‘Daily Voting News’ For June 1, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

In defending his choice of hiring voting machine vendor talking-head Glenn Newkirk to review the Arkansas elections problems of the past few weeks, SoS Charlie Daniels actually referred to Dr. David Dill as a “conspiracy theorist”. What a maroon! One Univ. of Calif. professor speaks out in favor of “Idol Voting”; i.e. phone or Internet and a panel of judges to interview each candidate. The much awaited Robert F. Kennedy Jr. article from Rolling Stone is out. Also we have press releases regarding a new lawsuit in Colorado and a call for improvements in voting in Pennsylvania….

  • AR: Train Wreck – Overcoming the election absurdity LINK
  • AR: Train Wreck – Planned election review ‘bogus,’ Daniels opponent says LINK
  • AR: Train Wreck – Early Voting Delayed In Some Counties LINK
  • AR: Train Wreck – Counties Use Paper Ballots As Early Voting Begins LINK
  • AR: Crawford County ? Train Wreck – Runoff Balloting Off To Late Start (They printed early voting ballots on office printers) LINK
  • PA: Allegheny County ? Train Wreck – Coalition Calls For Improvement as Voting Machine Problems Are Reported In Primaries LINK
  • NAtional: Editorial ? A call for Investigation. Electronic voting machines pose a grave threat to democracy. LINK
  • NAtional: Was The 2004 Election Stolen? LINK
  • NAtional: VoteTrustUSA Calls For Inquiry into Sequoia Ownership LINK
  • NAtional: Inquiry Call into Voting Machine Co. Ownership LINK
  • NAtional: U.S. voting could use ‘Idol’ lessons LINK
  • AL: Clarke County – Voting machines designed to assist the handicapped (AutoMark) LINK
  • AL: Jefferson County – 14 handicapped-accessible voting machines to be tested (AutoMark) LINK
  • AR: Election officials say law outdated LINK
  • CO: Colorado Voters File Lawsuit to Halt State’s Purchase or Use of DRE Computerized Voting Systems LINK
  • CO: Voters File Lawsuit to Halt Purchase, Use of All Touch-Screen Voting Machines in Colorado! LINK
  • CO: State sued over voting machines LINK
  • CO: Lawsuit Planned Over Voting Machines In Colorado LINK
  • CO: Group challenges voting machines LINK
  • CO: Larimer County – Changes boost voter access, convenience LINK
  • CO: Unicoi County ? Problem With County Vote Totals Yields Controversy, Brown Says ‘No’ To Contest (MicroVote) LINK
  • ID: Blaine County – 34 differently-abled voters participated in the Spring Primary (AutoMark) LINK
  • KS: Sedgwick County – New Voting Machines Could Cut Wait Time LINK
  • KS: Sedgwick County – More voting machines to offset fewer polling places LINK
  • MD: Md. early voting suffers setbacks LINK
  • NJ: Essex County – Voting machines ready for election: Long-awaited, often-debated electronic models LINK
  • NM: State ID cards fraught with mistakes LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County – Review panel consulting voters to improve Cuyahoga’s elections LINK
  • PA: Berks County ? Opinion – Bob Cesca: How I Won Elected Office In A Landslide Without Running LINK
  • PA: Luzerne County – No recounts sought, county vote chief says LINK
  • WI: Winnebago County – Editorial: County shouldn’t rush to purchase voting machines LINK

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    7 Responses

    1. …

      THIS TRANSCENDS EVERYTHING

      …..

      except maybe, for voting fraud. but if comes awful close.

      and why wasnt this effectively addressed by democrats in 2004? ah, they didnt want to get "criticized" by the big baddie republicans, who can always outspin them (see above link, and JUST HOW CRITICAL this is).

      what about the media??

      """The unusual discrepancy between exit poll data and the actual vote count in the 2004 election challenges that reliability …However…the mainstream media…simply parroted the partisan declarations of “sour grapes” and “let’s move on” instead of providing any meaningful analysis of a highly controversial election."

      more on the election issue and the facts

    4. GWN #3 I just posted on 2 other threads and now this one and had no problems. So it may be just you?

    5. RE the comment "In defending his choice of hiring voting machine vendor talking-head Glenn Newkirk to review the Arkansas elections problems of the past few weeks, SoS Charlie Daniels actually referred to Dr. David Dill as a ‘conspiracy theorist’" …

      Do these guys like Daniels have to go to a school for training in professional dumb down? I mean to be that brain dead, it would seem, one needs some kind of hyper-dunce training.

      Normal folk just are not that dumb naturally …

    6. GWN…Do you use AOL? I had lots of problems when I used them. Still do. They take money out of my checking acct. even though I cancelled in Dec.

    7. #6 No I don’t use AOL. I get a banner for YTV when I log onto Bradblog and have to refresh numerous times to get rid of it. The same when I go to comments or try to go back to the home page.
      Guess I will try restore and see what happens.
      I have been getting weird email. (I don’t open them) with number signs and exclamation marks in the subject line. This has happened since stupidly going to that "blackboxwatch" site.

      All will look better in the morning