Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

This is a typical post-election day DVN. Lot’s of reports of failures and problems. Part of the problem with today’s technical elections is that they are “high tech” and probably too “high.” Voters don’t understand it all and election workers don’t understand even when they are supposed to have been trained. Most Election officials clearly don’t understand what is happening so they blindly take the word of the vendors. The single county with the most problems last year seems to have repeated its poor record. Marion Co (Indianapolis) Indiana has a real problem with elections administration and the machines. Atlantic Co New Jersey had machine problems and they are still not sure what happened though Sequoia did what they do well and immediately pointed the finger at the county as being the problem. Cuyahoga Co Ohio had far fewer problems than in the past but there is still an unexplained problem with their voting system. And Denver Colorado had to call in the Police Dept and SWAT members to help count a late deluge of mail-in ballots.

Also of extreme importance today is the DoJ decision to step in and attempt to usurp New York State’s right to select a voting system that meets their standards.

And late today the city of San Francisco announced that they are filing a breach of contract lawsuit against ES&S.

Tomorrow’s DVN will be sent earlier in the day due to your correspondent flying out to DC to attend a conference. DVN will go on hiatus for the weekend to be started up again on Tuesday.

But for today, all of the above stories, and the rest of today's notable voting news, are linked below...

• NAtional: What's So Special About Tuesday?
  http://thegate.nationalj.../2007/11/why_tuesday.php
• NAtional: Election Day 'Glitches' 'Hiccups' 'Snags' and 'Snafus' Return
  https://bradblog.com/?p=5259
• NAtional: Election Day 2007: New ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters
  http://www.alternet.org/rights/67161/
• NAtional: The Truth About Voter Fraud
  http://www.truthaboutfra...TruthAboutVoterFraud.pdf
• NAtional: Scholar Traces Voting Technology Controversy to the 1890s
  http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/535201/
• CA: Humboldt County - Procedural changes lead to long night for county elections officials
  http://www.eurekareporte...lay.aspx?ArticleID=30416
• CA: San Francisco - S.F. mayoral vote count may lag
  http://www.usatoday.com/...007-11-06-sf-count_N.htm
• CA: San Francisco - And the winners are ...
  Waiting --- and waiting --- for the election results
  http://www.sfbg.com/entr...num=42&issue_num=06
• CA: San Francisco - Counting S.F. ballots will take a record amount of time
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...2007/11/07/MNHUT7FPT.DTL
• CA: San Francisco – San Francisco Voting Machines Vendor In Breach of Contract allege City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Elections Department Diector John Arntz
  http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=6759
• CO: Denver vote count not over yet
  Sorting plagued by volume of ballots dropped off Tuesday
  http://www.rockymountain...MN_24736_5741291,00.html
• CO: Denver Calls In SWAT Officers To Help Count Votes
  http://cbs4denver.com/to...cal_story_311064933.html
• CO: Denver - SWAT team helped tally votes
  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7390582
• CO: Denver still counting votes
  http://origin.denverpost.com/lacrosse/ci_7394285
• CO: Weld County - As expected, turnout low at the polls
  http://www.greeleytrib.c.../20071107/NEWS/111070144
• CT: Damp Ballots Cause Minor Problems
  http://www.courant.com/n...lex-1106,0,7136774.story
• CT: Recounts To Be Conducted In At Least 14 Towns
  http://www.courant.com/n...ecounts11,0,521210.story
• FL: Fla. asked to detail balloting procedures
  http://www.news-press.co...07/NEWS01/711070383/1002
• FL: Palm Beach County - Experts say PBC voting machines must be upgraded soon
  http://www.sun-sentinel....ines1106,0,1854938.story
• FL: Palm Beach County - Voting machines could still change
  http://www.palmbeachpost.../07/s3b_voting_1107.html
• FL: Sarasota County notes some voting glitches
  http://www.heraldtribune.../20071107/NEWS/711070664
• ID: Lawsuit Brought Over Electronic Voting Machines
  http://www.fox12news.com...obal/story.asp?S=7321732
• IN: Marion County - Some Polling Problems Continue to Haunt Clerk's Office
  http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7321417
