'Daily Voting News' For September 23, 2008

 

This morning a judge in Florida authorized Palm Beach Co. to do another recount. That is they are going to recount the recount of the recount of the original count. In this machine recount the county hopes to find 159 ballots in 54 precincts in which good ballots were mixed in with ones that contain over- and under-votes. Those 159 ballots will then be inspected to determine what the voters intended. &&& Also featured is an article by Bev Harris with regards to voter list databases. These databases are largely untested in real elections and will almost assuredly be a point of problems in November. Some states made their own central data bases while others spent millions of tax payers dollars for ES&S or Sequoia or Bermuda-based Accenture to build their data bases. Errors in these data bases serve only to disenfranchise voters.

 

Featured – FL: Another recount on the way for Palm Beach County

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-0923-recount,0,2546995.story

 

Featured - National: Excruciating issues with voter list database

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Excruciating-issues-with-v-by-Bev-Harris-080923-958.html

 

National: Sequoia's Sinking Ship

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sequoia-s-Sinking-Ship-by-Rady-Ananda-080922-312.html

 

National: Campus Advantage and Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE) Launch http://www.StudentVotingRights.org

New Website Dedicated to Recording and Reporting Student Voting Problems

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/campus-advantage-student-association-voter/story.aspx?guid={277220C6-4643-4491-A5BA-9E2436187254}&dist=hppr

 

National: Protect your vote

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/13739/

 

CO: Coffman: Election returns to be a day late

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/09/22/092308_2a_Coffman_visit.html

 

FL: Elections officials try to clear up ID requirement

http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/politics/2008/09/elections_officials_try_to_cle.html

 

FL: Ballot printing in Broward County halted until dispute settled

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbjudges0923sbsep23,0,1589254.story

 

FL:  Palm Beach County - Board to seek another recount

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/09/22/0922recount.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Palm Beach County election officials seek third round of recounts in disputed judicial race

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flprecount0923pnsep23,0,4909802.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County – Opinion - An Anderson problem?

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/09/23/a10a_leadedit_elex_0923.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County – Opinion - Palm Beach should debate merits of an appointed elections chief

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafpbelectionspnsep23,0,5774560.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Palm Beach Ballots Down for the Count

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/23/palm_beach_ballots_down_for_th.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County commission to take more time on idea of appointing elections supervisor

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/09/23/0923elexsupe.html

 

GA: Editorial - Georgia must honor new voters, not impede them

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/09/23/voted_0923.html

 

GA: Opinion - Integrity of elections ‘my highest priority’

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/09/23/equaltimeed_0923.html

 

MA: Winning candidate files for recount in 9th Plymouth District

Ward 2 City Councilor Michael Brady won Democratic primary race for Brockton state representative seat

http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x1512800050/Winning-candidate-files-for-recount-in-9th-Plymouth-District

 

MA: Boston - Dianne Wilkerson demands recount

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view/2008_09_23_Dianne_Wilkerson_demands_recount/

 

MA: Boston - Wilkerson seeks election recount in five wards

Aide cites complaints of uncounted votes

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/09/23/wilkerson_seeks_election_recount_in_five_wards/

 

MD: Voter Excitement Tempered by Concerns of Fairness at Polls

Officials Prepare for Record Turnout; Worry About Voting Persists

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/5050/story?id=5866023&page=1

 

MN: Ritchie: Changes to Minnesota law should prevent voter-challenge shenanigans and conflicts

http://minnesotaindependent.com/9822/ritchie-changes-to-minnesota-law-should-prevent-voter-challenge-shenanigans-and-conflicts

 

MN: Minnesota Cites Paper Ballots As Factor in Quick Election Recount

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/417322?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GTEN%20-%20E-Newsletter_2008_9_22

 

MO: Students have absentee option for voting

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/COLUMNISTS07/809220386/1077/ENTERTAINMENT

 

OH: Fight Heats Up in Ohio Over Voting Procedures

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/22/fight-heats-up-in-ohio-over-voting-procedures/

 

OH: How the GOP Wired Ohio's 2004 Vote Count for Bush to Win

http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-the-GOP-Wired-Ohio-s-2-by-Steven-Rosenfeld-080923-501.html

 

PA: Pennsylvania Urged To Follow Voting Laws

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00507.htm

 

PA: Lancaster County - County to buy 10 voting machines

Will raise total number of machines here to 652 for busy presidential election.

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/227737

 

PA: Montgomery County - Montco buys 75 more voting machines

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-09232008-1595012.html

 

RI: Do primary day glitches foretell an Election Day mess?

http://www.projo.com/news/content/PRIMARY_ELECTION_PROBLEMS_09-23-08_PFBL5FJ_v28.197d5a6.html

 

TX: Panel addresses voters’ issues

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/1.751203

 

TX: Panel of Election Officials to Discuss Voting System Integrity for November Elections

http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/09/19/voting_system/

 

WV: W.Va. Counties Won't Get New Voting Machines

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/29605834.html

 

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