Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
For those who were not aware, Warren Mitofsky ‘exited’ last Friday. Our best wishes go to his family and friends. / The major failure reported in Florida’s primary, so far, seems to be the failure of getting speedy results from the polling places to the counties. Problems were reported in several counties. / Mahoning Co. Ohio still owes ES&S over $400,000 for services previously provided. ES&S refuses to provide new batteries to replace those that are beyond their useful life span. The county refuses to pay the bill, not because of anything to do with ES&S but because of a completely different matter. The county is now in a position where they may have problems running an election in Nov. / Texas has named the Univ. of Texas baseball coach as the new spokesman for the SoS’s VOTEXAS program. Unfortunately the coach has never voted in his ten years living in the state….
NAtional: Appreciation – The Pioneer Pollster Whose Credibility You Could Count On LINK
NAtional: Verified Voting Announces Election Transparency Project LINK
NAtional: NASS Publishes Seven Simple Steps To Voting In 2006 LINK
NAtional: Court rules against voter-supervised elections, attorney tells Raw LINK
NAtional: Pelosi on Voter Protection: ‘We Cannot Allow the Birthright of America to be Stolen’ LINK
AL: Governor Given Extension For HAVA Report LINK
CA: Humboldt County – HAVA forces vote system change – Sept. 5, 2006 (Vote-PAD) LINK
FL: Experts: Primaries run smoothly, thanks in part to low turnout LINK
FL: Voters have no major problems in Florida primary election LINK
FL: Primary Had No Effect On Florida’s Hottest Congressional Race LINK
FL: Broward County – Broward’s vote tally is still pending LINK
FL: Hernando County – Hernando counting problems throw confusion into the race LINK
FL: Leon County – New technology slows precinct updates LINK
FL: Martin County – Glitch delays Martin elections office from posting full preliminary results of primary election until today LINK
FL: Pinellas County – Voter turnout light for Primary Elections LINK
FL: Pinellas County – Voter turnout light for Primary Election LINK
FL: Seminole County – McLean wins over Blake to face write-in opposition LINK
MD: Ann Arundel County – County short on election judges LINK
MD: Montgomery County – Machines add features to help system, voters LINK
NY: Attorney General Circulates Statement Calling For Paper Ballot Optical Scan Voting LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Editorial – In Search of Accurate Vote Totals LINK
OH: Mahoning County – Elections board cuts 25 voting precincts LINK
WA: King County – Vote on elections chief delayed till ’09 LINK
WA: Thurston County – A first for county’s blind voters (AutoMark) LINK
Washington DC: D.C. Voters Directed to Wrong Polls LINK
Guam: Taitano notes glitches in Primary LINK
Guam: Asan-Maina ballots misplaced LINK
Guam: Opinion – Upgrade: Get rid of paper ballots, use electronic voting as main way to cast votes LINK
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Something I find VERY comforting happened today. The Diane Rehm show (Wed. Sept, 6th) covered voting machines today, and the guest was Aviel Rubin. Probably the best coverage on NPR to date.
And get this!
NO SHILLS TO “BALANCE” THE ISSUE!
REPEAT:
NO SHILLS APPEARED ON THE PROGRAM, and in fact the only other guest was Rush Holt. I don’t think any shills even called in.
Where was Thad Hall!
Wasn’t Linda Lamone notified.
David Bear was nowhere to be found!
Somebody’s in trouble!
Heres todays article from my area, John
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