{"id":3235,"date":"2006-08-14T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T00:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2006-08-14T17:54:04","modified_gmt":"2006-08-15T00:54:04","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-13-and-14-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 13 and 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>Why is it that some states talk about their voting systems and mention that they use AccuVote? In Connecticut papers they talk about the &#8220;AccuVote-OS system, sold by LHS Associates of Massachusetts&#8221;. Are they afraid to say &#8216;Diebold&#8217;? \/ The Massachusetts primary is on Sept. 19 yet the state still has no voting system that is accessible. They have not even settled on a choice but they still hope to have the machines in time. Counties are concerned about training but the state says they are all easy to use. Why doesn&#8217;t anyone look outside of their own fences to see the failures of not training? \/ Poll workers in Jefferson Co. Missouri voiced their frustration of vowed to never do the job again due to the new voting machines and lack of training.  &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: CNN&#8217;s Lou Dobbs: Electronic Voting Machines Pose An Extraordinary Threat To Our Democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?action=edit&#038;post=3234\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: New Election Auditing Protocol Proposed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1664&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: SEC Opens Formal Investigation Into Diebold&#8217;s Election Division <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3229\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Benton County &#8211; Election Commission works on two elections <a href=\"http:\/\/nwanews.com\/bcdr\/News\/38347\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: New voting machines questioned. Costly units giving access to disabled are flawed, soon to be outdated, some say. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/content\/news\/story\/14296625p-15149839c.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Riverside County &#8211; E-voting reaches religion status <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctimes.com\/articles\/2006\/08\/13\/opinion\/jacobs\/17_25_508_12_06.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Editorial &#8211; Dawn Of A New Age In Voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/hc-lever.artaug14,0,865081.story?coll=hc-headlines-editorials\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: New technology awaits local voters. Touch-screen machines join paper ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060814\/NEWS01\/608140310\/1010\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Volusia County &#8211; Long&#8217;s attempt to comply with new ad rule comes up short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/volusia\/orl-vpulse1406aug14,0,3673715.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-volusia\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: La Salle County &#8211; &#8216;Electronic poll binder&#8217; may curb miscast votes <a href=\"http:\/\/mywebtimes.com\/ottnews\/archives\/ottawa\/sections.cgi?prcss=display&#038;id=265524\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Battle Rages Over Voter Purge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_frontpage&#038;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MA: Voting tool for disabled delayed for primaries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/08\/14\/voting_tool_for_disabled_delayed_for_primaries\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MI: Midland County &#8211; Bigger ballots breaking budget <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourmidland.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17051803&#038;BRD=2289&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=472542&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Jefferson County &#8211; Problems at the polls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/neighborhoods\/stories.nsf\/jeffersoncounty\/news\/story\/AA6226721F5DCCE9862571C8004C9F1E?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Bernalillo County &#8211; Soggy ceiling plops on voting machines  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krqe.com\/expanded.asp?ID=16689\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Rockland &#8211; Rockland gets new voting machines for the disabled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejournalnews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060814\/NEWS03\/608140347\/1026\/NEWS10\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Pennsylvania Drops &#8220;No Match&#8221;\u009d Voter Restrictions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1669&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Curtainless voting still hidden from prying eyes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060813\/COLUMNIST0101\/608130361\/1092\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Coalition workshop aims to help immigrants obtain citizenship <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rctimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060813\/NEWS01\/608130371\/1006\/MTCN0301\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Anderson County &#8211; Three complaints filed to throw out election results  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakridger.com\/stories\/081406\/new_504081406.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Harris County &#8211; Needed: A paper trail for county ballots. County clerk and mayor shouldn&#8217;t ignore troubling situation any longer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/outlook\/4113258.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p><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 Why is it that some states talk about their voting systems and mention that they use AccuVote? In Connecticut papers they talk about the &#8220;AccuVote-OS system, sold by LHS Associates of Massachusetts&#8221;. Are they afraid to say &#8216;Diebold&#8217;? \/ The Massachusetts primary is on Sept. 19 [&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-3235","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\/3235","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=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}