{"id":2696,"date":"2006-04-14T17:41:50","date_gmt":"2006-04-14T21:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2006-06-12T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2006-06-13T02:19:50","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-april-14-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2696","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For April 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>Most people agree that elections are successful when the losing candidates can be certain that they lost the election. Losing candidates and the Republican party in Cook County, Illinois have joined together in a request for re-vote or re-counts of all races due to the poor performance of the voting system and elections officials in last month&#8217;s primary. ES&#038;S continues to get a lot of deserved heat in Indiana where they seem to have failed to uphold contractual agreements. And the county council in Allegheny County Pennsylvania has have issued a resolution to stop the use of new voting machines in this years primary. They are asking for a moratorium on any changes until November. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>IL: Cook County\/Chicago \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Election called a mess. Losing candidates, GOP say tallies still aren&#8217;t accurate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/chicago\/chi-0604140270apr14,1,1410675.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Train Wreck &#8211; Indiana to Investigate ES&#038;S and MicroVote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1184&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Train Wreck &#8211; Voting system under fire (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpress.com\/ecp\/news\/article\/0,1626,ECP_734_4620168,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Gibson County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Clerk hopes Gibson isn&#8217;t bitten by voting woes dogging other counties (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tristate-media.com\/articles\/2006\/04\/14\/pdclarion\/news\/news1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Marion County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Election Board: Software glitches sideline some voting machines (ES&#038;S iVotronic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wthr.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4769605&#038;nav=9Tai\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Marion County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Voting machines pulled (ES&#038;S iVotronic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060414\/NEWS02\/604140479\/-1\/ZONES04\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Marion County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; County won&#8217;t use touch-screen voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortwayne.com\/mld\/newssentinel\/14343250.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Marion County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Voting-system vendor could face fines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortwayne.com\/mld\/fortwayne\/news\/local\/14339237.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Council Members Draft Resolution To Delay Use Of New Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepittsburghchannel.com\/news\/8698282\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: VerifiedVoting Recommendations for EAC Commissioner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1189&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: HR 550 and the Superiority of Voter Verified Paper Records <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1188&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Hand counted paper ballots in 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freepress.org\/departments\/display\/19\/2006\/1923\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Editorial &#8211; Election officials must get act together <a href=\"http:\/\/news.enquirer.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060414\/EDIT01\/604140330\/1020\/EDIT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Hempstead County &#8211; Arrival of voting machines changes elections  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopestar.com\/articles\/2006\/04\/14\/news\/news1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Officials air voting machine concerns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rep-am.com\/story.php?id=5472\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Leon County &#8211; Diebold agrees to supply voting machines to Leon County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/breaking_news\/14343708.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Mock Election Could Work Out Voting Kinks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbbm780.com\/pages\/25267.php?\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Allen County &#8211; Voting hurdle removed. New machines boost access, especially for visually impaired (MicroVote) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortwayne.com\/mld\/newssentinel\/news\/local\/14343139.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Union County &#8211; New voting equipment passes test (Diebold) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pal-item.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060414\/NEWS01\/604140310\/1008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Feds are asked to help with elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunherald.com\/mld\/sunherald\/news\/local\/14340083.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Chatham County &#8211; Chatham will get 3rd one-stop site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-sun.com\/chatham\/13-724156.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Wayne County &#8211; No problems on first day of early voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsargus.com\/news\/archives\/2006\/04\/14\/no_problems_on_first_day_of_early_voting\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Hudson County &#8211; Absentee ballot requests boom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/jjournal\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-1\/1145006767125480.xml&#038;coll=3\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Counties reassured on vote-machine funding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrantontimes.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16479627&#038;BRD=2185&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=415898&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; UPDATE: A Closer Look at the E-Voting Lawsuit Filed against a PA County and the U.S. Dept. of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002691.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; Democrats want to delay voting machine switch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/06104\/682240-85.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Carbon County &#8211; Carbon urges proper voting. Don&#8217;t avoid machines by misusing absentee ballots, official says.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/lehighton\/all-b1_1carbonapr14,0,6356180.story?coll=all-newslocallehighton-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Montgomery County &#8211; It&#8217;s back to school for Montgomery County poll workers.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesherald.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16478640&#038;BRD=1672&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=33380&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Shelby County &#8211; County Continues Preparations For Unusually Long Ballot This Fall  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisdailynews.com\/Editorial\/StoryFocus.aspx?&#038;id=92443\" 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 Most people agree that elections are successful when the losing candidates can be certain that they lost the election. Losing candidates and the Republican party in Cook County, Illinois have joined together in a request for re-vote or re-counts of all races due to the poor [&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-2696","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\/2696","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=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}