True to form Florida is in the midst of another election nightmare. Is it a few less than honorable election officials in a couple counties; or, is it the simplistic process the state uses for certifying and accepting voting systems for use; or, is it vendors who have no problem at all selling counties voting systems that should never be used in elections work and that they don’t even warrant as being manufactured to be used in elections? Or, is it all of the above? I suspect it is all of the above. Indian River Co. decided to test a new system that would modem results from the poll sites to the main tabulating room. They decided to do this test in the middle of an election and they ended up doubling results from 40 polling sites. The results from Palm Beach Co are still a mess big enough to boggle the mind but there seems to have been thousands of votes that went uncounted originally while the final total vote count went down by over three thousand votes in one race after a machine and manual recount. And there is still a recount underway in Broward Co. Who knows what reports of problems will come from that recount. Is this a portent of things to come in November? It very clearly is that. …
- National: Proposed Mitigation for GEMS (and other EMS) Vote Deletion
http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/08/ny-proposed-mitigation-for-gems-and.html - National: Meet the New Flaws
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Meet-the-New-Flaws-by-John-Gideon-080830-876.html - National: Bob Thaves Tackles e-Voting
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bob-Thaves-Tackles-e-Votin-by-Rady-Ananda-080830-872.html - FL: Opinion – Early voting becomes an issue
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-neweditearlyvoting,0,2895642.story - FL: New machines, new election, & Sarasota still can’t count our votes.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-2008-New-machine-by-Lani-Massey-Brown-080829-238.html - FL: Broward County manager, mayor’s aide will serve on judicial race recount panel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbrare0830sbaug30,0,6409054.story - FL: Indian River County – Vote glitch could sink incumbent vote-counter in Vero
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/31/vote-glitch-could-sink-incumbent-vote-counter/ - FL: Indian River County – System error doubles vote count in most Indian River County precincts
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-0829voteerror,0,6216012.story - FL: Indian River County election miscount stirs up worries about Nov. 4
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/30/electionmistake-stirs-up-worries/ - FL: Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Wennet takes lead in recount
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpjudgespnaug31,0,5019099.story - FL: Palm Beach County – Tight state deadline for recount might not be met in judge’s race
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/28/a1a_judge_recount_0829.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Recount is under way in judge’s race
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/29/0829electionfeed.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Palm Beach Recount Reminiscent To 2000
Judicial Race Candidates Separated By 17 Votes
http://www.wpbf.com/news/17340601/detail.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Concerns Arise With Machine Recount
http://www.cbs12.com/news/recount_4709346___article.html/judges_arise.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Wennet’s thin lead in judicial race prompts manual recount of votes
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/30/0831recount.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Recount completed; Winner announced
http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=bad9caf1-1766-40eb-a13d-dee746bf7a26 - FL: Palm Beach County – Wennet retains spot on bench after two-day recount
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/31/0831elecrecount.html - FL: Polk County – Recount in School Board contest goes to Mullenax
http://www.newschief.com/article/20080829/NEWS/808290341/1021/news01&title=Recount_in_School_Board_contest_goes_to_Mullenax - FL: Sarasota County – Opinion – Ballot glitch looming?
Sarasota vote problem not a good sign
http://www.bradenton.com/196/story/845970.html - HI: Hawaii Election Integrity Lawsuit Update
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hawaii-Election-Integrity-by-Bob-Babson-080829-990.html - IA: Clay County – Sept. 9 election marks return of paper
http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/1457165.html - MD: Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083001689.html - NY: Some NY officials worry about voting access
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–votingmachines0831aug31,0,6882632.story - OH: Secretary of state to break tie on absentee voting hours
http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4314371 - VA: Editorial – No Patriot games
http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/opinion/editorials/danville_editorials/article/no_patriot_games/5910/ - WI: Voter registration information often doesn’t match driver records
22% mismatch rate found in registrations this month
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=788377
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