'Daily Voting News' For January 30, 2008
Florida’s primary is essentially over. There will still be some ballots to be counted but the last election on the state’s DRE’s is complete. There were some reports of problems scattered around the state. Election officials and the media were pretty successful in minimizing the reports. However, there was one small graf in one article that jumped out at me. The county clerk in Volusia County had announced that they were going to have to recount one early voting precinct because the Diebold Optical-Scan used in that precinct had not counted 4 ballots. They are doing this, according to the report, because Diebold/Premier had sent counties in Florida an advisory (http://www.votersunite.org/info/DieboldAdvisory25January2008.pdf) that the machines used in those counties may stop with a ballot partially fed through. Those ballots were not being counted when this happens. My first reaction was, “How many other states/counties that use the Diebold AccuVote OS v. 1.94w have gotten this advisory?” This is the same system used in New Hampshire and many other Northeast jurisdictions as well as various counties across the nation. Why don’t vendors of these machines recall them when there is a problem like this? Who should be responsible to ensure the word is put out that there is a problem and ensure the problem is solved?
NAtional: Electronic voting is facing a recall
Officials are switching systems or trying to fix problems, even as they contend with new laws and earlier primaries.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-natvote29jan29,1,625897,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
NAtional: Battle for Election Integrity 'Fought and Won by Activists' Says LATimes in 2,800-Word, 2-Part Series Which Doesn't Bother to Quote a Single One of Them...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5626
NAtional: What the World Needs Now: Voting method suggestions for archaic America
Not the right to vote, but the ability to vote
http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/2008/01/30/22615/
NAtional: Filmmaker examines election fraud, voter suppression
http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/01/30/wednesday_sun/news/doc479e2430ddb24930136992.txt
NAtional: Touch-screen me not
Reformers want change in voting procedures.
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=19945e52-19a9-4098-9ccb-c809d33e5d1c
AR: Benton County - Early voting begins; ‘glitch’ doesn’t deter voters
http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58289/
CA: Appeals court rejects county election challenge
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/sandiego/20_47_441_29_08.txt
CA: San Bernardino County - Planes may speed ballots
County seeks to hurry vote tally
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_8114325
CA: Santa Clara County predicts delays in vote count
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7007
CO: Decertification of machines has clerks looking for answers
http://www.lamardaily.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/doc47a0926169c7f442596911.txt
CO: Denver to Use Paper Ballots, Consolidate Polls
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/260016
CO: Logan County - Election woes may not affect Logan County
Schneider reassures voters paper ballots work fine
http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/local2.txt
CO: Mesa County - Residents urged to register for mail-in balloting
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/01/29/013008_1b_Mail_ballots.html
FL: It's the Voters' Fault. The DOG ATE MY BALLOT and Other URBAN LEGENDS!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_lani_bro_080130_it_s_the_voters__fau.htm
FL: Diebold Issues 'Product Advisory' in Florida About Malfunctions with Optical-Scan Voting Systems
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5624
FL: Reports: One out of every three registered voters cast ballots
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/CAPITOLNEWS/801300355/1010/NEWS01
FL: Touch screens pass primary test
The much-maligned machines seemed to have few glitches handling the big turnout.
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/30/State/Touch_screens_pass_pr.shtml
FL: Editorial - Florida still struggling to get elections right
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/01/30/opinion/editorials/eddy.txt
FL: Glitches plague voting throughout Orlando area
Ballot mix-ups, heavy turnout keep officials busy
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-glitches3008jan30,0,101390.story
FL: Broward County - Complaints mar debut of voter check-in system in Broward
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbglitches0130sbjan30,0,7869220.story
FL: Hillsborough County - Touch screen problems reported in Hillsborough
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=72767
FL: Palm Beach County - Defective cartridge slows PBC vote counting
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/29/0129latevoting.html
FL: Palm Beach County - County officials' good day turns into rough night
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/south/epaper/2008/01/30/s10a_ELEX_PBC_VOTE_0130.html
FL: Palm Beach County - Once again, reporting of election results is a struggle in Palm Beach County
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flptouch0130pnjan30,0,6325088.story
FL: Palm Beach County - Anderson criticized for election result delays
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/30/0130voting.html
FL: Volusia County - DeLand Approves Two Initiatives
http://www.wesh.com/news/15171627/detail.html
MA: New machines make voting accessible for everyone
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x382989255
NH: Hursti Testimony to NHThe $700 Rig: Broken-Link Elections
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5408
OH: Former Ohio SOS Blackwell Asked to Testify on Voter Suppression
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/641
OH: Cuyahoga County - Numbers Game
The County And Aclu Square Off Over The Least Unreliable Method For Counting Votes
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/39/numbers-game
OH: Current machines get vote in Wood County
Election gear now is OK with officials
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS17/801300411
TX: Plan to offer paper ballots at early voting sites is rejected
http://www.star-telegram.com/elections/story/441559.html
WI: Commentary: Clean election reputation could not prevent a few touch-screen woes in '06
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/OSH06/801300446/1190/OSHopinion
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