{"id":6792,"date":"2009-01-05T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T00:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2009-01-05T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T00:28:11","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-january-4-and-5-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6792","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For January 4 and 5, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There can be little doubt that, of the issues springing from elections held since President Bush signed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), two are among the most significant. Those issues are failures of voting systems to be accessible and accurate and the confusion over the proper use of provisional ballots.&#8221;\u009d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u009dThe states should have been able to look to the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for guidance on both issues, but the EAC failed to give the necessary Assistance, thus failing to fulfill duties assigned to the agency by federal law. Now it is proposing to extend its dereliction of duty for another two years.&#8221;\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Thus begins our featured article. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Featured &#8211; National:  U.S. Election Assistance Commission Further Delays Federal Mandates<br \/>\nMove to delay required guidance for states continues violation of federal law<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/EACviolations.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/EACviolations.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough County &#8211; Audit disputes Johnson&#8217;s request for more money<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/baybuzz\/2009\/01\/audit-disputes.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/baybuzz\/2009\/01\/audit-disputes.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough County &#8211; Audit Of Elections Office Finds More Questions Than Answers<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2009\/jan\/05\/051909\/audit-elections-office-finds-more-questions-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2009\/jan\/05\/051909\/audit-elections-office-finds-more-questions-answer\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Franken Jumps Out to 225-Vote Lead on Strength of Absentee Ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/01\/franken-jumps-out-to-223-vote-lead-on.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/01\/franken-jumps-out-to-223-vote-lead-on.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Minnesota canvassing board expected to say that Democrat Al Franken is winner in Senate race<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/37065954.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/37065954.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Coleman&#8217;s best hope is in court<br \/>\nThe GOP incumbent&#8217;s chances appear to ride on getting rejected absentee ballots to count or contesting the election.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/state\/37072564.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/state\/37072564.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Court rejects Coleman bid to consider rejected absentee ballots<br \/>\nThe ruling clears the way for election officials to certify results showing Democrat Al Franken in the lead.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/37093114.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/37093114.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Minnesota Officials Declare Franken the Winner<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/01\/05\/us\/AP-Minnesota-Senate.html?_r=1&#038;hp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/01\/05\/us\/AP-Minnesota-Senate.html?_r=1&#038;hp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Franken Declared Winner by State Board, But Final Certification Will Likely (and Appropriately) be Delayed<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6791\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6791<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Opinion &#8211; Course change needed on paper vote receipts<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/article\/20090104\/OPINION\/901040310\/1046\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/article\/20090104\/OPINION\/901040310\/1046<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Smooth vote doesn&#8217;t quiet critics<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchpolitics.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2009\/01\/05\/copy\/brunner_year-end.ART_ART_01-05-09_B1_4OCE3S6.html?adsec=politics&#038;sid=101\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.dispatchpolitics.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2009\/01\/05\/copy\/brunner_year-end.ART_ART_01-05-09_B1_4OCE3S6.html?adsec=politics&#038;sid=101<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Killing hope: coverup of the 2004 election<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freepress.org\/departments\/display\/19\/2009\/3336\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.freepress.org\/departments\/display\/19\/2009\/3336<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Suspicious Miami County absentee ballots opened<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2009\/01\/05\/ddn010509miamiballotsweb.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/n\/content\/oh\/story\/news\/local\/2009\/01\/05\/ddn010509miamiballotsweb.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: New voting machines required by state law<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t-g.com\/story\/1490530.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.t-g.com\/story\/1490530.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: King County to choose election director in first all-mail vote<br \/>\nFor the first time in King County, all registered voters will receive ballots by mail in a countywide election Feb. 3 to choose an elections director.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/politics\/2008590179_mailvote05m.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/politics\/2008590179_mailvote05m.html<\/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>&#8220;There can be little doubt that, of the issues springing from elections held since President Bush signed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), two are among the most significant. Those issues are failures of voting systems to be accessible and accurate and the confusion over the proper use of provisional ballots.&#8221;\u009d &#8220;\u009dThe states [&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-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","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=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}