{"id":4182,"date":"2007-02-23T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T23:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2007-02-23T18:49:44","modified_gmt":"2007-02-24T02:49:44","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-23-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4182","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For February 23, 2007"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/palmbeach\/sfl-223pbcvotetest,0,4777685.story?coll=sfla-news-palm\">According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/a>, &#8220;A state-mandated test of voting machines before the March municipal election went off without a flaw Friday at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, officials said. Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson tested 2 percent of the 830 machines that will be in use during the March 13 city elections, running mock ballots to make sure the computerized voting systems and touch-screen machines are working.&#8221;\u009d 2 percent? That&#8217;s not a test, it&#8217;s a spot check.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4181\">press release today<\/a> PFAW said, &#8220;An audit report released by the Florida Secretary of State&#8217;s office regarding Sarasota County&#8217;s November election debacle came under fire shortly after its release today. &#8220;This audit&#8217;s a whitewash. It is the result of a flawed process overseen by people with a stake in the outcome, and it will not be the last word on this matter,&#8221;\u009d said People For the American Way Foundation President Ralph G. Neas. &#8220;Something went terribly wrong in Sarasota County last November&#8221;\u201dand voters have provided credible evidence that widespread voting machine malfunctions were part of the problem. Unfortunately, this report papers over that evidence.&#8221;\u009d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: &#8220;The Ballad of Sarasota&#8221; captures Voters&#8217; Angst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_mary_ann_070223__22the_ballad_of_saras.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: E-voting Testers Accredited<br \/>\nU.S. Election Assistance Commission approves SysTest and iBeta Quality Assurance to check machines. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redherring.com\/Article.aspx?a=21432&#038;hed=E-voting+Testers+Accredited&#038;sector=Regions&#038;subsector=Americas\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: H.R. 811, the New Holt Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2276&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Benton County &#8211; State says county handling election issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwaonline.net\/articles\/2007\/02\/23\/news\/022307bzelexcomm.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Voting machine test goes off without a hitch in Palm Beach County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/palmbeach\/sfl-223pbcvotetest,0,4777685.story?coll=sfla-news-palm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; March election could be last for voting machines that led to dispute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070223\/NEWS\/702230559\/1060\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Secretary of State&#8217;s FL-13 Audit Report Whitewashes Clear Evidence of Voting Machine Problems in Sarasota <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfaw.org\/pfaw\/general\/default.aspx?oid=23597\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; State: No problems with Sarasota voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/news_politics\/2007\/02\/state_no_proble.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Two reports reach same verdict: No voting machine fault <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/breaking_news\/16769527.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Audit finds no evidence of voting machine malfunctioning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/breaking_news\/16769680.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; OFFICIAL FLORIDA AUDIT ON FL-13 RELEASED: Conflicting Conclusions Revealed Despite State Claim of &#8216;No Evidence to Suggest Official Results in Error&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4181\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; State Supreme Court says two aldermen should not be on ballot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belleville.com\/mld\/belleville\/news\/state\/16768910.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago &#8211; Ill. High Court: Ex-felons can&#8217;t run for city office <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/elections\/270284,supreme022307.article\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Kansas Senate Passes Controversial Voter ID Bill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2282&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Township tradition threatened<br \/>\nNew state law causing officials election headaches <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainerddispatch.com\/stories\/022307\/new_20070223029.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Public Monitor Reports Serious, Possibly Illegal, Security Breaches During Ohio Mid-term Elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2283&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>UT: SL TRIB: Cost for Utah Presidential Primary &#8216;Balloons&#8217; from $850k to $3.4 MILLION(!) Due to New Electronic Voting Machines <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4179\" 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 According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, &#8220;A state-mandated test of voting machines before the March municipal election went off without a flaw Friday at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, officials said. 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