{"id":6639,"date":"2008-11-05T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2008-11-05T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:20:42","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-november-05-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6639","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For November 05, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we suspected tabulation of ballots has revealed problems with voting systems from all of the vendors. Hillsborough Co Florida is rethinking their contract with Premier\/Diebold for $6M after having big problems counting votes. Manatee Co Florida also had a problem with Premier. Palm Beach Co had bad memory cartridges from Sequoia. Counties in Pennsylvania and South Carolina had problems with their ES&#038;S system. We also have a run-off for senator from Georgia and a recount for senator from Minnesota. This election will last for another month at least&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Malfunctioning Machines, Ballot Glitches, Election-Law Litigation &#8212; and a Busy Day for Lawyers<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1202425803382\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/article.jsp?id=1202425803382<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Voting Rights Watch: Relatively few e-voting problems, but GOP still readies for possible action<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/southernstudies.org\/facingsouth\/2008\/11\/voting-rights-watch-relatively-few-e.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/southernstudies.org\/facingsouth\/2008\/11\/voting-rights-watch-relatively-few-e.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Pima County: 10 precincts and number of early, provisional ballots still uncounted<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/sn\/hourlyupdate\/265824.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/sn\/hourlyupdate\/265824.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Santa Cruz County &#8211; Vandals hit Santa Cruz County polling places, campaign offices<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/localnews\/ci_10904483\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/localnews\/ci_10904483<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough County &#8220;\u201c Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo<br \/>\n[Johnson said Premier, which he hired for $6 million this year, was dishonest with him and at fault for much of Tuesday&#8217;s problems with voting machines.] <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/nov\/05\/051256\/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi\/news-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/nov\/05\/051256\/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi\/news-politics\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough results tied up by software glitch<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7794805&#038;version=10&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7794805&#038;version=10&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough vote count likely to continue until Thursday<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabays10.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=93568&#038;catid=8\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tampabays10.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=93568&#038;catid=8<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo<br \/>\n[Diebold\/Premier admits the system was bogged down and stalled due to overload] <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/nov\/05\/051711\/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi\/news-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/nov\/05\/051711\/state-monitoring-hillsboroughs-tight-elections-chi\/news-politics\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Manatee County &#8211; Manatee solves vote-counting problem [Premier\/Diebold] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/article\/20081105\/BREAKING\/811050262?Title=Still_no_solution_to_vote_counting_woes_in_Manatee_County\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/article\/20081105\/BREAKING\/811050262?Title=Still_no_solution_to_vote_counting_woes_in_Manatee_County<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Manatee County &#8211; Small glitch causes big problems in Manatee<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7798848&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7798848&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County vote results still incomplete<br \/>\n[Bad Sequoia memory cartridges] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/localnews\/content\/local_news\/epaper\/2008\/11\/05\/1105stillcounting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/localnews\/content\/local_news\/epaper\/2008\/11\/05\/1105stillcounting.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: The OTHER Election Night Story in Georgia: No Early Votes Included in Reported Results<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/savdailynews.com\/main.asp?SectionID=2&#038;SubSectionID=19&#038;ArticleID=20488\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/savdailynews.com\/main.asp?SectionID=2&#038;SubSectionID=19&#038;ArticleID=20488<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Chambliss and Martin prepare for another four weeks<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walb.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9300183&#038;nav=menu37_2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.walb.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9300183&#038;nav=menu37_2<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Gwinnett County &#8211; Gwinnett Officials Still Counting Ballots Day After Election<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxatlanta.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7797006&#038;version=4&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.myfoxatlanta.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=7797006&#038;version=4&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Kenton Co. Judge Rules For Vote Recount<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kypost.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=ba97601c-a01a-431e-a8ac-acc0d2bc399e\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kypost.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=ba97601c-a01a-431e-a8ac-acc0d2bc399e<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: Madison County &#8211; Local turnout heavy as computer glitch delays count<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondregister.com\/localnews\/local_story_310073742.html?keyword=secondarystory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.richmondregister.com\/localnews\/local_story_310073742.html?keyword=secondarystory<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Ritchie: Senate recount will involve hundreds, cost $90K<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2008\/11\/05\/recount_details\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2008\/11\/05\/recount_details\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: E-Voting Machines Used in Franken, Coleman Race Failed Tests<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pubrecord.org\/politics\/474-e-voting-machines-used-in-franken-coleman-race-failed-tests.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.pubrecord.org\/politics\/474-e-voting-machines-used-in-franken-coleman-race-failed-tests.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Onslow County &#8211; Padgett wants recount<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enctoday.com\/news\/padgett_60506_jdn__article.html\/votes_county.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.enctoday.com\/news\/padgett_60506_jdn__article.html\/votes_county.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NH: Long night of ballot snafus marks voting in Kennebunk<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seacoastonline.com\/articles\/20081105-NEWS-81105056\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.seacoastonline.com\/articles\/20081105-NEWS-81105056<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Montgomery County election results delayed until late this evening<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2008\/11\/05\/ddn110608elexboardweb.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2008\/11\/05\/ddn110608elexboardweb.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Centre County Recounts Ballots After Discrepancy<br \/>\n[ES&#038;S M-100 precinct based op-scan] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjactv.com\/news\/17900285\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wjactv.com\/news\/17900285\/detail.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Northumberland County &#8211; PA County&#8217;s Voting Machines Impounded Following Complaints<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2008\/11\/pa-countys-voti.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2008\/11\/pa-countys-voti.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Charleston County suffers voting problems on Election Day<br \/>\n[ES&#038;S problem. The county had to hand input the results from 17,000 ballots] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.live5news.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9300365\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.live5news.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9300365<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>As we suspected tabulation of ballots has revealed problems with voting systems from all of the vendors. Hillsborough Co Florida is rethinking their contract with Premier\/Diebold for $6M after having big problems counting votes. Manatee Co Florida also had a problem with Premier. Palm Beach Co had bad memory cartridges from Sequoia. Counties in Pennsylvania [&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":[9,3,122,6,5,16,72,219,48,39,248],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","category-dieboldpremier","category-election-2008","category-election-irregularities","category-ess","category-florida","category-georgia","category-minnesota","category-pennsylvania","category-sequoia-voting-systems","category-south-carolina","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639","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=6639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6639"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}