Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! / The disaster of an election in Denver, Colorado cost the tax payers over $4M or $20 for each voter who went to the polls. This is an amazing cost and it is being borne out all over the country as counties begin to tally up the costs of HAVA. Many counties are now spending two and three times more for elections than they have spent in the past and the cost can only go up once the first year contracts go away and the counties begin to realize they have the extra costs of maintenance, licensing, technical support, and the other hidden costs. And to add to the misery, many counties are beginning to complain about the cost of purchasing accessible voting machines that were not used in the last election and may never be used. …
NAtional: GOP’s Hayes Urges Rival To Concede LINK
NAtional: Opinion – Democrats can build trust by working for election fairness LINK
AR: Benton County – Election problems, federal requirements challenge commissioners LINK
CA: Actor apologizes for copying key documents on election equipment LINK
CO: Denver County – Panel Investigates Election Fiasco LINK
CO: Denver County – Election season costs Denver 20 bucks a vote LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Florida’s ‘national model’ for fair elections now under scrutiny LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Voting machines actually used in disputed election to be tested LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Jennings team: Test of machines flawed LINK
IN: Posey County – Curtis requests recount LINK
MA: Lenox – CPA passes, but voting system fails LINK
MD: Anne Arundel County – Recount Is Likely in House Contest LINK
NJ: Ocean County – Voting machines proved reliable LINK
PA: Centre County – Board hears from unhappy voters LINK
PA: Northampton County – Changes slated for Northampton ballot LINK
TX: El Paso County – A troubleshooting report reveals the problems reported by election judges during the mid-term election. LINK
TX: Williamson County – Former Williamson elections administrator gets blame for problems LINK
WV: Belmont County – Election Costs Sky High In Belmont County LINK
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! / The disaster of an election in Denver, Colorado cost the tax payers over $4M or $20 for each voter who went to the polls. This is an amazing cost and it is being borne out all over the country as counties begin to tally up the costs of HAVA. Many counties are now spending two and three times more for elections than they have spent in the past and the cost can only go up once the first year contracts go away and the counties begin to realize they have the extra costs of maintenance, licensing, technical support, and the other hidden costs. And to add to the misery, many counties are beginning to complain about the cost of purchasing accessible voting machines that were not used in the last election and may never be used. …
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Wow… conspiracy spam! 🙂
The cost aspect of the voting machines is a great topic to stay on. Just in my state it cost 27 million federal dollars to get the initial machines which they are saying is not sufficient and will require at least 3 million more local dollars. The cost of hiring poll workers has gone up from $60.00 to as much as $225.00. It costs a couple of million just to store the machines. The governor of Maryland claims Diebold has raised their maintenance costs by 1000%. The cost of having Diebold professionals around to help with problems is unknown to me but I know it is very high.
In other words, don’t expect to see a news report detailing this LIBERAL spending policy!
In Cuyahoga county OH it cost $19 additional per vote than the expensive spring Diebold primary debacle. Twenty bucks, indeed!
Hmmm…
Here’s a fun project for someone: gather the needed data to provide a reasonable “real-life” baseline estimate for the cost of paper balloting in America.
Has this been done anywhere?
It should cover the cost for American-style… would you call it “multiplex balloting”?… for federal, state, and local elections for a 4 year period.
I’m thinking that any machinery required to aid us disabled types should be marginal to the total cost, as the “totally disabled” vote is simply not that large and such “enabling machines” can be properly portioned out to the polling areas where they’re really needed ahead of time. (And they’ll actually be designed to help the disabled… and not tacked on merely as a gateway to ensure corporate profits)
(I know, they’ll still be all over the place… and they should be 🙂 )
Just a random thought… fire at will 🙂