In early reporting of the Washington DC primary one Sequoia memory cartridge reported what appeared to be thousands of write-in votes that officials say did not exist. Of course, these inaccurate results created chaos at the elections headquarters.
Just after an election, officials use ‘turnout’ as a yard-stick of success. If turnout is low they tend to make negative comments about the voters as do other officials. If turnout is not high the voters are blamed for just not caring enough. However, in the months leading-up to a national election some election officials do all they can to keep voters from going to the polls. In today’s DVN there are articles on voter suppression from Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan. …
- National: 2008 Season of Voting Meltdowns Begins
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/98369/2008_season_of_voting_meltdowns_begins/ - National: A farewell to chads
Ballots and voting machines are getting better, but still have a fair way to go
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12208750 - National: A Campaign For US Electronic Election Integrity
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0809/S00159.htm - AZ: Pima County – Former candidate unhappy with election delays
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=8989613&nav=HMO6 - FL: State implements tougher voter ID rule
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/09/10/a1a_voting_0910.html - FL: Collier County – County conducts post-certification audit
http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/articles/2008/09/11/news/16_news_0395.txt - HI: A matter of trust
Questions and answers about Hawai`i’s e-voting system
http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2008/09/10/read/news/news03.txt - KS: Johnson County – Welcome to “Speed Voting”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0809/S00153.htm - MI: Lose your house, lose your vote
http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote - MS: Editorial – Mississippi’s Ballot Trick
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/opinion/11thu1.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin - NY: Few votes for new machines at polls
Devices that ease access for those with disabilities saw little use Tuesday
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=719591&category=REGION - NY: Rensselaer County – Low demand for new voting machines
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20115980&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6 - OH: Hamilton County – Ballot snafu endangers votes
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/NEWS0108/309110032 - RI: Technical glitch in Cumberland primary results
http://www.pawtuckettimes.com/content/view/47206/27/ - Washington DC: D.C. Election Glitch Blamed On Equipment
No Change in Outcome Despite Phantom Votes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091000716_pf.html - Washington DC: D.C. Election ‘Glitch’ Blamed on Sequoia Voting Machine Failure
https://bradblog.com/?p=6373 - WI: Van Hollen sues state accountability board over registration checks
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local//304321 - WI: Wis. Attorney General Wants Some Voter Names Cross Referenced During Election
http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/28232569.html - WI: Accountability Board Replies To Attorney General’s Lawsuit
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=14778&locid=47 - WI: Wisconsin AG sues election officials
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/215666-wisconsin-ag-sues-election-officials - WI: The Rundown: Lawsuit filed on voter checks
http://blogs.jsonline.com/allpoliticswatch/archive/2008/09/11/the-rundown-lawsuit-filed-on-voter-checks.aspx - WI: Group asks for Van Hollen to step aside in case
http://blogs.jsonline.com/allpoliticswatch/archive/2008/09/11/group-asks-for-van-hollen-to-step-aside-in-case.aspx
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Please listen to the latter part of the Thom Hartmann Show podcast August 11 on Air America archived by the White Rose Society about suspicious absentee ballot mailers from the McCain camp in closely contested states
Caging efforts have begun! Please contact Lee Rayburn (local Madison radio host on 92.1 FM “The Mic” in Madison, filled in for Tom Hartman yesterday). He started hearing stories about likely Obama voters getting absentee ballots from the McCain campaign. They’re trying to get votes thrown out. The ballots are sometimes misaddressed, or they are correctly addressed the voter but the voting district/municipality where they are pre-addressed is wrong. Also, they have an extra, unnecessary check box labeled “eligible elector” which the Ohio Secretary of state has ruled invalidates ballots sent in if it is not checked.
They’re sending out millions of these, and I haven’t heard anything outside of Lee raising this on his show yesterday, then on Tom Hartman’s show. After he asked about it, he got calls from all over the US.
Wanda and Andy
Listen to the last hour of Thom’s program today. Brad will be on to discuss these mailings. What people are getting is not ballots but absentee voting requests. We are presently reviewing some of those requests with the actual requests that are provided by the state.
This is not really caging per se because there is no “Do Not Forward” on the card. So they can be forwarded or discarded by the post office.
Brad should know more when he gets on Thom Hartmann later today.
I will be listening. Any time the Republicans are mailing voting related materials with bad information to likely Dem voters, it doesn’t meet the smell test.
I’m glad to hear you guys are looking into it. I’ll rest easier knowing the pros are on the case.