Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The amount of news has finally dwindled down to a normal amount for a Monday. Of interest today are two opposing editorials in the Atlanta Journal Constitution regarding the Voter ID issue. Also of interest are the articles from Lucas County, OH where they have finally decided that they had better do an investigation to figure out what went wrong and why it happened….
AR: Voting machine choice stirs Ark. secretary of state race (ES&S v. Diebold) LINK
GA: Editorial – White people! Don’t just cast a vote; sell it LINK
GA: Editorial – Hatchet job by Dems with an ax to grind (Opposing editorial to the one above) LINK
IL: McDonough County – Board scrutinizes potential new voting machines LINK
IN: Vigo County – Public demonstration of voting machines Tuesday LINK
NJ: Middlesex County – Choi declared victor; Stephens wants recount LINK
NY: Vernon – Inspectors find levers don’t lie LINK
OH: Lucas County – Election Board Internal Investigation LINK
OH: Lucas County – Election Day ‘Meltdown’ Reported in Lucas County, OH LINK
OH: Lake County – Editorial – Blackwell’s silence hurts Lake County LINK
OH: ‘Mystery Pollster’ Blumenthal Analyzes Columbus Dispatch Polling of Ohio ’05 Election LINK
SD: Absentee Voting Changes Requested LINK
VA: Local Recount Costs Should Be Minimal (And because many counties use DREs the recount is meaningless) LINK
WI: Counties await voting machines LINK
International: Nigeria – E-Voting: A risk for 2007 election LINK
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shw
One politician had the heuvos to ask for a recount in the Ohio zone (link here) citing strange events for reasons to doubt the sanctity of the Ohio elections.
George Bush Democrats take note.