Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Late yesterday a report was released by the Florida Fair Elections Center regarding the Nov. 2006 election in which voting machines did not register over 18,000 votes in the congressional district 13 race. The report, “Sarasota’s Vanished Votes – An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008,†is a well researched and presented report that chronicles the problems that very probably led to the wrong person serving the voters of Florida Congressional District 13. The report is damning to the vendor, ES&S, and to local and state election officials. ES&S’s statement about the report is that the writers of the report are “biased.†Of course the report had just been released and they had no way to have read a word.
This morning when I began working on this space I wrote something about New York and how the State Election Board could (would) not make a decision on what voting technology would be used for accessibility. A decision that allowed DREs would have nearly guaranteed that some counties in the state would be using DREs in the future. Apparently Board Member Doug Kellner was able to convince the other two members that New York State Law must be followed and that none of the DREs would meet the legal requirements. So, today the board met again and unanimously voted to allow only optical-scan or ballot-marking-devices for accessibility. No DREs were approved. This is a huge win for the voters in New York….
- NAtional: Robert Koehler – Conspiracy theorist
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/2980 - NAtional: Lou Dobbs Video: SC Set to Use Bad Voting Machines Again Saturday, CO Finally Getting a Clue…
https://bradblog.com/?p=5601 - CO: Press Release – Gov. Ritter, Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce New Legislative Plan to Conduct 2008 Elections
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1200536079256&pagename=GovRitter%2FGOVRLayout - CO: Press Release – Colorado County Clerks More Than Alarmed With Governor Ritter’s Recommendation for Paper Ballots at Precinct for 2008 Elections
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-24-2008/0004742387&EDATE= - CO: All-Mail Vote in Colorado Isn’t Needed, Governor Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/us/politics/24ballot.html?ref=us - CO: Probably polling places, paper
http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2008/01/23/news/c_u_and_boulder/news1.txt - CO: Ritter plan promotes paper ballots as ‘tried-and-true’
Proposal intended to restore trust in voting system
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/ritter-proposes-paper-ballots-at-polling-sites/ - CO: Ritter wants ballots on paper statewide
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/23/012408_1B_Paper_ballots.html - CO: Governor backs paper ballots
County clerks seek mail-in election
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080124_8.htm - CO: Will Colorado be Florida ’08?
http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/rockytalklive/archives/2008/01/will_colorado_be_florida_08.html - CO: Governor Ritter wants paper election
Boulder’s Madden among lawmakers backing request by governor
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/jan/24/ritter-wants-paper-election/ - CO: Editorial – A plan at last
Governor galvanizes consensus on paper ballots
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/a-plan-at-last/ - CO: Paper ballots win over Ritter
Plan upsets clerks’ call for all-mail vote
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8059495 - CO: Ritter favors paper ballots for elections in November
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1201162835/2 - CO: Denver – Paper ballots for Denver
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/23/paper-ballots-denver/ - CO: Denver election officials face imposing challenges
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/denver-election-officials-face-imposing/ - CO: Denver opts for the paper route
http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_8059549 - CO: Larimer County Clerk disagrees with voting plan
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS01/801240372/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02 - CO: Logan County clerk still has questions after Ritter’s decision on ballots
http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/01/24/news/local_news/local3.txt - CO: Mesa County – Colorado closer to using paper ballots
http://kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7765417 - CO: Weld County – Weld clerk calls governor’s paper ballot proposal ‘step back’
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080124/NEWS/229293939 - CT: Lawmakers to hold hearings on performance of new voting machines
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct–votingmachines0124jan24,0,7545997.story - FL: State Primary Votes Won’t Have Paper Trail
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jan/24/me-state-primary-votes-wont-have-paper-trail/ - FL: Florida Switching To Paper Ballots After February Voting
http://www.wftv.com/news/15122371/detail.html - FL: Flawed Software Will Count 1/3 of Votes in Florida’s January 29th Primary
http://www.floridafairelections.org/PressReleases/PR2008-01-23_FFEC.pdf - FL: Florida prepares to unplug touchscreen voting machines
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/391788.html - FL: Sarasota’s Vanished Votes
An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida January 2008
http://www.floridafairelections.org/CenterReports.htm - IA: Voting plan comes at a high price
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS10/801240391/-1/SPORTS01 - IA – 70 counties need to update voting machines under new law
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=325023&z=16 - IL: Some Illinois counties see major delays with primary ballots
http://www.bnd.com/326/story/237206.html - IL: Kane County – Election judges needed — voter turnout likely to be big
[Quote of the Day – “They don’t need computer experience because the voting machines are not computersâ€] http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=119534&src=109 - NH: Paul backers paid for GOP recount
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS08/143908662/-1/news08 - NH: New Hampshire Sec. of State Appears to Lie to Media About Kucinich Hand Count
https://bradblog.com/?p=5602 - NJ: Editorial – A boost for ……..
http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/120115261782680.xml&coll=5 - NY: Breakdown at the Board
Protecting vendors, not voters
http://nyvv.org/blog/2008/01/breakdown-at-board.html - NY: Time running out for NY to choose voting machines
http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/109221/time-running-out-for-ny-to-choose-voting-machines/Default.aspx - NY: GOP, Democrats deadlock on voting-machine selection
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080123/NEWS/80123039 - NY: Gridlock delays state voting machine selection
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stvote245549542jan24,0,276009.story - NY: NY board chooses new voting machines for handicapped
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–votingmachines0124jan24,0,3081537.story - NY: NY Board Chooses New Voting Machines
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hM24D2P_dBmIDGu_u_mPKthDHpGQD8UCDU204 - NY: Officials to select new voting machines for physically challenged voters
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/01/24/news/latest/doc4798dd271811e950493254.txt - NY: A Victory for Election Integrity in New York
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2728&Itemid=113 - NY: State picks optical-scan machines
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS03/80124002 - OH: Press Release – Many Ohio Elections Officials’ Views Inconsistent with Voters’ Concerns
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=242 - OH: History Made on a.m. 1360: Jennifer Brunner
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_marta_st_080123_history_made_on_a_m_.htm - OH: Ohio counties resist voting proposal
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS24/801240402 - OH: Hardin County – Brunner wins fight with Hardin County elections officials
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/120116735230070.xml&coll=2 - OH: Hardin County – County previously opposed to voting change now in compliance
http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=78519&r=0 - PA: Lackawanna County – Voting system choice up in air
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19227115&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6 - PA: Wayne County – County Still Deciding On Voting Machines
http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1925670987 - SC: Columnist – The Next Florida
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080123_the_next_florida/ - SC: Paper ballots standing by
State says it’s ready for any problems at polls Saturday
http://www.thestate.com/choosing/story/294859.html - SC: Civil rights group says it will increase SC voting scrutiny
http://www.thestate.com/scpolitics-wire/story/295742.html - SC: Horry County – Paper ballots not recorded by precinct
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/325463.html - SC: Horry County – Election Commission Says Voting Problems Corrected for Democratic Primary
http://www.wspa.com/midatlantic/spa/news.apx.-content-articles-SPA-2008-01-24-0021.html - SC: Horry County voting machines ready for second round
http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2008-01-24-0009.html
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