• IN: Marion County - At the polls: 'So much better than in May'
  Issues at 83 sites didn't keep anyone from casting vote
  http://www.indystar.com/.../711070491/1057/SPORTS02
• IN: Marion County - Thousands of votes still uncounted in Marion Co.
  http://www.wthr.com/Glob...26310&nav=menu188_2
• IN: Tippecanoe County - Some voting glitches noted
  http://www.jconline.com/...107/ELECTION01/711070351
• IN: Wayne County - Centers' convenience receives 'yea' votes
  27% of registered voters, 7,438, vote in Richmond,
  http://www.pal-item.com/...0071107/NEWS01/711070305
• MD: Maryland Voters' Council Member Choices Show Trends
  Errors Are Reported at the Rockville Polls
  http://www.washingtonpos...601023.html?hpid=topnews
• MI: Voter photo ID rule sparks complaints
  Detroiters had problems, NAACP says; state and city officials deny that
  http://www.freep.com/app...WS05/711070414/1001/NEWS
• MS: Hinds County - Election glitches could result in challenges
  http://www.clarionledger...71106/SPECIAL02/71106044
• MS: Hinds County - Voters in some split precincts get wrong ballots
  http://www.clarionledger...AL02/711070362/1001/NEWS
• MT: Mail balloting generally a success, official says
  http://www.billingsgazet...s/local/20-balloting.txt
• NJ: Atlantic County – Not again: Vote glitch latest AC debacle
  http://www.newsday.com/n...107nov07,0,6014519.story
• NJ: Atlantic County - Countywide vote results unavailable due to problems transferring data
  http://www.pressofatlant...y/7514944p-7413910c.html
• NJ: Atlantic County - Cause Sought For Atlantic County, N.J., Vote Delay
  http://www.wnbc.com/poli...ics/14533224/detail.html
• NJ: Atlantic County - Vote Machine Maker: Not Our Fault
  http://www.forbes.com/fe...007/11/07/ap4313607.html
• NJ: Mercer County - Faulty voting machines delay final Election Day tally
  http://www.nj.com/centra...ng_machines_delay_f.html
• NY: Feds seek to fast-track N.Y.'s voting-machine replacement
  http://www.poughkeepsiej...20071106/NEWS03/71106053
• NY: Civic Groups Blast Department of Justice Proposal to Gut Standards
  for New Voting Systems
  A Federal Takeover for Selecting New Voting Systems Not in Best Interest
  of New York Voters, Groups say
  http://www.nyvv.org/DOJOpinionPressRelease.shtml
• NY: Feds demand voting overhaul
  Agency says state violating mandate to update machines
  http://timesunion.com/As...&newsdate=11/7/2007
• NY: Feds weigh takeover of NY voting machine selection
  http://www.newsday.com/n...897nov07,0,4596824.story
• OH: Delayed vote counting in Seneca, Putnam counties completed
  http://toledoblade.com/a...20071107/NEWS09/71107017
• OH: Ashtabula County - Coding error delays school board results
  http://www.starbeacon.co...cal_story_310232605.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County again part of voting delays around Ohio
  http://www.ohio.com/news...rticleID=195906&c=y
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Ballot Counting Problems in Cuyahoga County
  http://www.myfoxclevelan...e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• OH: Cuyahoga County - We The People… still wait for Ohio Election Justice for 2004… and there is none in sight. Cuyahoga trial continued November 5, 2007
  http://www.opednews.com/...we_the_people_still_.htm
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga officials can't explain election delays
  http://blog.cleveland.co...plains_election_del.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga's electronic system falters even in low-key poll
  http://blog.cleveland.co...lectronic_system_fa.html
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Cause Of Election Computer Glitch Not Yet Determined
  http://www.newsnet5.com/...ews/14535228/detail.html
• OH: Hamilton County - Slow vote count meant long night for Hamilton County
  http://news.cincinnati.c...NEWS01/71107008/-1/CINCI
• PA: Blair County Reports Voting Machine Problems
  http://www.wjactv.com/news/14534203/detail.html
• PA: Paper Ballots Delay Vote County in Lackawanna County
  http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7322754
• PA: Lackawanna County – Paper Wait
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=6
• VA: Sluggish Reporting of Election Results Blamed on New Wireless Equipment Ban
  http://www.washingtonpos.../06/AR2007110602312.html
• VA: Fairfax County - Election Results May Be Delayed in Fairfax
  http://blog.washingtonpo...sults_may_be_delaye.html

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