'Daily Voting News' For November 05, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

As we suspected tabulation of ballots has revealed problems with voting systems from all of the vendors. Hillsborough Co Florida is rethinking their contract with Premier/Diebold for $6M after having big problems counting votes. Manatee Co Florida also had a problem with Premier. Palm Beach Co had bad memory cartridges from Sequoia. Counties in Pennsylvania and South Carolina had problems with their ES&S system. We also have a run-off for senator from Georgia and a recount for senator from Minnesota. This election will last for another month at least.

 

National: Malfunctioning Machines, Ballot Glitches, Election-Law Litigation and a Busy Day for Lawyers

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202425803382

 

National: Voting Rights Watch: Relatively few e-voting problems, but GOP still readies for possible action

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-relatively-few-e.asp

 

AZ: Pima County: 10 precincts and number of early, provisional ballots still uncounted

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourly/265824.php

 

CA: Santa Cruz County - Vandals hit Santa Cruz County polling places, campaign offices

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_10904483

 

FL: Hillsborough County – Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo

[Johnson said Premier, which he hired for $6 million this year, was dishonest with him and at fault for much of Tuesday's problems with voting machines.]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/05/051256/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi/news-politics/

 

FL: Hillsborough results tied up by software glitch

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7794805&version=10&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

FL: Hillsborough vote count likely to continue until Thursday

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=93568&catid=8

 

FL: Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo

[Diebold/Premier admits the system was bogged down and stalled due to overload]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/05/051711/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi/news-politics/

 

FL: Manatee County - Manatee solves vote-counting problem [Premier/Diebold]

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081105/BREAKING/811050262?Title=Still_no_solution_to_vote_counting_woes_in_Manatee_County

 

FL: Manatee County - Small glitch causes big problems in Manatee

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7798848&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

FL: Palm Beach County vote results still incomplete

[Bad Sequoia memory cartridges]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/11/05/1105stillcounting.html

 

GA: The OTHER Election Night Story in Georgia: No Early Votes Included in Reported Results

http://savdailynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=19&ArticleID=20488

 

GA: Chambliss and Martin prepare for another four weeks

http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9300183&nav=menu37_2

 

GA: Gwinnett County - Gwinnett Officials Still Counting Ballots Day After Election

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7797006&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

KY: Kenton Co. Judge Rules For Vote Recount

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ba97601c-a01a-431e-a8ac-acc0d2bc399e

 

KY: Madison County - Local turnout heavy as computer glitch delays count

http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_310073742.html?keyword=secondarystory

 

MN: Ritchie: Senate recount will involve hundreds, cost $90K

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/05/recount_details/

 

MN: E-Voting Machines Used in Franken, Coleman Race Failed Tests

http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/474-e-voting-machines-used-in-franken-coleman-race-failed-tests.html

 

NC: Onslow County - Padgett wants recount

http://www.enctoday.com/news/padgett_60506_jdn__article.html/votes_county.html

 

NH: Long night of ballot snafus marks voting in Kennebunk

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081105-NEWS-81105056

 

OH: Montgomery County election results delayed until late this evening

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/11/05/ddn110608elexboardweb.html

 

PA: Centre County Recounts Ballots After Discrepancy

[ES&S M-100 precinct based op-scan]

http://www.wjactv.com/news/17900285/detail.html

 

PA: Northumberland County - PA County's Voting Machines Impounded Following Complaints

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/pa-countys-voti.html

 

SC: Charleston County suffers voting problems on Election Day

[ES&S problem. The county had to hand input the results from 17,000 ballots]

http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=9300365

 

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