'Daily Voting News' For November 08, 2008

 

It looks like there is strong talk about holding Premier/Diebold at fault for the problems in Hillsborough Co Florida. I’m not convinced that anything will be done except posturing by local officials. Premier claims they warned the county with an email sent in Sept. They did send an email but it is very hard to understand what the problem was and what the solutions were. Perhaps election officials should have asked Premier to be more clear? Perhaps the state should not have certified this system that is still going through the EAC testing and certification process?

 

The blame for the problem in Crawford Co Kansas has finally been put on the ballot programming in the county’s ES&S system.

 

On election day a judge ordered machines in Northumberland Co Pennsylvania to be impounded because they were not working properly on straight-party voting. Now a plan on investigating the problem has been announced. The vendor, Premier/Diebold, will send technicians to investigate the problem. In other words the county only wants to know that they were at fault and the machines were faultless.

 

National: Presidential Turnout Flat: How Did That Happen?

http://usacoup.scoop.co.nz/?p=966

 

National: Obama’s big win obscured ongoing voting problems

http://newmexicoindependent.com/9358/obamas-margin-of-victory-obscured-continuing-voting-problems

 

FL: Florida elections chief vows to purge felons and dead from voter rolls

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/sfl-flbearly1108sbnov08,0,2649407.story

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Volume of provisional ballots highest in Hillsborough

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article895275.ece

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Voting Vendor May Be Ousted

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/08/3770677.htm

 

KS: Crawford County - Programming source of machine error

Clerk says outcome of attorney’s race could be affected

http://www.morningsun.net/news/x635433426/Programming-source-of-machine-error

 

MI: Oakland County - Democrat wants recount of Oakland clerk race

http://michiganmessenger.com/7981/democrat-wants-recount-of-oakland-clerk-race

 

MN: Tension escalates as recount fluctuates

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34024274.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

 

MN: Most Minn. Senate 'undervotes' are from Obama turf

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMpTmr96V5hKIfyHT4Av4jsVQgrQD94AHS080

 

MN: Coleman questions changes in election vote totals

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19430&section=news

 

NC: Craven County - Teams using "hand-eye" count to check accuracy of machine vote totals

http://www.enctoday.com/news/county_42839_nbsj__article.html/election_craven.html

 

OK: Opinion - Other states could learn from our election system

http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_313011555

 

PA: Northumberland County - Manufacturer to examine faulty voting machines

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_313000120.html

 

TX: Opinion - It's time that we brought Texas elections into the 21st century

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/columnists/carlos_guerra/34129454.html

 

TX: Bexar County - Testing shows accurate Bexar voting tallies

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/34128579.html

 

VA: Va. Voters Complain Of Missing Registrations

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703689.html

 

WV: Editorial - Election Process Can Be Refined

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/516748.html?nav=511

 

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