{"id":3816,"date":"2006-11-19T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T00:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2006-11-19T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T00:44:22","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-november-19-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3816","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For November 19, 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>&#8220;Florida needs to demonstrate that it is a functioning democracy by getting to the bottom of the problem in the District 13 Congressional Race in Sarasota County. Republican Vern Buchanan now leads Christine Jennings by only 369 votes. But voter complaints and anomalous statistics raise the question: did the voters decide this election, or did software or hardware errors tip the result in favor of a candidate who would otherwise have lost?&#8221; David Dill &#8220;Is Florida Ready for Democracy?&#8221; on HuffPo&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Editorial &#8211; The ballot box shell game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/globe\/editorial_opinion\/editorials\/articles\/2006\/11\/19\/the_ballot_box_shell_game\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Electronic voting trend may be short-circuiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061119\/NEWS\/611190547\/1006\/SPORTS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Do voting machines need trail of paper? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/state\/orl-voteprobs1906nov19,0,2122752.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: The End Of Election Day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2006\/11\/17\/opinion\/main2195790.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Did Your Vote Get Counted? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2058&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Opinion &#8211; Poll workers&#8217; challenge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/allheadlines\/156691\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: For Once the &#8220;Winner&#8221; Wants All the Votes Counted Too <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2060&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Colorado elections &#8220;\u201d Many problems, many solutions, no guarantees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/article\/20061119\/NEWS\/61119001\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Montrose County &#8211; Working to resolve issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrosepress.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/18\/opinion\/op3.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Opinion &#8211; Reliability<br \/>\nCrist must address voting concerns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061119\/OPINION01\/611190302\/1021\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; District 13 power players fight for fairness <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/local\/16049494.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Maligned voting machines defended <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/local\/16049495.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Most callers report voting problems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061119\/NEWS\/611190759\/1006\/SPORTS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Editorial &#8211; A mystery that won&#8217;t unravel<br \/>\nOur position: The meaningless recount in Sarasota weakens faith in political system. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/opinion\/orl-ed19206nov19,0,7219217.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Is Florida Ready for Democracy?  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/david-dill\/is-florida-ready-for-demo_b_34458.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Lawsuits Coming in Sarasota&#8217;s Disastrous 13th District U.S. House Race in Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3815\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: Gallatin County &#8211; Voters complain about faint ovals on ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenair.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/17\/montana\/c02111706_02.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Close statewide elections bring calls for voting paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetandd.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/19\/ap-state-sc\/d8lfoh2g0.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia&#8217;s Voting Machines? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2059&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WY: Trauner: Change law to allow hand counts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonholestartrib.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/19\/news\/wyoming\/609a665bf26f56068725722900043474.txt\" 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 &#8220;Florida needs to demonstrate that it is a functioning democracy by getting to the bottom of the problem in the District 13 Congressional Race in Sarasota County. Republican Vern Buchanan now leads Christine Jennings by only 369 votes. But voter complaints and anomalous statistics raise the question: did [&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-3816","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\/3816","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=3816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3816"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}