It looks like there is strong talk about holding Premier/Diebold at fault for the problems in Hillsborough Co Florida. I’m not convinced that anything will be done except posturing by local officials. Premier claims they warned the county with an email sent in Sept. They did send an email but it is very hard to understand what the problem was and what the solutions were. Perhaps election officials should have asked Premier to be more clear? Perhaps the state should not have certified this system that is still going through the EAC testing and certification process?
The blame for the problem in Crawford Co Kansas has finally been put on the ballot programming in the county’s ES&S system.
On election day a judge ordered machines in Northumberland Co Pennsylvania to be impounded because they were not working properly on straight-party voting. Now a plan on investigating the problem has been announced. The vendor, Premier/Diebold, will send technicians to investigate the problem. In other words the county only wants to know that they were at fault and the machines were faultless….
- National: Presidential Turnout Flat: How Did That Happen?
http://usacoup.scoop.co.nz/?p=966 - National: Obama’s big win obscured ongoing voting problems
http://newmexicoindependent.com/9358/obamas-margin-of-victory-obscured-continuing-voting-problems - FL: Florida elections chief vows to purge felons and dead from voter rolls
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/sfl-flbearly1108sbnov08,0,2649407.story - FL: Hillsborough County – Volume of provisional ballots highest in Hillsborough
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article895275.ece - FL: Hillsborough County – Voting Vendor May Be Ousted
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/08/3770677.htm - KS: Crawford County – Programming source of machine error
Clerk says outcome of attorney’s race could be affected
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x635433426/Programming-source-of-machine-error - MI: Oakland County – Democrat wants recount of Oakland clerk race
http://michiganmessenger.com/7981/democrat-wants-recount-of-oakland-clerk-race - MN: Tension escalates as recount fluctuates
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34024274.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: Most Minn. Senate ‘undervotes’ are from Obama turf
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMpTmr96V5hKIfyHT4Av4jsVQgrQD94AHS080 - MN: Coleman questions changes in election vote totals
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19430§ion=news - NC: Craven County – Teams using “hand-eye” count to check accuracy of machine vote totals
http://www.enctoday.com/news/county_42839_nbsj__article.html/election_craven.html - OK: Opinion – Other states could learn from our election system
http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_313011555 - PA: Northumberland County – Manufacturer to examine faulty voting machines
http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_313000120.html - TX: Opinion – It’s time that we brought Texas elections into the 21st century
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/columnists/carlos_guerra/34129454.html - TX: Bexar County – Testing shows accurate Bexar voting tallies
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/34128579.html - VA: Va. Voters Complain Of Missing Registrations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703689.html - WV: Editorial – Election Process Can Be Refined
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