Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Congratulations to the Pima Co Arizona Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians who all worked together along with their attorneys and Election Integrity activists like John Brakey and Jim March. This group, and the countless other citizens of Pima Co, were able to convince the County Board of Supervisors that they need to release all of the data files from the Diebold system used by the county. Because this group was “rock-solid” in their stance they now have all of the files from the 2006 primary and general elections and the May 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election. These files will now be scoured for evidence of election fraud or hacking. The information obtained from them will be used to create a computerized tool that will help elections officials and political parties nationwide investigate their own local voting systems for security weaknesses that could be used to rig elections. Great job!!
A couple days ago I mentioned a letter from a Solano Co California Supervisor who wanted a Board of Supervisor’s hearing about last Nov.’s election and 1,321 phantom votes. The supervisor has now apologized for a mistake in computing the number of votes. The total is now 11 more votes cast than voters who voted. The Board of Supervisors has also put elections on the agenda for their next meeting….
- NAtional: VIDEO: Rep. Rush Holt Calls For Paper Ballots And Audits In Every Election On Countdown
https://bradblog.com/?p=5549 - AR: Pulaski County – Election Glitches Vanish For Arkansas’ Super Tuesday
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=58849 - AZ: Pima County – Databases for elections released to Democrats
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/73925.php - CA: California Voted “NO” On Paperless, Insecure Voting Machines
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_sandy_sa_080112_california_voted__22no.htm - CA: Solano County – Correction In Solano Election Results
http://www.benicianews.com/articles/index.cfm?artoid=334378 - CO: Coffman still trying for voting machine fix
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/01/10/011108_12B_voting_machines.html - CO: Most clerks pushing for mail ballots
Opponents believe approach too risky
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/12/most-clerks-pushing-for-mail-ballots/ - CO: Lawmakers to address vote machine problems
http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1200129048/2 - CO: Mesa County – Getting it right
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/12/getting-it-right/ - NH: Experts Question Clinton’s New Hampshire Primary Win
http://www.alternet.org/story/73551 - NH: We Need To Eliminate Secret Vote Counting, Not A Recount
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00103.htm - NH: N.H. plans hand recount of primary ballots
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9849226-7.html?tag=nefd.top - NH: Primary votes to be recounted
GOP, Democratic candidates request it
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/FRONTPAGE/801120402/1043/NEWS01 - NH: Clinton-Obama swap on NH scanners? not so much
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/11/91642/8304/344/434942 - NH: BILL MAHER ON NH PRIMARY: ‘I’m Bothered That a Private Company (Diebold) Runs the Machines, Are Only Ones Who Know What Went On’
https://bradblog.com/?p=5550 - NY: New York and New Hampshire
http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html - OH: Brunner to defend election proposals
Secretary of state to address conference of county officials, explain system changes
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/01/12/brunner_meet.ART_ART_01-12-08_B1_MQ91ME2.html?sid=101 - PA: Fayette County – Fayette may get more vote machines
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/fayette/s_547062.html - TN: Sevier County – Local candidate challenges voting machine accuracy
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=53378&provider=gnews - VoterID: Requiring voter ID on GOP’s agenda
http://www.kansas.com/news/state/story/279079.html - VoterID: Opinion – Voter ID law an ugly effort to subvert ballot
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/01/11/tucked_0113.html
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Any idea of how much the New Hampshire estimate for a recount would be? If you figure that one person can count 100 votes an hour (thats got to be a low figure), it should take 3,000 hours (app. 300,000 votes divided by 100) and at $10/hour, thats only $30,000 but I’ve seen $67,000 as the likely figure. New Hampshire would get another chance to mug the nation, IOW.
New Hampshire’s rules for recounts are not worthy of being the first primary. Recounts should not have to be requested by candidates. The media and polling firms have a lot at stake in that primary’s bizarre result.