Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Another voting system has been proven to be inaccurate and deeply flawed. Colorado’s Secretary of State has posted a report from his “Voting Systems Testing Board†on the Hart Intercivic eScan voting system. The test panel found that stray marks on a ballot may cause the optical-scan machines to count inaccurately. A stray mark can be read as an overvote by the machines, ignored by the machines, or read as a vote while the real vote is ignored. This is yet another voting system that was tested by an Independent Test Laboratory and accepted by members of the National Association of State Election Directors Technical Panel even though it clearly does not meet the Voting Systems Guidelines for accuracy. Will NASED take any action? Of course not. No one will warn other states that there is a problem that they should know about. The EAC? They tend to ignore their mandated duty to act as a “clearinghouse†so they will take no action. If you are in a jurisdiction that uses Hart eScans, pass on the report to your election officials so they are warned about the problem. You will be the only one who will do it….
- NAtional: February 19 Snapshot: Hawaii and Wisconsin
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2754&Itemid=26 - CA: California registrars still tallying up primary
Awkward ballots tough to count as Dems await delegate division
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5548010.html - CA: Los Angeles County – Losing our marbles over voting
http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_8280083 - CA: Los Angeles County – LA County ‘Double Bubble’ Disenfranchisement Happened Before, Registrar Conny McCormack Did Nothing About It
https://bradblog.com/?p=5700 - CO: Vote scanners still face doubts
A state board says the Hart machines are too likely to count stray marks as votes, the same problem that got them decertified last year.
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8283953 - NH: Albert Howard files for Appeal on NH Recount
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_vickie_k_080216_albert_howard_files_.htm - NM: New Twist in New Mexico Caucus
http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7884455 - NY: Obama Robbed in NY
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162008/news/regionalnews/obama_robbed_in_ny_97932.htm - NY: NYC’s Undercounted Obama Votes on Primary Night
http://gothamist.com/2008/02/16/undercounted_ob.php - NY: Chautauqua County – Election Board Approves Sequoia Voting Machine
http://post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=24935 - PA: Lackawanna County – E-vote system doubts linger
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19304351&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6 - PA: Northampton County – Voting machines on tour this month
Demonstrations planned throughout county. New touch-screen machines debuting April 22.
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1203224748202690.xml&coll=2
**”Daily Voting News” is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**
























Great, because the American primary process doesn’t have enough problems!
Dear John McCain,
Any GOP candidate who wants to “consolidate” the party, and who refuses to
use a nationally televised debate v. other GOP’ers to do so, is either:
1. too weak and/or too lame
2. giving lip service to the idea of “consolidating” the Party, and is so
foolish that he actually believes he can win the National Elec. w/o
consolidating it
3. is lying when he says he will out-campaign, out-debate and out-perform
the Dem’s – if you can’t do it in your own camp, you can’t do it against
the opposition.
“Good luck” with your continued attempts to pressure the thinking American
public & smart Republicans into backing you without you doing the actual
work. BTW, I’m not an evangelical, I’m more of a New Age spiritualist who
disagrees w/Huckabee on his family values platform, so you’ve gotta ask
yourself, “Why isn’t she voting for me?”
Maybe you should give me the decency and respect of telling me why I
should vote for you – in a debate v. your only true opponent – Huckabee –
without the Romney static. In my eyes, along with all of my friends – who
were former Rudy & Mitt supporters & who STILL don’t like you & yet
believe Mike won’t make it – you never won any of the debates.
John, if you fail in a Feb 08 GOP Debate, you sure as heck are going to
fail in the Fall. So, you might as well debate now and reach a conclusion
of:
1. You’ve got to improve your debating skills
OR
2. You’ve got to withdraw because you’ll cause the Party to fail in Nov.
Think of it this way: If Huckabee should drop out now because he won’t win
in upcoming primaries, or he won’t win in a Contested RNC, then logically,
you should drop out now because you won’t win in November – against either
Dem candidate. Hillary will out-debate you on substance, and Obama will
out-debate you as a communicator and inspirational speaker.
With regard to your debate style & discussion of substance beyond the
bullet points & national security – the line of “just ask my friend _____,
he’ll tell you how tough I am on ____, ” – As Dr. Phil says, “How’s that
workin’ for ya?”
Not too well for you, John, not too well for either you or the Party.
[And, woe to the “king” who is deluded by the “yes-men” with whom he
surrounds himself.]
Wishing the Great USA All the Best,
Theresa Markham, Esq.
[divorce atty]
Hamburg, NJ
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BTW, in case you think John McCain would, in part, retort with the idea that he’s not asking Huckabee to withdraw, here’s a quote from an actual memo sent to his supporters on Feb. 12, 2008, from Rick Davis, his campaign manager, which, of course, is a blatant lie:
“With only 774 delegates left on the table after tonight, Governor Huckabee cannot win the Republican nomination for president.”
A very loud, public retraction, complete with a copy to all of his supporters, is in order.
Dkos won’t do anything either because anyone who questions their immaculate conception of electioneering is a “nutter”.
Progressive dKos, they are not just for bad elections anymore.
Religious dKos, high priests of the “what election problems” religion.