The “Daily Voting News” staff [all one of us] is going to take tomorrow off to enjoy family and friends. We will be back on Friday. We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and have an opportunity to enjoy family and friends.
A three judge panel of the 6th US Court of Appeals in Ohio has ruled unanimously that a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters in the aftermath of the 2004 general election can continue in US District Court. One judge said this about disenfranchising acts by some election officials, “”If true, these allegations could establish that Ohio’s voting system deprives its citizens of the right to vote or severely burdens the exercise of that right, depending on where they live”….
- National: Voter Registration Should Be Automatic
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-blumner1123.artnov23,0,529204.story - AZ: Opinion – It’s time to look at the way we vote in Arizona
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/opinion/103603.php - CO: More than 300 purged voters cast provisional ballots on Election Day.
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11075113 - CO: Boulder County – New election audit targets close races
County is the first to used a ‘risk-limiting’ audit
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/nov/26/new-election-audit-targets-close-races/ - CO: Conejos County – Conejos voting machines pass tests
http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=10453 - GA: CP calls out Georgia on write-in irregularities
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/cp-calls-out-georgia-on-write-in-irregularities/ - GA: Cobb County – Georgia Judicial Candidate Normarene Merritt Files Election Challenge
http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2008newspages/ga_election_chal_08_091000240.htm - MN: Franken camp finds 6,400 uncounted absentee ballots
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Franken_camp_finds_6400_uncounted_absentee_1125.html - MN: Election judge in one county, Franken observer in another
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/35014639.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: Senate recount: Lost, found, challenged
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/35074544.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: The Battle for Minnesota Is Just Getting Started
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122765786687858249.html - MN: Washington County – Recount finds a 13-ballot difference in Oak Park Heights; Franken camp raises concern
http://www.stillwatergazette.com/articles/2008/11/26/news/news320.txt - NH: District 4 recount uphold’s election results, but exposes problems
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_331021712.html?keyword=topstory - OH: Lawsuit over ’04 Ohio election advances
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/26/lwv_lawsuit.html?sid=101 - OH: Butler County – Elections officials: Double voting likely an error
http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/11/26/Hjn112608VoteTwice.html - OH: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections puts aside 13,000 ballots
http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/122769181667090.xml&coll=2 - OH: State court to decide ballot fight
Appeals panel: Franklin County case not federal issue
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/26/copy/prov_ballot_decision.ART_ART_11-26-08_B1_E4C0QCA.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 - OH: House Race Update: Ohio Sup. Ct. to Rule on Franklin County Votes
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/house-race-upda.html - OH: Hamilton County – Provisional ballots a boost for Dems
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081125/NEWS0108/311250095 - OH: Marion County – Board’s official count included 78 more votes
http://www.marionstar.com/article/20081126/UPDATES01/81126004 - PA: Bradford County – County looks into voting machine bugs
http://www.thedailyreview.com/articles/2008/11/26/news/tw_review.20081126.a.pg3.tw26voting_s1.2119361_loc.txt - TX: Dallas County – Texas House race still in limbo after ruling
http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/1059684.html - TX: Dallas County – Judge: Court doesn’t have jurisdiction in recount
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6133109.html - TX: Dallas County – Judge says he doesn’t have jurisdiction in Texas House District 105 recount
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-105hearing_26met.ART.State.Edition1.4a25b97.html - TX: Dallas County – Richardson election judge files complaint, says voters registered improperly
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/richardson/stories/DN-voterfraud_26met.ART.State.Edition1.4a9a9f9.html - VA: Taxpayers to pay for 5th District recount process
http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/taxpayers_to_pay_for_5th_district_recount_process/7654/ - VA: Opinion ““ Pittsylvania County – Voting issue did not affect treasurer’s election
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2008/11/26/chatham/opinion/opinion12.txt - WA: E-Vote: Washington State First to Receive Clean Help America Vote Act Audit
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/565713
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