'Daily Voting News' For August 30 and 31, 2008

 

True to form Florida is in the midst of another election nightmare. Is it a few less than honorable election officials in a couple counties; or, is it the simplistic process the state uses for certifying and accepting voting systems for use; or, is it vendors who have no problem at all selling counties voting systems that should never be used in elections work and that they don’t even warrant as being manufactured to be used in elections? Or, is it all of the above? I suspect it is all of the above. Indian River Co. decided to test a new system that would modem results from the poll sites to the main tabulating room. They decided to do this test in the middle of an election and they ended up doubling results from 40 polling sites. The results from Palm Beach Co are still a mess big enough to boggle the mind but there seems to have been thousands of votes that went uncounted originally while the final total vote count went down by over three thousand votes in one race after a machine and manual recount. And there is still a recount underway in Broward Co. Who knows what reports of problems will come from that recount. Is this a portent of things to come in November? It very clearly is that.

 

National: Proposed Mitigation for GEMS (and other EMS) Vote Deletion

http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/08/ny-proposed-mitigation-for-gems-and.html

 

National: Meet the New Flaws

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Meet-the-New-Flaws-by-John-Gideon-080830-876.html

 

National: Bob Thaves Tackles e-Voting

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bob-Thaves-Tackles-e-Votin-by-Rady-Ananda-080830-872.html

 

FL: Opinion - Early voting becomes an issue

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-neweditearlyvoting,0,2895642.story

 

FL: New machines, new election, & Sarasota still can't count our votes.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-2008-New-machine-by-Lani-Massey-Brown-080829-238.html

 

FL: Broward County manager, mayor's aide will serve on judicial race recount panel

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbrare0830sbaug30,0,6409054.story

 

FL: Indian River County - Vote glitch could sink incumbent vote-counter in Vero

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/31/vote-glitch-could-sink-incumbent-vote-counter/

 

FL: Indian River County - System error doubles vote count in most Indian River County precincts

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-0829voteerror,0,6216012.story

 

FL: Indian River County election miscount stirs up worries about Nov. 4

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/30/electionmistake-stirs-up-worries/

 

FL: Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Wennet takes lead in recount

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpjudgespnaug31,0,5019099.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Tight state deadline for recount might not be met in judge's race

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/28/a1a_judge_recount_0829.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Recount is under way in judge's race

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/29/0829electionfeed.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Palm Beach Recount Reminiscent To 2000

Judicial Race Candidates Separated By 17 Votes

http://www.wpbf.com/news/17340601/detail.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Concerns Arise With Machine Recount

http://www.cbs12.com/news/recount_4709346___article.html/judges_arise.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Wennet's thin lead in judicial race prompts manual recount of votes

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/30/0831recount.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Recount completed; Winner announced

http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=bad9caf1-1766-40eb-a13d-dee746bf7a26

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Wennet retains spot on bench after two-day recount

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/31/0831elecrecount.html

 

FL: Polk County - Recount in School Board contest goes to Mullenax

http://www.newschief.com/article/20080829/NEWS/808290341/1021/news01&title=Recount_in_School_Board_contest_goes_to_Mullenax

 

FL: Sarasota County – Opinion - Ballot glitch looming?

Sarasota vote problem not a good sign

http://www.bradenton.com/196/story/845970.html

 

HI: Hawaii Election Integrity Lawsuit Update

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hawaii-Election-Integrity-by-Bob-Babson-080829-990.html

 

IA: Clay County - Sept. 9 election marks return of paper

http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1457165.html

 

MD: Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083001689.html

 

NY: Some NY officials worry about voting access

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-nyvotingmachines0831aug31,0,6882632.story

 

OH: Secretary of state to break tie on absentee voting hours

http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4314371

 

VA: Editorial - No Patriot games

http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/opinion/editorials/danville_editorials/article/no_patriot_games/5910/

 

WI: Voter registration information often doesn’t match driver records

22% mismatch rate found in registrations this month

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=788377

 

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