'Daily Voting News' For February 20, 2008

 

Today New Jersey media reported that some Sequoia Advantage voting machines used in that state’s primary election on February 5 were not accurately reporting vote totals. The totals found in the memory were not the same as the totals reported on the internal paper-record. According to the media this was found in at least 5 counties. Sequoia tried to pass this off as an anomaly but one official would not accept this minimization of the problem as she corrected Sequoia “"Initially, when I called Sequoia they said it was an anomaly. And I said, 'Excuse me. It's not. It's an error,'" she said.

 

NAtional: Diebold Names Senior Diebold Officials to 'New Independent' Diebold Election Division Board

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5716

 

CA: Riverside County - Local Super Tuesday Votes Long from Being Completely Counted

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7895731&nav=9qrx

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Photo IDs Lead To Credible Elections

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/20/na-photo-ids-lead-to-credible-elections/

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Decision Due On Vote System Disabled Haven't Vetted

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/20/decision-due-voting-system-disabled-havent-vetted/

 

FL: Sarasota County - Vote Centers idea seems unnecessary

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080220/OPINION0201/510814090/1029

 

NJ: Primary election raises new questions about electronic voting

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njvotingmachines0220feb20,0,5224644.story

 

NJ: Machines get vote of no confidence after errors in primary

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1203515750141370.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

 

NJ: Sequoia E-Voting Machines Reporting Inaccurate Totals in New Jersey

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5718

 

NM: Anne Kass Guest Blog: The NM Caucus & Privatized Elections

http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2008/02/anne-kass-guest.html

 

NM: A top state Democratic Party official resigns after NM election snafus

http://www.kdbc4.com/Global/story.asp?S=7899971&nav=menu608_2_1

 

NY: DREs Lose Round Two

http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/02/18/dres-lose-round-two/

 

NY: NYC Recount Underway For Democratic Primary

http://cbs4denver.com/nationalpolitics/hillary.clinton.barack.2.658233.html

 

NY: Mike Bloomberg Claims Vote ‘Fraud’

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02192008/news/regionalnews/mike_bloomberg_claims_vote_fraud__98367.htm

 

OH: Judge Who Sided with Ohio SOS in Paper Ballot Authority Scuffle May Be in Violation of Judicial Conduct Code

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/825

 

OH: Judge: Paper Is A Must

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/506038.html?nav=515

 

OH: Ohio Secretary of State looks into voting machines

http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2008/02/20/Local/Ohio-Secretary.Of.State.Looks.Into.Voting.Machines-3221333.shtml

 

OH: Experts to visit OU, hear public’s voting concerns

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/02/20/22986/

 

OH: Butler County - Study finds county voting system vulnerable

http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/02/19/hjn022008sosforum.html

 

PA: Centre County – Editorial - College voters need Nov. paper trail

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/02/20/college_voters_need_nov_paper.aspx

 

PA: Lackawanna County - County sticks to e-vote plan

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19312424&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=

 

PA: Somerset County - Somerset gears up to count absentee ballots

http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_050230351.html

 

TX: Bell County - Voting machine helps handicapped voters

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=23163

 

TX: Fort Bend County's election chief quits

His resignation comes a week after he criticized voting machines

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5554393.html

 

TX: Fort Bend County - Election head steps down

http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2008/02/20/news/top_story/topstory.txt

 

TX: Waller County - Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5552259.html

 

WA: King County - Few trail into the polls; some irritated at party oaths

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004190238_webvoting19.html

 

WI: Wisconsin primary marked by busy day at local polling locations

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/02/19/local_news/doc47bbbaac26a16215065218.txt

 

WI: Turnout is robust

35% would be best since '88; Milwaukee has strong showing

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=720111

 

WI: Winnebago County - Confusion rankles voters who fail to cast presidential vote

http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/APC0101/80219222/1979

 

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