{"id":2601,"date":"2006-03-23T17:02:28","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T21:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2006-06-14T16:49:26","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T23:49:26","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-23-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 23, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a> and <a href= \"http:\/\/www.VoteTrustUSA.org\">VoteTrustUSA.Org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Today a federal court told New York state to present a HAVA plan by April 10. The court also found that intervention of LWV, NYVV and others would not be allowed. Essentially the court found in favor of chaos. Meanwhile the disaster in Illinois is continuing with thousands of votes still to be counted. Sequoia has done a good job of deflecting the machine failures into personnel errors and &#8216;glitches&#8217;. At the same time election officials are saying that Sequoia should have to pay for the myriad equipment failures. The editorials and articles coming from Maryland are all pointed toward the state changing their voting system now&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Andrew Gumbel &#8211; Electoral Dysfunction <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacitybeat.com\/article.php?id=3474&#038;IssueNum=146\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: White County &#8211; Polling site changes rile some at quorum court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailycitizen.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/23\/news\/local_news\/news02.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Editorial &#8211; A voting machine test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/chronicle\/archive\/2006\/03\/23\/EDGU9GJFT41.DTL\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Electronic voting can&#8217;t stand burden of suspicion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shns.com\/shns\/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&#038;pk=ED-VOTING-03-23-06\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Mateo County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd County Officials Unsure About Electronic Voting Systems <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs5.com\/localwire\/localfsnews\/bcn\/2006\/03\/22\/n\/HeadlineNews\/VOTING-MACHINES\/resources_bcn_html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Santa Clara County &#8211; County&#8217;s Voting Machines in Question (Possible legal action against Sequoia too) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilroydispatch.com\/news\/contentview.asp?c=182042\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Shasta County &#8211; Creating a paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redding.com\/redd\/nw_local\/article\/0,2232,REDD_17533_4564133,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Crist asked to investigate voting-machine companies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060323\/NEWS01\/603230323\/1010\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: House Republicans Confuse Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1109&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Machine Woes Slow Vote-Counting in Illinois <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/03\/22\/AR2006032202171.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago\/Cook County &#8211; Ballot madness <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/technology\/chi-0603230066mar23,1,3171935.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Thousands of ballots remain to be counted <a href=\"http:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/wls\/story?section=local&#038;id=4019446\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Election officials say voting machine company should pay for repairs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqad.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4674273&#038;nav=1sW7\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Chi-Town E-Voting Meltdown <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002595.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Poll Workers Concerned About Voting Accuracy <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs2chicago.com\/politics\/local_story_081222708.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago: Vote snafu: Some blame new equipment <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/output\/elect\/cst-nws-machine23.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Cook County &#8211; Votes still not tallied <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesonline.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/23\/news\/top_news\/68cf10287f6947a18625713a000703f8.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Cook County &#8211; Poll workers needed voting system training <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/newsroom\/chi-060322voting,1,395780.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Cook County &#8211; County Board race unsettled; voter fraud charged <a href=\"http:\/\/austinweeklynews.1upsoftware.com\/main.asp?SectionID=1&#038;SubSectionID=1&#038;ArticleID=583&#038;TM=1850.151\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Henry County &#8211; County spends $260,000 for one voter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqad.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4670083&#038;nav=1sW7\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Dissing Diebold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tompaine.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/23\/dissing_diebold.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Editorial &#8211; Common Sense in Maryland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/23\/opinion\/23thu3.html?_r=1&#038;th=&#038;emc=th&#038;pagewanted=print&#038;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Myers says early vote too costly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-mail.com\/?module=displaystory&#038;story_id=134064&#038;format=html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Delegate accuses state official <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mywebpal.com\/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=573&#038;NewsID=705800&#038;CategoryID=742&#038;show=localnews&#038;om=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MI: Ottawa County &#8211; Stille recall attempt fails as recount upholds election results <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/muchronicle\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-5\/1143126918273260.xml&#038;coll=8\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO:  Cape Girardeau County &#8211; Cape County officials test election equipment <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semissourian.com\/story\/1145007.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Santa Fe &#8211; Council win cut to 2-vote margin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freenewmexican.com\/news\/41229.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: State ordered to produce HAVA plan. Interest groups not allowed to intervene. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/local\/wire\/newyork\/ny-bc-ny--votingmachines0323mar23,0,5440840.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Opinion &#8211; Don&#8217;t trust easily manipulated computer voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/opinion\/anotherview\/all-brau3-23mar23,0,3808305.story?coll=all-newsopinionanotherview-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Adams County &#8211; Adams OKs purchase of new voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eveningsun.com\/localnews\/ci_3632007\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Carbon County &#8211; Carbon scrubs voting machine order. Disenchanted by first supplier[AVS], county goes with second choice[Diebold]. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/lehighton\/all-b1_3vote-1mar23,0,3355237.story?coll=all-newslocallehighton-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Fayette County &#8211; Fayette OKs e-vote vendor (Hart) <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/fayette\/s_436056.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Fayette County &#8211; County to buy voting system (Hart eSlate) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldstandard.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16356432&#038;BRD=2280&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=480247&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Fayette County &#8211; Fayette should have new voting machines by mid-April <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/newssummary\/s_436098.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; Threats bring results in voting machine saga (ES&#038;S iVotronic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensvoice.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16357861&#038;BRD=2259&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=455154&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; Each precinct getting 1 new machine. Paper ballots will also be available to those who don&#8217;t want to wait to use iVotronic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesleader.com\/mld\/timesleader\/14165537.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Texas Supreme Court Judge Cries Foul <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemarketnews.com\/WorldNews.asp?nid=9983\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Tarrant County &#8211; Deadline passes without any recounts requested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfw.com\/mld\/startelegram\/news\/local\/14149644.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Tom Green County &#8211; Officials work on ballot puzzle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanangelostandardtimes.com\/sast\/news_local\/article\/0,1897,SAST_4956_4563975,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: More-accessible voting machines get state OK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=410107\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IReland: E-voting machine storage pegged at \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd696,000 (For never used Liberty machines) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/2006\/0323\/evoting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; 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 &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org Today a federal court told New York state to present a HAVA plan by April 10. The court also found that intervention of LWV, NYVV and others would not be allowed. Essentially the court found in favor of chaos. Meanwhile the disaster in Illinois is continuing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}