{"id":2550,"date":"2006-03-14T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2006-06-14T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T23:51:50","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-14-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 14, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a> and <a href= \"http:\/\/www.VoteTrustUSA.org\">VoteTrustUSA.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 Florida SoS and Ion Sancho met yesterday in what was supposed to have been an open meeting. The media and public were barred from attending and the police were called to ensure no one was allowed to hear what was said. Thousands of emails have been sent and are being sent to Leon County commissioners, the Gov. and the SoS. One person on the inside has reported, &#8220;The email campaign in support of the Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho is having a dramatic effect. The number of emails received by the Leon County Commission is breaking all records and is blocking the system.&#8221; Keep up the great work. It is making a difference&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Is Electionline&#8217;s 2006 Report Biased In Favor of DREs? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1047&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: No widespread complaints about new voter ID requirement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/articles\/0314az-voter-id14-ON.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Worries over voting vendors cast aside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_3599575\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL Sec. of State Closes Open Meeting with Ion Sancho, Evicts National Reporters, Calls Police! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002546.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Secretary, Sancho meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060314\/CAPITOLNEWS\/603140335\/1010\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Secretary of state keeps meeting closed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/state\/orl-sunshine1406mar14,0,7165510.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Police called to remove reporters. Public meeting turns private when Cobb restricts access to reporters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060314\/CAPITOLNEWS\/603140333\/1010\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; Apathy, high costs of March elections spur possible shift to November ballot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/southflorida\/sfl-cturnout14mar14,0,369490.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; Wilton Manors voters befuddled by confusing wording in electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/southflorida\/sfl-314voting,0,5123718.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Martin County &#8211; Stolen voting equipment won&#8217;t be used in Martin elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/tcp\/local_news\/article\/0,2545,TCP_16736_4540373,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Columnist &#8211; Another Election Day without a paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/columnists\/sfl-phoward14mar14,0,7544996.column?coll=sfla-news-col\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Pinellas County &#8211; Group calls for audit of March 7 elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2006\/03\/14\/Northpinellas\/Group_calls_for_audit.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago-Cook County &#8211; Election-results watchers can expect long wait for returns, officials predict <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/technology\/chi-0603140256mar14,1,3630688.story?coll=chi-technology-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Knox County &#8211; Ballot wrong for District 5. Some absentee voters will be asked to vote again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.register-mail.com\/stories\/031406\/LOC_B986GSO7.GID.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: NAACP warns of challenge to next month&#8217;s elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/t-p\/neworleans\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-5\/1142320496212390.xml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Opinion &#8211; Machine politics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/bal-ed.voting14mar14,0,3629904.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Bill would exempt townships from having to purchase disability-accessiblity voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fergusfallsjournal.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/13\/news\/news07.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Grundy County &#8211; County Consolidates Polling Places <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.northwestmissouri.com\/ClientServices\/DisplayNews.asp?showfilename=78938&#038;pubcode=TRT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: Coming voter database will help combat fraud <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatfallstribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060314\/NEWS01\/603140306\/1002\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bucks County &#8211; Voting machine decision near, but too late for Bucks? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/quakertown\/all-2machinesmar14,0,1629618.story?coll=all-newslocalquakertown-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Carbon County &#8211; Carbon unsure of new machines for primary vote (AVS WINvote) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/poconos\/all-b1_1votemar14,0,7945051.story?coll=all-newslocalpoconos-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Fayette County &#8211; Voters get a look at new machines <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/fayette\/s_432968.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; New Voting Machines Won&#8217;t Be Ready for Primary (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnep.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4629846&#038;nav=5ka4\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Shelby County &#8211; County votes for purchase of touch-screen voting machines (Diebold DRE w\/VVPAT printer) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/mca\/local\/article\/0,2845,MCA_25340_4539135,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Casteel to ask for recount in 45-vote defeat in primary (Not voting machine related) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/metro\/stories\/MYSA031406.2B.casteelrecount.d711869.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Hidalgo County &#8211; Elections administrator sends complaints to state office <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themonitor.com\/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=\/GlobalTemplates\/Details.cfm&#038;StoryID=12046&#038;Section=Valley\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Starr County &#8211; County candidates seek recount <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themonitor.com\/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=\/GlobalTemplates\/Details.cfm&#038;StoryID=12054&#038;Section=Valley\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Serious election reform is critical <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/opinion\/262761_youngs14.html\" target=\"_blank\"><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 and VoteTrustUSA.Org The Florida SoS and Ion Sancho met yesterday in what was supposed to have been an open meeting. The media and public were barred from attending and the police were called to ensure no one was allowed to hear what was said. Thousands of emails have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}