'Daily Voting News' For November 25, 2008

 

Prior to election day we, VotersUnite.Org, counseled voters to not use straight-party voting. We put it on our website and I wrote about it in these spaces. Straight-party voting as it is used in Texas is rife for misunderstanding and mistakes by the voters. When someone votes a straight-party ticket but then also s the name of a candidate within that party in a particular race, electronic machines "de" that candidate. If no other candidate is chosen, no vote is counted in that race. The best solution, in our minds, was to NOT use straight-party voting but we got a lot of push back from some party officials in the state. Now Dallas Co. Democrats have been in court in an attempt to get the county to count all deed or emphasis votes. The Secretary of State and the county both say no. The court, after two days of hearings and the promise of a decision, has, at the last minute, decided that they may have no jurisdiction. There would be no problem at all if straight-party voting had not been pushed by party officials.

 

National: Time to Rethink Electoral Politics

http://www.thehoya.com/node/17205

 

CO: Boulder County - Election results get partial sign-off

http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12381

 

FL: Broward County - Rep. Rivera had tough time against 'ringer' - even after she quit

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/11/rep-rivera-has.html

 

GA: 'Document Hold' Served by OH Attorney to GA SoS in Advance of State's U.S. Senate Run-off Election

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6696

 

IA: Voter Dissatisfaction Over Polling Places Comes Before Supervisors

http://www.emmetsburgnews.com/page/content.detail/id/500836.html?nav=5001

 

MI: Bay County - Two losing candidates file for vote recounts

http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1227629732187380.xml&coll=4

 

MN: Ballots Missing in Coleman-Franken Recount, Attorney Says

http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/520-ballots-missing-in-coleman-franken-recount-attorney-says-.html

 

MN: Franken losing ground to Coleman on DFL turf - Minneapolis

http://www.twincities.com/ci_11066069?source=most_emailed

 

MN: MN U.S. Senate Hand-Count: A Vote for McCain Must be a Vote for Coleman, Says Coleman Camp

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6694

 

MN: Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount

With 3,000-plus votes disputed, it's hard to know who is really gaining.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34993619.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

 

MN: Opinion - Nick Coleman: Elections with less acrimony? That's the true beauty of IRV

http://www.startribune.com/politics/35031529.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

 

MN: Franken Camp's Claim: We're Only Down By 84 Votes

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/franken_camps_claim_were_only.php

 

MN: The Twin Cities Throwdown

Weekly Standard: The Coleman-Franken Recount May End Up Like A Replay Of Florida 2000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/25/opinion/main4632740.shtml

 

MN: Every Vote Matters in MN's U.S. Senate Hand-Count. Every. Single. One.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6698

 

NC: Cumberland County - Voter fraud appeal delays oath of office

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=311331

 

NJ: Editorial - New Jersey Still Needs to Fix Its Electronic Voting

http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/new-jersey-still-needs-to-fix-its-electronic-voting/

 

NY: Westchester County, White Plains spar over bill for elections

http://lohud.com/article/20081125/NEWS02/811250337/-1/newsfront

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Brunner sets Cuyahoga board free

http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/11/brunner_sets_cuyahoga_board_fr.shtml

 

OH: Cuyahoga vote board rejects 25% of provisional ballots from presidential election

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/cuyahoga_vote_board_rejected_2.html

 

OH: Franklin County - Ohio high court to decide 15th District votes

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-25-ohio-votes_N.htm

 

OH: Franklin County - Ballot case tossed back to Ohio Supreme Court

http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/11/ballot_case_tossed_back_to_ohi.shtml

 

OH: Hamilton County - Despite uproar, just 2 votes questioned

Ballots from out-of-stater, inmate flagged by Hamilton County

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081125/NEWS01/811250317

 

TX: Dallas County - Texas House District 105 battle lands in court

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-105suit_25met.ART.State.Edition1.4a3d3b9.html

 

TX: Dallas County - Democrats go to court over e-votes in Irving race

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa081125_lj_watson.1e9b5d176.html

 

TX: Dallas County - Judge says he has no jurisdiction in Texas House 105 recount

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/112608dnmethouse105.9115aa.html

 

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