Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
More and more scattered voting problems are being reported. Of course, almost all are being blamed on people and not the machines. In some locations where they are using op-scan but elections officials want to use DREs there are complaints about how slow op-scans are. It’s also very strange that Ohio’s SoS has announced what a great success the machines were in his state while counties are reporting wide-spread problems and his deputy is promising to investigate problems in Lucas County. Diebold and AccuPoll have both put out press releases bragging about successful elections on their machines…
NATIONAL
Deep-rooted Voting Irregularities Persist, Watchdogs Say
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Press Release – Diebold Election Systems’ Touch-Screen Deployment Described as Great Success
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Why Redistricting and Campaign Reform Are Both Still Relevant
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CALIFORNIA
Shasta County – County sets absentee voting record
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Monterey County – Hartnell trustee race still up in the air; elections office suffers glitch
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Stanislaus County – Vote tested new scanners
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San Joaquin County – S.J. County has election night déjà vu
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CONNECTICUT
Voters invited to try new machine
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Harwinton – Voting machine snafu may lead to challenge in Harwinton
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FLORIDA
Volusia County – Panel OKs recount of Orange City vote
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GEORGIA
Rome – Under-votes alter election
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Atlanta – ‘Provisional’ ballots key to Atlanta City Council
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ILLINOIS
Peoria – Peoria researches new voting option
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MASSACHUSETTS
Watertown institutes voting booths for blind
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NEW JERSEY
Hudson County – Malfunction slows count of votes
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Morris County – County investigates no-Spanish rule
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Holt takes scientific approach
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NEW YORK
State’s lack of paper-ballot option viewed as big mistake
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Leaving levers behind; voting is going electronic
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NORTH CAROLINA
Pasquotank Co. – In Elizabeth City, a 14-vote gap has one candidate calling for a recount
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Onslow County – Election Day after
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Pittsboro – Provisional ballots may decide Pittsboro race
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OHIO
Electronic Voting Described as Great Success in Ohio
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Ohio vote tallies … a touch slow
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Lucas Co., OH – State plans to investigate voting chaos; Tuesday’s problems are latest for Lucas County
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Stark County – Snafus slow election count
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Montgomery County – Vote count goes all night
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Stark County – Touch-screen voting comes of age, despite growing pains
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Clermont County – Clermont vote counters pull all-nighter with malfunctions
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Butler County – Butler Co. survives the switch to screens
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PENNSYLVANIA
Somerset County – Machines delay ballot counting
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Beaver County – Paper ballots slow Beaver count
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Somerset County – Election officials mull electronic voting
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Cumberland County – Software error forces recount in close race for district judge
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SOUTH CAROLINA
Darlington – Errors reverse Darlington election
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TENNESSEE
New voting machines face myriad of criticisms
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TEXAS
Texas Counties Conduct Statewide Election with AccuPoll; Delta and Erath Counties First Counties in Texas to Use AccuPoll Voting System with Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
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Wichita County – Human errors hamper voting
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Ector County – Tuesday vote passes inspection
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Allen – Turnout causes crowding at lone polling place
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VIRGINIA
Spotsylvania – Machine fails to tally vote in precinct (Op-scan so they had a paper ballot back-up)
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INTERNATIONAL
Montreal, Canada – Confusion reigns at Montreal city hall
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That does make sense Styve …
I think Comment #1 is right on. We’re seeing a number of stories of problems in Ohio, where some places were now moving toward no paper in their election systems.
Other places (and media) laud the coming of the electronic systems ("woo-woo! Gwaaaa-laay!!"), as if they’re the coming of electricity…
Why is no one asking the question of why we need electronic systems at all? Is that just it? We’re Americans, and therefore it is an assumption that anything that makes our lives easier (like touching a screen vs. having to pick up a pencil and make a mark on paper…) makes our lives better, even if the accuracy is less and probability of trouble is more?
Would not the money spent on these systems be better spent to pay and train poll workers and vote counters? I’ve seen several stories that quoted poll workers as being happy that they didn’t have to work so hard. Hmmm… Wonder if they’re as concerned with accuracy… I’ve seen others that indicated, due to snafus with the electronic systems, they had to stay up all night counting votes… I hope that means they get results that are accurate reflections of the will of the voters…
This is nothing more than a pile of bullshit. If there were no election problems, what is the meaning of all the statements above?!??
These machines need to be ripped out and permanently BANNED, besides the verified paper ballots, if anyone wants real elections EVER.
There was plenty of election fraud in Ohio, Virginia and so on. It needs to be completely investigated and the machines removed which I see there’s already open criminal investigations in several states including Missouri……but not Ohio yet.
Doug E
Here’s a thought~~
The GOP held back on the election fraud for the ’05 ballots specifically to make Progressives let down their guard, knowing that it was mostly gubernatorial and mayoral stuff anyway (oh…and the Arnold charade?!), and Diebold, Triad, ES &S and Sequoia will hammer Progressives in 2006…
We are fucked if we don’t take huge steps to curtail/reverse the privatization of our elections!!
The clock is ticking!!
Styve
Portland, OR