{"id":3802,"date":"2006-11-16T16:38:52","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T00:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2006-11-16T16:38:52","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T00:38:52","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-november-16-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3802","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For November 16, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.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>If a recount in Sarasota Co, Florida fails to award Democrat Christine Jennings a seat in Congress, she has a final recourse: The newly Democratic-controlled U.S. House. A little-known provision in the U.S. Constitution gives the House the final decision on who sits in its chamber. The CA-50 special election to replace Randy &#8220;Duke&#8221; Cunningham was decided by decision of the majority party in the House and according to the US Constitution Article 1, Section 5. FL-13 may be decided in the same way. \/ VVPAT: The printer that was added on to the DREs to allow the voter to review the ballot and to allow the counties to have something to audit\/recount instead of software. What good has it been? Voters don&#8217;t review it. On some models of machines the printer is covered by an opaque cover that must be lifted by the voter so they can review the ballot. They don&#8217;t do it. Poll sites ran out of replacement spools for the printers and, where the printers are mandated by law, the machines had to be taken out of service. We need to rethink this idea&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Editorial &#8211; Counting the Vote, Badly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/11\/16\/opinion\/16thur1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Some tight U.S. House races still undecided <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/15\/AR2006111501310.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Editorial &#8211; The glitching hour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projo.com\/opinion\/editorials\/content\/projo_20061116_edvote.32b0c75.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Benton County &#8211; Candidate requests recount <a href=\"http:\/\/nwanews.com\/bcdr\/News\/42192\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Magic Numbers<br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s vote was as dirty as ever. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacitybeat.com\/article.php?id=4611&#038;IssueNum=180\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Why Candidates Should NOT Concede Before All the Votes Are Counted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_jody_hol_061116_why_candidates_shoul.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Monterey County &#8211; Without A Trace<br \/>\n&#8216;No paper ballots,&#8217; says poll watcher. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/issues\/Issue.11-16-2006\/news\/Article.news_2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Monterey County, CA Registrar Orders Voters be Turned Away at Polls Rather Than be Given Paper Ballots <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3800\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Montrose County &#8211; Commissioners address voting fiasco <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrosepress.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/16\/local_news\/1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Editorial &#8211; Touch-screen controversy doesn&#8217;t indict machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/opinion\/content\/opinion\/epaper\/2006\/11\/16\/a12a_district13_edit_1116.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Commentary &#8211; Florida voters do it again<br \/>\nOnce again, Floridians have demonstrated to the rest of the country that we have the voting skills of an adult diaper. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/COLUMNIST23\/611160634\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL-13 &#8211; Democrat-controlled U.S. House to the rescue? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2006\/11\/15\/Worldandnation\/Democrat_controlled_U.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: FL-13 &#8211; Demos, NVRI Call for Revote in Florida&#8217;s 13th District<br \/>\n18,000 Votes Lost In Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news2006\/1115-16.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: F:-13 &#8211; Election Integrity Groups Call for Re-Vote in FL-13 U.S. House Race! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3801\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Manatee County &#8211; Messy votes create extra ballot count <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/local\/16023554.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; In Florida, much ado about touch screens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-florida16nov16,1,5214459.story?coll=la-headlines-nation\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Florida officials begin manual recount of 18,000 ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/nation\/16025197.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; 18,000 Votes Lost in Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infozine.com\/news\/stories\/op\/storiesView\/sid\/19018\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; PFAWF Criticizes Decision to Put Partisan Paper Trail Opponent in Charge of Sarasota Voting Machine Audit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfaw.org\/pfaw\/general\/default.aspx?oid=23100\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Voting machine audit cancelled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/BREAKING01\/61116011&#038;start=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Judge continues protection of voting machines at Jennings request <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/breaking_news\/16028830.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Sarasota Public Hearing on Voting Irregularities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfaw.org\/pfaw\/general\/default.aspx?oid=23111\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Opinion &#8211; Yepsen: Require paper trail to address voting paranoia <a href=\"http:\/\/desmoinesregister.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/OPINION01\/611160369\/1035\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Kane County &#8211; High court lets extended vote stand<br \/>\nBut Kane Election Day case can be revisited by the Circuit Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/nearnorthwest\/chi-0611160210nov16,1,1511949.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearnorthwest-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Delaware County &#8211; County Clerk Wenger says ballot problems her fault <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarpress.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/NEWS01\/611160340\/1002\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Hamilton County &#8211; Infinity machines in voters&#8217; future <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/LOCAL0104\/611160344\/-1\/ZONES04\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Vanderburgh County &#8220;\u201c Editorial &#8211; Early Voting<br \/>\nThe Issue: Kirk proposes satellite polling places. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpress.com\/news\/2006\/nov\/16\/early-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: Voting Technology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missoulanews.com\/News\/News.asp?no=6100\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Mecklenburg County &#8211; Mecklenburg Officials Toss About One-Third Of Provisional Ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/apncnews\/10339530\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NH: Parallel hand counts heartwarming exercise  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashuatelegraph.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/OPINION02\/61116004\/-1\/opinion\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NH: Optical scanners proved easy to use this election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?BRD=1661&#038;dept_id=9539&#038;newsid=17474761&#038;PAG=461&#038;rfi=9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Paper ballots cause delay as canvass deadline nears <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqtrib.com\/news\/2006\/nov\/16\/paper-ballots-cause-delay-canvass-deadline-nears\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Ocean County &#8211; County works to end mystery of double vote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/NEWS\/611160426\/1070\/NEWS02\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Caution urged in selection of voting devices <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061116\/NEWS01\/611160345\/1006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Otsego County &#8211; Voting choice: DREs or scanners?  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailystar.com\/news\/stories\/2006\/11\/16\/tgvote11153.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Not necessary to overhaul voting system <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribune-chronicle.com\/Editorials\/articles.asp?articleID=11259\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Athens County &#8211; Two weeks after election, county&#8217;s votes should all be counted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensnews.com\/issue\/article.php3?story_id=26664\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Franklin County &#8211; Voting booths may get curtains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/?story=dispatch\/2006\/11\/16\/20061116-D1-06.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Voting machine suit seeks answers<br \/>\n25 citizens claim electronic units in state are unreliable. Judges ask about challenges to their use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/allentown\/all-b1-3vote-5rnov16,0,6199763.story?coll=all-newslocalallentown-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bibb County &#8211; As part of test program, Bibb trying to verify electronic election results <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/news\/nation\/16022426.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: Voters handicapped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17472755&#038;BRD=1713&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=24491&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Williamson County &#8211; Votes Counted Three Times Each on ES&#038;S E-Voting Machines in Williamson County, TX! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3797\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Williamson County &#8211; E-voting glitch turns up in Texas <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/2061-10796_3-6136123.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>UT: Election over? Not so fast! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_4668748\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Vote Early, Vote Often <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/news\/columns\/0,72124-0.html?tw=wn_politics_evote_1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Montgomery County &#8211; Computer expert: Scrap all paperless voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/roanoke\/wb\/wb\/xp-91818\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WY: Trauner Will Not Ask for Recount in Congressional Race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2045&#038;Itemid=113\" 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 If a recount in Sarasota Co, Florida fails to award Democrat Christine Jennings a seat in Congress, she has a final recourse: The newly Democratic-controlled U.S. House. A little-known provision in the U.S. Constitution gives the House the final decision on who sits in its chamber. 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