{"id":2848,"date":"2006-05-18T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2006-06-12T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2006-06-12T17:13:08","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-18-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2848","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For May 18, 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>For the most part the news from Pennsylvania has been pretty good. The ES&#038;S iVotronics and Danaher 1242s seem to have had a problem providing the poll opening zero tape but that seems to be the biggest problem reported. In Indiana an investigation by the Secretary of State&#8217;s office found that ES&#038;S may have committed around 30 violations of the Indiana Election Code. More on this will be coming out soon. And in Florida the LWV has stopped doing voter registrations and has filed a suit against the SoS and Division of Elections for draconian fines that can now be levied against any organization doing voter registration work for filing the forms late even when it is not the organizations fault&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>\nIN: Train Wreck &#8211; MicroVote asks court to bar Rokita <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortwayne.com\/mld\/fortwayne\/news\/local\/14608975.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Train Wreck &#8211; Did Indiana HAVA fair election? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-tribune.net\/news\/local_story_138122244.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Madison County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Outcome changed in one race. Gabbard blames computer glitch (Hart) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondregister.com\/localnews\/local_story_138080613.html?keyword=secondarystory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Oldham County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Faulty device delayed election results. Oldham was forced to borrow a backup (Hart) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060518\/NEWS0106\/605180400\/1008\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Northampton County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Election official vows to fix problem. Northampton county tabulators were busy until 4 a.m. Wednesday. (AVS) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/expresstimes\/pa\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-5\/114792558025670.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Philadelphia County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Glitches delaying some tallies (Danaher 1242) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/dailynews\/14606904.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Philadelphia County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; What went wrong at the polls? Hundreds of malfunctions were reported on primary day. The city commissioners promised a thorough inquiry. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/inquirer\/news\/local\/states\/pennsylvania\/counties\/philadelphia_county\/philadelphia\/14605262.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Voting machine lawsuit called too late <a href=\"http:\/\/kvoa.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=4922259&#038;nav=menu216_2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Denver &#8211; Denver auditor reluctantly approves voting machine contract (Sequoia) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/local\/article\/0,1299,DRMN_15_4709164,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: A New Election Lawsuit in Florida  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/docs_2006\/051806T.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Citing Voter Fraud, Ehrlich Skeptical of Election Laws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/05\/17\/AR2006051702134.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Elections chief: Early voting safe from fraud <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delmarvanow.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060518\/NEWS01\/605180302\/1002\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MI: Editorial: Time for Michigan to emerge from the Stone Age of voting (Vote-by-mail) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoaklandpress.com\/stories\/051806\/opi_2006051805.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Cuyahoga aiming for better result in election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/114794896120200.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Franklin County &#8211; Board wants ethics investigation of former official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/ohio\/news\/14608258.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Editorial &#8211; Touch of democracy \/ The new voting machines pass their first test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/06138\/691079-183.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; County gives good grade to new voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/06138\/691137-85.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; Some vote against the new machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/news\/election\/s_454390.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; Election chief: County will be better prepared for November  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensvoice.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=16655796&#038;BRD=2259&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=455154&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Jefferson County \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Train Wreck &#8211; Recount Of PAISD Election Is Likely (ES&#038;S) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kfdm.com\/engine.pl?station=kfdm&#038;id=14810&#038;template=breakoutlocal.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: King County &#8211; Unlikely allies fight all-mail voting <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/270679_vote18.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Dodge County &#8211; Board OKs buying voting equipment (Diebold) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiscnews.com\/bdc\/news\/index.php?ntid=84375&#038;ntpid=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Winnebago County &#8211; County board rejects Diebold voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenorthwestern.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060517\/OSH0101\/60517006\/1128\/OSHnews\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Winnebago County &#8211; Officials warn of election errors. Errors possible with or without controversial touch-screen machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenorthwestern.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060518\/OSH0101\/605180377\/1128\/OSHnews\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Opinion &#8211; Betty Ireland: Election problems, yes, but no chads <a href=\"http:\/\/sundaygazettemail.com\/section\/Editorials\/Viewpoint\/200605172\" 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 For the most part the news from Pennsylvania has been pretty good. The ES&#038;S iVotronics and Danaher 1242s seem to have had a problem providing the poll opening zero tape but that seems to be the biggest problem reported. In Indiana an investigation by the Secretary [&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-2848","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\/2848","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=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}