Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In yesterday’s ‘DVN’ I mistakenly characterized the California SoS’s Diebold hearing as being in a room that was difficult to find and with people only speaking to a microphone and tape recorder. Unfortunately, I reported from the wrong article. The room used was, in fact, the same hearing room that had been used in past meetings and there were members of the elections staff in attendance. What is important is that there were very few members of the public who defended the Diebold TSx and there were many from the disabled community who all spoke about the complete lack of accessibility provided by these machines. Thank you to all of those who pointed out my error. I would also like to take this opportunity to join my associate, Ellen Theisen, in wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Please be safe and enjoy the holiday….
National: Democracy in America Has Officially Become a Privatized Circus LINK
AL: DeKalb County – Election issues remain unresolved (More vendor misinformation) LINK
CA: E-voting group invited to hack machines (Diebold) LINK
CT: No-Confidence Vote: A Trinity prof and the secretary of the state square off over new voting machines LINK
CT: New voting machines on the horizon LINK
CT: Newtown – Registrars’ Voting Machine Tryout Yields A Favorite (Danaher over Diebold and Avante) LINK
IL: Peoria – State’s Attorney: Peoria grand jury probing ties between Eugene Wittry, Election Board member, voting machine vendor (Populex) LINK
MI: Wayne County – Challenger to Seek Detroit Mayor Recount LINK
MO: Franklin County – County Gets Grant to Upgrade Voting Machines LINK
MS: Lincoln County – County gets much less than sought for voting LINK
NC: N.C. election training still not updated LINK
NC: Person County – State is telling the county that their precinct based op-scans may be decertified LINK
OH: Montgomery County – City of Carlisle to contest election LINK
TX: Galveston County – County buys new voting system (Hart Intercivic) LINK
TX: Fort Bend County – Translators at polls focus of inquiry by Justice Department LINK
TX: Bandera County – Voting canvass yields positive results, no inaccuracies found (Hart Intercivic – Canvass of a DRE shows no problems – Go figure!) LINK
VA: Panel defers decision on voting audit trails LINK
International: Venezuela’s Electoral Council Concedes to Many Opposition Demands LINK
**”Daily Voting News” 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 “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**
I just want to inform you that your site will be the first site I will list as a SISSY-MAN website. I am a liberals worst nightmare so beware!
I will be sending you a sissy-man t-shirt. I hope you look good in pink. Visit a manly website folks.
http://cdubsissyman.blogspot.com/
Hah. This from a guy who can’t spell his name right (check your spelling first post.)
Tell you what, bro, there’s NOTHING sissy about admitting to a mistake. A small mistake at that. When Bush owns up to his voluminous and deadly mistakes, I believe hell will have frozen over.
P.S. this Thanksgiving, we have a turkey for a president. In the spirit of the season, he can get stuffed.
I checked out the Sissy-man website. Sure does suck. I don’t think that C-Dub knows what it means to be an American – that is, having the stones to exercise their rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to petition their government for a redress of grievances. That’s the First fucking Amendment.
Seems to me that blindly following your fascist leaders is the sissy-man thing to do, but it least it means you don’t have to think for yourself.
Sure wish we were allowed to flame…C-dub, you’d get lit up like a Christmas tree. Happy Holidays numbnuts.
Soul Rebel wrote: Sure wish we were allowed to flame.
Thanks for your restraint. It’s much appreciated and it serves as an excellent example to others.
Hint, hint! 😉
There is a machine that is "rig proof" supposedly. While I do think paper ballots are best, they are not "rig proof". As we all know, the power is not in the vote, but the vote counter. Whoever has access to the votes or tabulators, they should be non partisan, registered, back ground checks, – etc.
P.S. I never understood why trolls persist to post to a site which is obviously not of their thinking. Nearly all of the posts are childish name calling which is so (ho-hum) boring. They bring nothing insightful that would even make me question my point of view. It would be interesting to hear from someone who truly believes in gw and his track record so far.
There is a machine that is "rig proof" supposedly. While I do think paper ballots are best, they are not "rig proof". As we all know, the power is not in the vote, but the vote counter. Whoever has access to the votes or tabulators, they should be non partisan, registered, back ground checks, – etc.
P.S. I never understood why trolls persist to post to a site which is obviously not of their thinking. Nearly all of the posts are childish name calling which is so (ho-hum) boring. They bring nothing insightful that would even make me question my point of view. It would be interesting to hear from someone who truly believes in gw and his track record so far.
Sorry!
Happy Thanksgiving to all who observe or keep it.
Good example of how the press should be John, quickly admit mistakes.
For the neoCons reading this thread, it really is an honorable and good thing to do … admit mistakes.
To dishonestly "stay the course" (be stubborn) in the face of a mistake is to invoke the mental disease of denial. It leads to a whole host of greater problems and ends in disaster.
Like girly-man meister the Governator of Kalifornia who can only wish to be able to go back in time and take his large foot out of this large mouth. He is the mother of all girly man sayings and is on the way out.
Again Happy Thanksgiving to all who know how to be happy without war.
The election in ’06 in Arizona’s eighth congressional district looks promising. Daily Kos had this:
"This race becomes a top-tier pickup opportunity. DeLay and NRCC chair Tom Renolds can’t be too happy today. And the continued ethical and legal troubles bedeviling the GOP might force additional retirements. " (link here).
Bloggers in Arizona, start your engines!
Happy Thanksgiving, Dredd and all! Among other things, I’m thankful for BradBlog, being able to buy cranberries in Prague…
Thanks, Czaragorn and the others! Happy Thanksgiving to you all! And thanks for the T-Shirt SissyMan Blogger! I look forward to receiving it!