Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Two Senators have introduced a bill in the Senate that will reimburse counties for paper ballots if they are provided along with DRE voting machines in precincts. This bill was begun as an idea from a blogger and shows the power of the blog. / Diebold claims to have solved a design flaw that caused their e-poll book to crash constantly while being used in Maryland’s primary. One has to wonder how that fix was made and put on the Maryland machines without ever going through federal certification testing. / Denver Colorado seems to have purchased second-hand Sequoia “card activators” from Chicago. They were used in the failed Chicago primary. The equipment then failed in Denver last month. Good plan and they saved a whole $10,000….
NAtional: Senators Propose Funds for Paper Ballots to Back Up Electronic Ones LINK
NAtional: House Committee To Hold Hearing On Verification, Security, and Paper Trails LINK
NAtional: Senators Boxer and Dodd Introduce Emergency Paper Ballot Legislation In Senate LINK
AZ: Opinion – Resolve issues on hand counts of state ballots LINK
CA: San Mateo County – Delay in vote count forecast LINK
CO: Editorial – Election ruling right on target LINK
CO: Officials urge Coloradans to vote by absentee ballot LINK
CO: Columnist – A surefire election forecast LINK
CO: Editorial – Trust in machines is hard to come by. A judge rules that the secretary of state’s office botched the certification of Colorado’s new voting machines, but he’s right to allow their use LINK
CO: CNN’s Lou Dobbs: ‘No standards, no testing, relying on the manufacturers. It’s just inconceivable.’ LINK
CO: Denver – Voting equipment not new LINK
CO: Denver – Glitches take toll. Election commission to mothball part of new voting system LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Paper ballot question for Sarasota appealed LINK
HI: Officials Say Ballots Security Not Breached LINK
HI: Election miscues targeted by state LINK
IN: Editorial – Best Voting Method: High-tech machines have been plagued with problems LINK
IN: Delaware County – Voting machines to be repaired LINK
IN: Fayette County – Glitch means Fayette Co. voting machines need upgrade LINK
IN: Tippecanoe County first to use vote centers LINK
MD: Vote check-in glitch is declared fixed. Maker of ‘e-poll books’ tells state they will stop crashing LINK
MD: Tech Firm Shows Off Glitch-Free Software LINK
MD: District 4 County Council candidate protests election results LINK
MI: Oakland County – Improper seal on ballot box prevents election recount LINK
MO: Absentee balloting begins today in Missouri (Includes e-mail voting for military voters) LINK
OH: Early ballot requests rising. Partisans pushing voters to use expanded absentee procedure LINK
PA: Centre County – Electronic voting has some worried LINK
PA: Fayette County – Voter outreach handled differently in neighboring counties LINK
PA: Montgomery County – Examiner’s schedule delays voting machine testing LINK
TX: Nacogdoches County – Evoting? Get ready to type in those write-ins LINK
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2004 directive by Ohio’s elections chief against exit polling within 100 feet of a voting place.
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson ruled that a verbal order by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell before the 2004 presidential election violated the press’ rights under the First Amendment. …
A big thanks to John Gideon, Brad, Democratic Underground and all the others who have given us one last hope for 2006 with this new bill!
Sorry KOS. Maybe next time or 2010, Huh?
Just in: 9:30 TODAY!(I know,It’s off -topic, But…)
Just saw something on CNN about a bomb scare outside the courthouse where Fitzgerald’s proceedings were to go on today.
Something very fishy here, with a convenient diversion from a football star’s suicide attempt last night they’re obsessing about instead.
Courthouse has been evacuated; they’re mewling about how this is where alot of homeless people hang out. YAH! like it’s the Homeless who don’t want you to know what Scooter Libby has been up to!