Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Last month 108 voters went into the voting booth to vote on a school bond referendum and walked away without voting at all; or that’s what the county is questioning. The votes were cast on ES&S iVotronic DREs. The total undervotes was less than 2% of the 6,252 total ballots cast but about 8% in some precincts.
The Pima Co Arizona lawsuit goes to court tomorrow. That suit, if the results go our way, should provide a lot of information about elections and the voting machines being used across the country.
There is also a great review of “Margin of Error, Ballots of Strawâ€. We have a couple copies left which we would be happy to send out as a premium in exchange for a $50 donation. [Note: VotersUnite! is in affiliation with International Humanities Center, a nonprofit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501[c](3) of the Internal Revenue Code.] …
- NAtional: Tic Toc Tic Toc “Margin of Error, Ballots of Straw” Tic Toc Tic Toc
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_james_st_071201_tic_toc_tic_toc__22mar.htm - NAtional: Another Report to the EAC Buried?
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/009837.html - NAtional: Republicans in Texas County Reject Paperless Primary
But Voters in South Carolina and 12 Other States Will Vote on Paperless Voting Machines
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2673&Itemid=113 - AZ: Arizona Lawsuit a Crystal Ball Into 2008 Presidential Vote Count
http://www.alternet.org/rights/69418/ - CA: Opinion – Mulling the all-mail vote
http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_7609238?nclick_check=1 - CA: Opinion – The year of the vote
Californians will be busy, and should be fully engaged in, three 2008 elections
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/A_OPINION01/712020310/-1/A_OPINION06 - CA: Opinion – Safeguarding the election system
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/12/02/opinion/editorial/doc4752468fb134a684076068.txt - CA: Secretary of state casts doubt on future of electronic voting
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/02/BASRTMOPE.DTL - CA: Opinion – My sixth sense: I see dead people, voting
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_7616412 - CT: Norwich, New London In State’s Election Audit
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=6eff01aa-4d69-4aee-b692-dc7a7500ce8d - FL: Editorial – Write new recount law for new voting method
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2007/12/02/s2e_leadedit_recount_1202.html - IL: Citizenship in sight, but then she voted
Immigrant says registering, then casting ballot were innocent errors, not reason for deportation
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-immigvoter_03dec03,1,323264.story?ctrack=1&cset=true - IN: Elections officials side against Voter ID law
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=7444758 - NJ: N.J. Needs 6 More Months To Retrofit Electronic Voting Machines
The Senate State Government Committee Will Debate The Request Monday
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/14759184/detail.html - NJ: Landmark NJ Election Audit Bill Out of Committee — AS WRITTEN!
http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2007/12/landmark-nj-election-audit-bill-out-of.html - NY: Editorial – Voting tech still lags
Despite deadlines, New York voters won’t see much change by primaries
http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/220467.html - NJ: State needs more time to retrofit electronic voting machines
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj–votingmachinechal1203dec03,0,2303086.story - NY: The DOJ and New York State – Part 2
DOJ Calls for Chaos at NYS Polls in 2008
http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html - OH: Opinion – Elect voting technology that works
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/12/03/viewpoints/register_viewpoints/503586.txt - OH: More Hamilton County ballots counted
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/NEWS01/71201014 - SC: Florence County – Blank ballots in referendum remain a mystery
http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-FMN-2007-12-03-0019.html - VA: Stafford County – High Tech Voting Machines Out, Paper Ballots In
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=1302506
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John, a few days back you lamented the practice of some election officials who hire contractors to count the votes.
I think I can nominate a replacement for those election officials who have such bad memories.
(Young Chimp Beats College Students).