{"id":3920,"date":"2006-12-16T15:51:45","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2006-12-16T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2006-12-16T23:51:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-december-15-and-16-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3920","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For December 15 and 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>NOTE: Our apologies for the lack of a DVN yesterday. We were one of the million, or so, households in the Pac.Nor.West who lost power during the big Thursday night storm. QUOTE:  &#8220;The e-voting machines are a threat to democracy. Putting a VVPAT on them is nothing more than a band-aid. It&#8217;s like requiring a seat belt in a Ford Pinto. What good does it do when the Pinto explodes?&#8221;\u009d Brad Friedman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Gambling On Votes? Experts Say You Do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbo.com\/news\/metro\/MGBA2FZ4QVE.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AL: Madison County &#8211; Seibert asks state to check &#8216;lost&#8217; votes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/huntsvilletimes\/index.ssf?\/base\/news\/1166177996207970.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Nevada County &#8211; Committee formed to choose voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunion.com\/article\/20061215\/NEWS\/112150106\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Montrose County &#8211; Violation of election laws? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrosepress.com\/articles\/2006\/12\/15\/local_news\/2.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Secretary of state pick could bring voting paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/mld\/miamiherald\/16243774.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Paper vote trail IS coming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2006\/12\/16\/State\/Paper_vote_trail_IS_c.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Duval County &#8211; ELECTIONS: Follow the paper trail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/121506\/opi_6820487.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Tuesday Hearing on Critical E-Voting Evidence in Flawed Florida Election<br \/>\nSearch for Thousands of Missing Votes in Sarasota County Congressional Race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news2006\/1215-01.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; District 13 race to go back to court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061216\/NEWS\/612160324\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Voting machines may need work<br \/>\nNew machines used in three counties had some problems, but were accurate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/121506\/geo_6830891.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Delaware County &#8211; Recorder&#8217;s recount going back to court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarpress.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061216\/NEWS01\/612160336\/1002\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Scott County &#8211; eSlate eases vote count <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgetownnews.com\/articles\/2006\/12\/15\/news\/news02.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MA: Ballot shortage leads to shakeup in Boston<br \/>\nState takes over elections division after some voters wait hours in line <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/16233072\/from\/RS.3\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Buncombe County &#8211; $2.5M worth voting machines may head to dump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=200661214095\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Guilford County &#8211; Printers failed on voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061215\/NEWSREC0101\/61215003\/-1\/NEWSREC0201\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Voting machine delays loom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061215\/NEWS01\/612150307\/1006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: New York State&#8217;s Voting Machine Certification Process <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2125&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Judge orders hand recount of ballots in crucial House race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/newsflash\/pa\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-44\/1166229600119980.xml&#038;storylist=penn\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Opinion &#8211; S.C.&#8217;s flawed voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/mld\/state\/news\/opinion\/16253202.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Williamson County &#8211; Expect some changes in the next election<br \/>\nActing official will recommend more staffing, training, technical support. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/12\/15\/15wilcovote.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 NOTE: Our apologies for the lack of a DVN yesterday. We were one of the million, or so, households in the Pac.Nor.West who lost power during the big Thursday night storm. QUOTE: &#8220;The e-voting machines are a threat to democracy. Putting a VVPAT on them is nothing more [&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-3920","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\/3920","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=3920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3920"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}