‘Daily Voting News’ For February 17, 2008

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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….

**”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**

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2 Comments on “‘Daily Voting News’ For February 17, 2008

  1. 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

    ————————–

    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.

  2. 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.

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