Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Another good reason that a mail-in primary do-over cannot happen in Florida? It is against the law. State law only allows referendums to be on a mail ballots and doesn’t allow for candidates to be named on ballots via stamp and carrier. An executive order or a law change would be needed to allow the presidential primary to be recast.
On top of today’s Mississippi primary we also had a special election for Indiana’s 7th CD and municipal elections in Florida.
Today the Iowa senate approved a bill (47-1) that will change the state to a paper ballot and op-scan state from one that had a mix of optical-scan and DRE counties. The bill now goes to the House where it is expected to pass. …
- CO: Elections 2008: Colorado’s Unending Secrecy regarding Voter Registration
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_al_kolwi_080311_elections_2008_3a__col.htm - FL: ‘Mashed Into Bits’: Florida Touch-Screen Voting Machines – 28,000 of them – to be Crushed, Recycled, Repurposed…
https://bradblog.com/?p=5786 - FL: Southwest Florida elections supervisor skeptical of mail-in redo
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/mar/10/lee-county-supervisor-elections-skeptical-mail–re/ - FL: Deadline To Decide On Revote Urgent
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/11/na-deadline-to-decide-on-revote-urgent/ - FL: Florida Democrats mull primary vote by mail
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flfprimary0311sbmar11,0,7389847.story - FL: Dems wonder what to do about Florida
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/NEWS01/803110321/1006 - FL: Changing voting machines is an expensive reality
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/news01.txt - FL: Host of factors affect possible new primary in Florida
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/news02.txt - FL: Hillsborough County – Plug Is Pulled On Touch Voting
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/11/me-plug-is-pulled-on-touch-voting/ - FL: Indian River County might not be ready for do-over
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/mar/10/30gtindian-river-might-not-be-ready-for-do-over/ - FL: Palm Beach County – Palm Beach County touch-screen voting machines get final use today in 19 municipal elections
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpelection0311pnmar11,0,7136854.story - FL: Palm Beach County – Election going smoothly so far, supervisor says
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/11/0311elect.html - IA: Culver wants a tighter rein on purchase of voting gear
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/NEWS10/803110371/-1/LIFE04 - IA: Counties: State voting machine plan doesn’t measure up
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/NEWS/80311034/1001 - IA: Senate approves new statewide voting system
http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/03/11/ap-state-ia/d8vbetqg0.txt - IN: Today’s election day in the 7th District
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/LOCAL/80310079/0/CPUB - IN: Polls close for 7th district voting
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8000752&nav=9Tai - LA: East Baton Rouge Parish – Computer glitches slow EBR returns
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/16485286.html - MN: Instant-runoff voting in Minneapolis unlikely in 2009
The election director doubts the city will have the proper equipment in place by then.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/local/16405066.html - MS: Your vote counts
http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/120523052191910.xml - MS: Voting problems reported in Madison Co.
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/NEWS/80311030 - NJ: Voting machine errors spur independent analysis
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/voting_machine_errors_spur_ind.html - OH: Almost 90,000 Ohio votes didn’t count
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=402918&Category=14&subCategoryID= - OH: Editorial – Brunner should listen to voters
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=402908&Category=3&subCategoryID= - OK: Oklahoma House passes voter identification bill in party-line vote
http://www.kjrh.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=0d7bc680-9d58-46d6-b6ff-ef12c44e0190 - PA: Opinion – Good staff is key to a smooth election day
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/all-a.6306245mar11,0,7634182.story - TX: Fight for Texas delegates won’t end anytime soon
Close count could shift either way before long
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5608177.html
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John,
Looks like the vote for telecom immunity is going to make the_zapkitty plesantly surprised. Lets hope so:
(NYTimes).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eLPbwTju0c
there are many clever ways to steal votes, this news report shows how it is done in an old black neighborhood in Houston,TX.
grrrr…they say a criminal investigation is underway, wonder if we we learn any more about that?
John, I see the mail-in vote is being requested by Hillary according to Mark Crispin Miller’s article. http://www.alternet.org/story/79510/
I want to dispute this this but all I can say is John Gideon says it’s illegal. ( I believe you 🙂 but is there a link to that law I could use also? Thanks.
To add to my previous question and confusion…
Comments I am seeing on a few blogs is that in this case “a mail-in vote would be legal because it is a party function, not a state function.” ???
GWN
What I put up in the lede graf of DVN is, most of the time, something that is picked out of the news articles that are linked below that graf.
One news item said a mail-in election is illegal when it includes candidates. However, another article said this: