By
John Gideon on 5/23/2006, 4:55pm PT
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
"We need more audits. We need recounts. Trust no one. If it can't be verified, it can't be used": Ion Sancho. Why is it that newspapers in Virginia talk about their new voting machines and mention they are AccuVote Touch Screens but the papers never utter the name "Diebold"? Official results for Luzerne County Ohio's primary race are down by 10 percent from unofficial count done on election night. This mistake by an ES&S employee's failure to reset a counter to zero has resulted in a change in at least one race. It will also surely result in recounts and/or lawsuits. Poll workers in Arkansas seem to be having some problems getting voters to try the new iVotronics. Up to 75% of the voters have opted to use paper ballots. And, Arkansas SoS Daniels has no stated that he will be talking with ES&S about their failure to support elections in his state. Of course, the DoJ is in Arkansas and one of the things they are surely looking at is that four counties are still using their old lever machines because of ES&S's failures....
AR: Train Wreck - Ark. scrambles to get machines ready for Tuesday's primary (ES&S) LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Election day begins with minor problems LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Election Problems in Crittenden County LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Daniels: State Officials will Examine Election Machine Problems LINK
IN: Henderson County � Train Wreck - Election night flaw leaves some ballots uncounted (Hart Intercivic) LINK
OH: Luzerne County � Train Wreck - Errors discount election more (ES&S) LINK
OH: Mahoning County � Train Wreck - Election problems fuel dispute (ES&S) LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Train Wreck - Officially, it's still not official (ES&S) LINK
NAtional: NEDA:Compendium of Attempts to Dismiss Vote Fraud LINK
AR: Jefferson County � Early Voting Comes To An End (Paper ballots) LINK
AR: Pulaski County - Federal Government Monitors Pulaski County Elections LINK
CA: Internet Ad Seeks Temp Workers to Privately Shuttle Hackable Voting Machines for California's Upcoming Primary Elections LINK
CA: Calaveras County - Corrected ballots finding their way to Calaveras mailboxes LINK
CA: San Bernardino County � Polls on the Move? LINK
CA: San Mateo County - New way disabled can vote (Hart eSlate) LINK
FL: Volusia County - Elections chief urges citizens to demand vote accountability LINK
NY: Dutchess County - Elections budget shocks GOP LINK
UT: Short ballot, demonstrations may ease voting machine fears LINK
VA: Stafford County - New voting machines arrive LINK
WA: King County - County approves all-mail voting LINK
WA: King County - All-mail voting nears approval: King County would become largest single government to adopt system LINK
WI: Winnebago County - County sets forum on touch-screen voting (Diebold) LINK
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