Today Premier/Diebold has again had to accept the blame for voting machine failures. This time the optical scan machines that had tallied absentee ballots in Sarasota County would not upload the totals to the main server and refused to post elections in Hillsborough County. Election officials in Sarasota ended up having to count 10,000 ballots by hand. It is a good thing they had the paper ballots to count by hand or those votes would have been lost….
- Featured – FL: Hillsborough County – State Will Recount Votes In Carey-Catlin Judicial Election
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/27/271105/state-will-recount-votes-carey-catlin-judicial-ele/news-politics/ - Featured – FL: Hillsborough County – Hillsborough Election Equipment’s Maker To Explain Problems
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/27/hillsborough-election-equipments-maker-explain-pro/news-politics/ - Featured – FL: Sarasota County – Problems slow counting of 10,000 ballots
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080826/BREAKING/808260267/2430/NEWS&title=Problems_slow_counting_of_10_000_ballots - National: Dispatch from Denver: Suppressing the Vote, Protecting the Vote
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357112-dispatch-denver-suppressing-vote-protecting-vote - National: Uncounted: The New Math Of American Elections (2008)
http://realmovienews.com/dvd/reviews/2502 - National: Candidates Nationwide Called Upon to Challenge Suspicious Elections
https://bradblog.com/?p=6318 - CA: Napa activists focus on e-voting, ‘Hacking Democracy’
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/local/doc48b4eba3664a2183700037.txt - CO: Editorial ““ Voting system offers fewer excuses
http://www.journal-advocate.com/news/2008/aug/27/voting-system-offers-fewer-excuses/ - CT: The Outsourced State
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=537 - FL: Diebold Problems Affect Florida Primary Election
https://bradblog.com/?p=6325 - FL: A Smooth Florida Election? Not Quite
As State Moves From Touch-Screen Voting Machines, Delays And Software Problems Still Surface
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/27/national/main4387900.shtml - FL: Voter turnout worst in 10 years
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article785994.ece - FL: Brevard County – Touch-screen machine glitch crops up again, and slows vote count tonight
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/BREAKINGNEWS/80826069/1006/news01 - FL: Broward County – Paper ballots make generally smooth debut in Broward County
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-0827flbvotingday0827,0,4042782.story - FL: Broward and Palm Beach Counties – Minor glitches; minor confusion at polls
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-826voting,0,746838.story?page=1 - FL: Hillsborough Supervisor of elections says they did good job
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=88339&catid=8 - FL: Hillsborough County – Johnson on defensive after slow election
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7296010&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 - FL: New optical scan machines win approval from Martin County voters
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/27/new-optical-scan-machines-win-approval-from/ - FL: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties – Minor voting glitches in Broward; Dade’s 2-page ballot criticized
http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/658416.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Supervisor’s name on rulers might violate election laws
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/26/z10a_rulers_0827.html - FL: Palm Beach County elections supervisor Arthur Anderson defeated
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpsupervisor0827pnaug27,0,2712674.story - FL: Palm Beach County – Circuit Judge Wennet, challenger Abramson watch as provisional ballots are tallied
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/27/0827judges.html - FL: Computer glitch delays vote count in Sarasota County
http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8911224 - KS: Other Voices: Paper backups a must for computerized voting
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/082708/opi_323443038.shtml - MT: 10K ask to vote absentee
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/mtregional/news08.txt - OH: Politics sully Ohio absentee ballot plans
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-2/121987045412920.xml&storylist=cleveland - OH: Trumbull County – Trumbull officials adopt polling gear procedure
http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/27/trumbull-officials-adopt-polling-gear-procedure/ - PA: Voters’ rights groups seek paper-ballot backup
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a13_voting.6563301aug27,0,1891456.story - TX: Travis County – Travis commissioners urged to end e-voting
Group says machines are too unreliable; county votes to buy more anyway.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/08/27/0827voting.html - UT: Price the Vote: Federal money for electronic voting runs out, but the meter on voting machines keeps on ticking
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