{"id":3861,"date":"2006-11-29T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2006-11-30T18:22:52","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T02:22:52","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-november-29-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3861","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For November 29, 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;The question most frequently asked after the election is whether it was a success,&#8221; said Doug Chapin, electionline.org&#8217;s director. &#8220;Success can be measured in a two ways. If success is measured through picking winners, then yes, there were few races in which polling-place problems could have affected the outcome. But, on the other hand, if it is measured through whether every voter who showed up at a polling place had an opportunity to cast their vote without problems or obstacles, then the answer is no.&#8221; We agree with this assessment and we encourage everyone to read electionline.org&#8217;s newly released report. \/ Apparently the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) appears to have decided that the new (2007) voting systems standards decertify all Direct Recording Electronic voting machines&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Analysis of 2006 Election Finds Problems Nationwide; Lack of Post-vote Controversy Masks Widespread Voting Difficulties <a href=\"http:\/\/electionline.org\/Portals\/1\/Publications\/EB15.briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Midterm elections get report card <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/news\/politics\/16124265.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards?  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetnews.com\/bus-news\/article.php\/3646231\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Cox No Fan of Paper Balloting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-blogs\/washington\/washington\/entries\/2006\/11\/29\/post_6.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Cathy Cox goes to Washington, and still doesn&#8217;t like paper ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/shared-blogs\/ajc\/politicalinsider\/entries\/2006\/11\/29\/cathy_cox_goes_to_washington_a.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Protect the Vote Locally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20061211\/loeb\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Opinion &#8211; Congress should revamp our broken voting system <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/opinion\/2003451877_floyd29.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Editorial &#8211; Congress should patch election holes by 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/mld\/mercurynews\/news\/opinion\/16120853.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: E-voting measures sought to avoid disputes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/mld\/kentucky\/news\/politics\/16121966.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Electionline.org gives midterms mixed grades; e-voting failures &#8216;plentiful&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/?q=node\/9388\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AL: Canvass forces statewide recount of Prichard trade measure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesdaily.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061129\/APN\/611292476&#038;cachetime=5\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: In The Voting Booth, Name Order Can Sway An Election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/mld\/mercurynews\/news\/editorial\/16101856.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Split Decision On Voting Machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/weblog\/capitalnotes\/2006\/11\/split-decision-on-voting-machines.jsp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Riverside County &#8211; Mail-in ballot count trying patience<br \/>\nLong lines, machines that didn&#8217;t go online among unresolved issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertsun.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061129\/NEWS0301\/611290322\/1006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Vote Disparity Still a Mystery In Fla. Election For Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/28\/AR2006112801382.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Tests show some discrepancies Congressional race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabays10.com\/news\/local\/article.aspx?storyid=44581\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; NYTimes Editorial Gets it Right on FL-13\u2026Except for the Paper &#8216;Trail&#8217; Part <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3857\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; High undervote has precedent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-herald.com\/NewsArchive2\/112906\/np6.htm?date=112906&#038;story=np6.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Vote-machine tests find nothing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/mld\/miamiherald\/news\/politics\/elections\/16118979.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; D-13 audit results argued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/local\/16118899.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Testers re-enact Election Day &#8212; results differ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/orl-vote29_106nov29,0,510060.story?coll=orl-home-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; On day 1 of vote test, numbers don&#8217;t add up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061129\/NEWS\/611290392\/1006\/SPORTS\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Sarasota ponders voting options <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/16118902.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; D-13 audit results argued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/nation\/16118899.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; County to pick voting system reform panel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061129\/NEWS\/61129005\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8220;\u201c First voting machine audit showed some problems  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-herald.com\/breakingnews.cfm?id=576\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; First Day of State Run &#8216;Audit Testing&#8217; in Sarasota Reveals 7% Error Rate in Testing on Paperless ES&#038;S Touch-Screen Machines <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3858\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Kane County &#8211; Will Kane County ballots be thrown out? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/politics\/story.asp?id=254212\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Kane County &#8211; Dems&#8217; bid to toss late ballots denied <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suburbanchicagonews.com\/couriernews\/news\/152876,3_1_EL29_A3VOTES_S1.article\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Gibson County &#8211; Recount begins this morning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tristate-media.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/29\/pdclarion\/news\/news2.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Grayson favors election changes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/mld\/kentucky\/news\/state\/16119670.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Calloway County &#8211; New machines caused most voters&#8217; woes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.murrayledger.com\/articles\/2006\/11\/28\/top_story\/news02.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>ME: Secret Balloting Issue Resurfaces in Waldoboro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainelincolncountynews.com\/index.cfm?ID=22446\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Split Precincts Cause Big Headaches <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?BRD=1147&#038;dept_id=483434&#038;newsid=17520457&#038;PAG=461&#038;rfi=9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: NC-8 &#8211; Manual recount to decide Hayes-Kissell House race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilmingtonstar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061128\/NEWS\/611280349\/-1\/State\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: NC-8 &#8211; Manual recount underway in 8th District Hayes-Kissell race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilmingtonstar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061129\/APN\/611292025\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: NC-8 &#8211; Kissell gains two in recount&#8217;s 1st phase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news14charlotte.com\/content\/local_news\/?AC=&#038;ArID=130718&#038;SecID=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Warren County &#8211; Election board studies how to speed up vote counts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/expresstimes\/nj\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-4\/1164776809208290.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: N.M. considering mail-in elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqtrib.com\/news\/2006\/nov\/29\/nm-considering-mail--elections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Five sue over electronic systems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindy.com\/content\/local_regional\/343426188211513.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Cuyahoga commissioners consider scrapping touch-screen machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/news\/state\/16120223.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Commissioners want new voting machines<br \/>\n$17 million touch screens can&#8217;t handle big elections, Cuyahoga officials say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/1164794175139720.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Lake County &#8211; New Ohio ballot law causing confusion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17524213&#038;BRD=1698&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=21849&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Lancaster County &#8211; Her goal? No more Election Day woes <a href=\"http:\/\/local.lancasteronline.com\/4\/28213\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Lancaster County &#8211; Elections clerk: &#8220;\u00cb\u0153Human error&#8217; at root of mistakes <a href=\"http:\/\/local.lancasteronline.com\/4\/28233\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: Judge set to hear challenge to ballot recount procedures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projo.com\/extra\/election\/content\/projo_20061129_cou.335b684.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Snohomish County &#8211; Final election ballots tallied <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/stories\/06\/11\/29\/100loc_b1election001.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Venezuela &#8211; Voting gets safeguards in Venezuela <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/mld\/heraldleader\/news\/world\/16119714.htm\" 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;The question most frequently asked after the election is whether it was a success,&#8221; said Doug Chapin, electionline.org&#8217;s director. &#8220;Success can be measured in a two ways. If success is measured through picking winners, then yes, there were few races in which polling-place problems could have affected the [&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-3861","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\/3861","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=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}