Thousands of Georgia absentee ballot requests have been denied because the voters did not sign the requests. Many of the requests are via a post-card provided by the RNC and the signature block is supposedly hard to find on the card. Over 7,000 requests have been rejected in Cobb Co and 2,800 in DeKalb Co.
Connecticut has submitted their reports done by UConn for the SoS office with regards to their voting systems to the EAC for inclusion in the “clearinghouse”. The state and the university have become good partners and are to be commended for the audits of memory cards that they accomplish before and after elections. Every state and local election official should be aware of these reports and the results of the audits. As well as being a font of good information and warnings they should also serve as a valuable example of what a state can do when they actually want to ensure that voting system problems are found. While the reports the EAC allows to be on their site are only a small portion of the reports that should be in the EACs clearinghouse, what is there is a beginning….
- Featured – National: Voting System Reports Clearinghouse
Connecticut Reports
http://www.eac.gov/program-areas/research-resources-and-reports/copy_of_docs/state-local-voting-system-reports - National: Thinking ahead on electoral reform
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/24/thinking_ahead_on_electoral_reform/ - National: EAC Issues Best Practices for Voter Information Web Sites
http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-issues-best-practices-for-voter-info-web-sites/base_view - GA: Ballot requests run into a glitch
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/11/22/ballots.html - GA: Ohio Attorney Requests Handel Hold E-voting Docs, Equipment
http://www.atlantaprogressiveblog.com/2008/11/ohio-attorney-requests-handel-hold-e-voting-docs-equipment/ - HI: Hawaii voters decide today on paperless elections for boards
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081124/NEWS01/811240356/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT - KS: Shawnee County – Ballots were left in election worker’s trunk
http://cjonline.com/stories/112408/bre_commission.shtml - MN: Panel to Decide Fate of Absentee Ballots in Coleman-Franken Race
http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/517-panel-to-decide-fate-of-absentee-ballots-in-coleman-franken-race.html - MN: Ballot counting to resume today
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34965084.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX - MN: Sloppy Dems may spell Franken advantage
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15904.html - MN: Missing ballots in MN?
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/24/1688151.aspx - MN: Recount mixup prompts dispute in Ramsey County
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34993619.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: Tension rises as Minn. recount enters 2nd week
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D94LK53O0 - NH: Protect the Count: NH Sec of State: central tally of election results is “private SoS business” conducted in “nonpublic” rooms
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/6273 - NY: Blank Ballot, and Flurry of Confusion in New Paltz
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/nyregion/24recount.html?ref=nyregion - OH: Franklin County – Several questionable ballots tossed out
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/24/copy/eboard.ART_ART_11-24-08_B3_R2C02C9.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 - PA: Erie County – County to purge voters
Up to 10,000 from Erie County could lose eligibility
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081124/NEWS02/311249895 - TX: Dallas County judge to hear arguments in Texas House District 105 recount
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/112508dnmethouse105.1e4882247.html
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