{"id":2120,"date":"2005-12-05T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2005-12-05T21:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2005-12-05T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T21:06:09","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-december-04-and-05-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2120","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For December 04 and 05, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>The Colorado SoS announced today that 10 counties may have to procure new voting machines. Their ES&#038;S and Sequoia Optech Eagle III-P precinct scanners did not properly count the votes in last month&#8217;s election and a hand recount in the 10 counties resulted in two races being changed. Is this just an excuse to force the counties to buy DREs? I dunno but these are precinct based optical scan machines and they were being used, in part, to count absentee and mail-in ballots. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Fixing the Game <a href=\" http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/12\/05\/opinion\/05mon1.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Washington County &#8211; County to demonstrate new voting systems on Tuesday <a href=\" http:\/\/nwanews.com\/nwat\/News\/35078\/\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Plan to ease voting slowed by test delay <a href=\" http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/state\/13325590.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: A better plan needed for primaries <a href=\" http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/speak_out\/article\/0,2777,DRMN_23970_4289200,00.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: State&#8217;s eye on vote scanners <a href=\" http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_3279155\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Ten Counties May Need New Voting Machines <a href=\" http:\/\/cbs4denver.com\/topstories\/local_story_339145705.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Editorial &#8211; Vote Shortage Is Suspicious <a href=\" http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/hc-midvote1dec05,0,4592543.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Ballot paper trail unlikely in &#8217;06, Palm Beach elections chief says <a href=\" http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/palmbeach\/sfl-ppapertrail04dec04,0,6743655.story?coll=sfla-news-palm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Volusia County &#8211; Editorial &#8211; Stand ground. Don&#8217;t give in to state&#8217;s dawdling for Diebold <a href=\" http:\/\/www.news-journalonline.com\/NewsJournalOnline\/Opinion\/Editorials\/03OpOPN42120505.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Lee County &#8211; Voting equipment arrives in Lee County (ES&#038;S) <a href=\" http:\/\/www.thehawkeye.com\/daily\/stories\/ln7_1204.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Henry County &#8211; Henry Co. near compliance (Diebold TSx) <a href=\" http:\/\/www.thehawkeye.com\/daily\/stories\/ln10_1204.html<br \/>\n&#8220;><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Kansas City &#8211; KC voting booth will look different in 2006 <a href=\" http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/mld\/kansascitystar\/news\/politics\/13321901.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Every vote counts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/bal-ed.voting04dec04,1,3094137.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Opinion \u2013 SoS Mary Kiffmeyer &#8211; Protecting election integrity<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/mld\/twincities\/news\/editorial\/13314351.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: N.C. must redouble efforts to iron out problems with electronic voting process <a href=\" http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20051205\/OPINION01\/51202029\/1006\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Mecklenburg County &#8211; Early voting at mall debated <a href=\" http:\/\/www.charlotte.com\/mld\/observer\/news\/local\/13329703.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Banned E-voting Machines Specially OK&#8217;d in North Carolina <a href=\"http:\/\/newstandardnews.net\/content\/?action=show_item&#038;itemid=2648\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NE: Gale touts electronic voting <a href=\" http:\/\/www.nptelegraph.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=15685427&#038;BRD=377&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=531813&#038;rfi=6\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Proposed election reforms draw criticisms <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfreeman.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=15688867&#038;BRD=1769&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=74969&#038;rfi=6\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Court Allows Historic Voting Rights Action to Proceed against Ohio Governor and Secretary of State; Non-Partisan Lawsuit Seeks to Redress Constitutional Defects in the Ohio Elections <a href=\" http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&#038;newsId=20051205006032&#038;newsLang=en\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Highlights of proposed Senate changes to election bill <a href=\" http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/13335104.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Judge allows lawsuit challenging adequacy of Ohio election system <a href=\" http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/news\/state\/13335226.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: 2 Camps Turn Focus to Rules In Va. Recount <a href=\" http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/12\/04\/AR2005120401006.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Opinion &#8211; Digital voting fears are grounded in facts (This is an excellent article) <a href=\" http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/nrv\/columns\/forum\/wb\/wb\/xp-43263\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Grant County &#8211; Counting up the memories <a href=\" http:\/\/www.columbiabasinherald.com\/articles\/2005\/12\/05\/basin_life\/basin_life01.txt\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The Colorado SoS announced today that 10 counties may have to procure new voting machines. Their ES&#038;S and Sequoia Optech Eagle III-P precinct scanners did not properly count the votes in last month&#8217;s election and a hand recount in the 10 counties resulted in two races being changed. 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