{"id":3256,"date":"2006-08-16T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T00:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2006-08-16T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T00:08:41","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-16-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3256","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 16, 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>Nearly 10 percent of Cuyahoga County&#8217;s official ballots in the May 2 primary were &#8220;destroyed, blank, illegible, missing, taped together or otherwise compromised,&#8221; according to a group hired by the county to investigate. But even when the paper receipts were legible in the May 2 primary, more than three-quarters of them listed vote tallies that did not match the electronic record in the touch-screen machines. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>\nNAtional: Perspective:  Sober warnings about e-voting systems <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/Sober+warnings+about+e-voting+systems\/2010-1071_3-6106187.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Art Levine: &#8216;Salon&#8217;s shameful six&#8217; &#8220;\u201d states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice &#8220;\u201d and Democrats the election &#8220;\u201d in 2006 <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3245\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AL: Counties getting reimbursed for voting upgrades <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosanews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060816\/NEWS\/608160364\/1007\/NEWS02\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Hart InterCivic Agrees to Comply with Future Open Source Mandate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1679&#038;Itemid=51\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Mateo County &#8211; County Chooses Hart Intercivic Machines &#8220;\u201d Raging Grannies Vow To Rage On! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3247\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Mateo County &#8211; County approves e-voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smdailyjournal.com\/article_preview.php?id=62898\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Poll workers needed in Lee Co. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-press.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060816\/NEWS0107\/60816013\/1075\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MA: Editorial &#8211; State on right track on disability, voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslive.com\/editorials\/republican\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-1\/1155730250298480.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Voters testify in absentee-ballot trial involving A.C. councilman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/local\/atlantic\/story\/6645908p-6513370c.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Washoe County &#8211; Primary Polling Gets Off to a Bumpy Start <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krnv.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=5284606&#038;nav=8faO\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Washoe County &#8211; Glitches and delays frustrate voters <a href=\"http:\/\/news.rgj.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060816\/NEWS10\/608140359\/1016\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Date set for voting act compliance <a href=\"http:\/\/timesunion.com\/AspStories\/story.asp?storyID=508741&#038;category=STATEOTHER&#038;BCCode=HOME&#038;newsdate=8\/16\/2006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Plan OK&#8217;d for voting machines  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060816\/NEWS01\/608160317\/1006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Chautauqua County &#8211; County Holds Demonstration Sites For Handicapped Accessible Voting Machines (AutoMark) <a href=\"http:\/\/post-journal.com\/articles.asp?articleID=5681\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; New Report Analyzes Multiple Problems With Diebold Touchscreen Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1680&#038;Itemid=51\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Diebold Gets Blasted In Another Report <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3252\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; 10% of May ballots flawed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/115571742986030.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Cleveland study questions accuracy of Diebold voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/?story=dispatch\/2006\/08\/16\/20060816-B1-02.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Ohio voting problems deemed severe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/politics\/15281871.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Pa. Sued Over Paperless Voting Systems  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/home\/feeds\/ap\/2006\/08\/15\/ap2952332.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Luzerne County &#8211; County details new voting districts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardspeaker.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2677&#038;Itemid=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Montgomery County &#8211; Paperless voting machines dispute lands state in court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottstownmercury.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17058668&#038;BRD=1674&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=18041&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Shelby County &#8211; Election results face a challenge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/mca\/editorials\/article\/0,2845,MCA_25348_4919044,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Sheboygan County &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheboygan-press.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060816\/SHE0101\/608160455\/1973\" 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 Nearly 10 percent of Cuyahoga County&#8217;s official ballots in the May 2 primary were &#8220;destroyed, blank, illegible, missing, taped together or otherwise compromised,&#8221; according to a group hired by the county to investigate. But even when the paper receipts were legible in the May 2 primary, [&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":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dieboldpremier","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256","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=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}