Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Is your name on the voter registration list? Have you voted in your state’s primary or will you be voting when the time comes for your state? Are you sure your name is on the voter registration list?
Every voter, even if you voted in your state’s primary without any problems, should contact your county election officials and ensure you are registered to vote according to their records and that your name and address are correct in their data base. The best time to do this is later in the year but before it is too late to register if there are any problems.
Voter registrations and the voter data bases will be the problem of this election year. Vendors have made a lot of money setting-up state voter registration data bases and there have already been reports of many problems in many states. We encourage every voter to play it safe and make a phone call or visit your county election office. Make sure that when the time comes your vote will be counted and you will not have to be on a provisional ballot that may not get counted.
As usual, today’s notable voting news headlines all follow below…
- NAtional: Is Your Name on the Voting List?
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8r1nWdFTshQbRT-_EJ8BG3yTEVgD8V5FFG03 - NAtional: United Technologies Makes Bid for Diebold
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/business/02cnd-deal.html?hp - CO: Editorial – Faith in the elections
Officials’ efforts can inspire it
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/mar/02/faith-in-the-elections/ - FL: Martin County – How much will Martin get for old voting machines?
County still owes $1.1 million for the touch-screen devices, which cost about $3,300 each new
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/mar/01/30gt-how-much-will-martin-get-for-old-voting/ - IL: Du Page County – Ballot group may have partisan ties
Election Commission critic has an agenda, GOP claims
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/821358,6_1_NA02_BALLOT_S1.article - OH: Voter protection group sets up hot line
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/03/01/ddn030208elexprotection.html - OH: All eyes will be on Ohio to get Election Day right
State works to minimize problems
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/NEWS09/803010401/0/NEWS06 - OH: Paper ballots to delay final primary results
http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/mar/02/paper-ballots-to-delay-final-primary-resultsnw/ - OH: Belmont County – Late Vote Results Expected
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/506543.html?nav=515 - SC: Horry County – Horry panel to research voting machine receipts
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/369138.html - TX: Brazoria County – More voting machines in place to meet demand
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=68ce5e2eaead90cd - TX: Brazoria County – Officials preparing for high voter turnout
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0dcf43a30d56911e - TX: Collin County – Dem Voting and Caucus Problems in Texas on March 4th
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6356 - TX: Nueces County — Voting Machine Mix Up
http://www.kiiitv.com/news/local/16150997.html - WV: Cole says Cabell’s voting system is ready for elections
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x112305621
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Have you guys read this yet?!
http://select.nytimes.com/mem/t...38;oref=slogin
The implications for this are very disturbing!!!
You are far more in the know than I- what are your thoughts on UTC trying to takeover Diebold?
http://houserisingsons.blogspot...hmmm-dept.html
Linda…. not being a Times subscriber one does not know what is in the article you tried to link. Please give us a synopsis.
Fade…. Woof ! UTC would be a giant step in the wrong direction for sure!
Brad…. Is there an optical scanner machine that IS trustworthy?
My town is going to vote tonight on whether to purchase one to help the town clerk count votes faster.
I would like to intelligently point out the issues of doing so.
Archicoot #3,
United Technologies is making a bid to buy Diebold.
And just to make your day complete:
House Dem FISA capitulation is imminent… and apparently always was.
http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/...e-it-learn-it/
Of course the news is all over the usual blogs.
In short: it’s become apparent that the “Great Democratic Show Of Spine” wrt FISA was just that: a show…. a show intended to shut critics up while the best way to sell the inevitable capitulation was hammered out. The final shoe will drop just before the House recesses.
Immunity for the telcos who coopereated with a massive nationwide data intercept and archiving (“wiretapping”) program they knew was illegal all along… and past and future immunity for Bush and company for their crimes.
A complete shutdown of the only recourse the citizens will ever have into knowing just how totally their civil liberties were, are being, and will be gang-raped by the administration and the corporations.
And the grim humor highlight of the weekend for me? The occasional artfully-dropped expression of hope that Rush Holt might… rush in… to save the day… as if we don’t already know that he’ll use the aftermath of the Dem cave in to try and push his own particular bill overturning Constitutional checks and balances through.
For passersby: yes, Holt has usually voted right on civil liberties issues… but he has a bad election reform bill jammed in committee (H.R. 811) that he refuses to rewrite to address valid criticisms by a wide variety of election and election integrity people and he also refuses to accept responsibility for the bills innate problems…
He insists on trying to push it through nonetheless… and every time the Dems cave on a major issue he and his supporters trot it out again as if to say “Look what I can give you to distract the people with while the latest uproar dies down!”
Just saw some interesting data on DU..It is about the ’04 race in NC. The comments are from ’04 about the weird votes …differences in absentee and machine votes. Wondering if the election fraud is more outrageous when there is a senator who is very important to repubs in the race. It is at the bottom of the page under countries and states. I remember NC didn’t have a Sec. of agriculture and education for months because of the mess with the machines. Might be something to watch for in ’08….which senators are important and unpopular.
Too late Brad…. lost the vote.
The town will be purchasing an optical scanner in time for the fall elections.
All I can suggest now is a random 10% +/- hand count with a statistical analysis followed by a trigger to a full hand count if there is a 5%+ error.
Sound right to you?