'Daily Voting News' For September 01, 2008
A friend and fellow Election Integrity activist and Florida voter reminded me that in this space yesterday I neglected to mention that the two counties I discussed, Indian River and Palm Beach, were the only two customers in the state for Sequoia Voting Systems. Now, I’m not saying that Sequoia is to blame for the problems of the past week. Unlike Sequoia I don’t set blame until I have evidence to back it up. Besides the Indian River plan of testing a modem down-load system in the middle of a real election was bone-headed and seems to be the fault of the administrators. On the other hand the situation is Palm Beach County is still up in the air. The media can’t seem to get all of the facts correct and that is probably the fault of the county and probably the media representatives who just don’t know enough to ask the right questions like; what happened to over 3,000 ballots? Were they physically lost? Is anyone trying to find them? Or, is the whole problem a difference in how the poll site optical scans work as compared to the central optical scan machines? Hopefully we will get a true accounting for this problem. After all, only 12% of the registered voters turned-out for the primary last week; what is going to happen when there is a 60 to 70% turnout? I shudder to imagine.
CT: Greenwich - Voting audit hits town
http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_10353606
FL: Palm Beach County - Circuit judge wins recount, but controversy shrouds vote
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flprecount0901pnsep01,0,2288354.story
ND: Editorial - In North Dakota, we're counting votes the right way
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/09/01/news/opinion/editorials/163524.txt
VA: Push for Poll Workers As Election Nears
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083101961.html
Guam: Electronic voting machines idle: Election Commission hopes to use them again in 2010
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/NEWS01/809020304/1002
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