

http://www.timesuniononline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=224&ArticleID=31076&TM=68665.3

 

KS: Crawford County Clerk's office eyeing election software purchase

http://www.morningsun.net/stories/031508/loc_258026527.shtml

 

KY: House opening door to early voting

http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/347522.html

 

NC: Man alerts state to ID-theft risk

Elections board changes Web site that gave access to voters' birth dates

http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/537687.html

 

NY: Open letter to NY citizens, election workers and election commissioners

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_andi_nov_080315_open_letter_to_ny_ci.htm

 

OH: Opinion - Primary election was result of heroic efforts by many

http://dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2008/03/15/Brunner.ART_ART_03-15-08_A11_1D9L7KH.html?sid=101

 

OH: Opinion - Don’t waste money on paper ballots

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=81328

 

OH: Opinion - Post-election audit would improve voter confidence

http://dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2008/03/15/Norden_MUST_SAT_ART_03-15-08_A11_809KT4I.html?sid=101

 

OH: Foolish law treats voters like suspects

Law turns poll workers into pseudo-detectives

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/16723256.html

 

OH: Franklin County - County's voting machines examined

Brunner triggers state probe by reporting that fall ballot apparently masked a name

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/16/BOEPROBE.ART_ART_03-16-08_B1_9F9LIV3.html?sid=101

 

OH: Pickaway County - Absentee ballots not counted yet

http://circlevilleherald.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=98&ArticleID=105890&TM=50505.59

 

OH: Warren County - Story behind the 2004 lockdown

Even amid terror warnings, secret count was 'wrong move'

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/NEWS01/303020039

 

PA: Opinion - Electronic ballots require a paper backup

http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1205521824300880.xml&coll=1

 

TX: Recount necessary in close Dist. 73 race

http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0e553788a654c9f0&-session=HeraldZeitung:40DA3C4E07b7800916vQPl7945F5

 

VA: Remedy in doubt for poll problem

No remedy by Nov. 4 for mispronunciations by Richmond machines

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-03-15-0127.html

 

VA: Lynchburg’s dual voting process a strain on poll workers

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lynchburgs_dual_voting_process_a_strain_on_poll_workers/3036/

 

WI: Report shows ID is bad idea

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=728370

 

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