‘Daily Voting News’ For November 19, 2005

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

It must be made clear that the lawsuit in North Carolina is NOT a suit against Diebold. Joyce McCloy only intervened in Diebold’s legal action with the state. The News-Observer (see below) got it incorrect in their headline. And, it looks like the folks in Pasquotank Co., NC have decided to ignore that fact that their voting machines (ES&S Votronic DREs) accounted for 42 fewer ballots cast than voters who voted. This is an unprecedented, in that county, number of blank votes. That is 42 people who took the time to go to the polls, stood in line, signed-in, went to the machines, decided not to vote, signed-off of the machines and left after getting their “I Voted” sticker; and this was the only race on the ballot….

  • CO: Fremont County – Secretary of State requiring county recount (ES&S Op-scans) LINK
  • CT: Former SoS candidate stumps for Danaher LINK
  • LA: Voter Disenfranchisement by Attrition LINK
  • MO: Marion County – County gets 2nd round of voting funds LINK
  • NC: Pasquotank County – After four-hour hearing, Foster still mayor-elect (42 blank ballots in single race election) LINK
  • NC: Voting machine company sued (Note: See commentary above) LINK
  • NC: Diebold Attempts to Evade Election Transparency Laws LINK
  • NE: Greeley County – Adapting to election technology LINK
  • NJ: Gloucester County – Glouco to order recount in race (Sequoia Advantage – The county says a recount will show nothing because the machines are highly accurate – Misinformation) LINK
  • NJ: Monmouth County – Recount requests filed in Marlboro, Wall elections (Lever) LINK
  • NJ: Mercer County – Another recount is in the process here (Sequoia Advantage) LINK
  • OH: Lucas County – 14 abandoned vote machines gathered at UT LINK
  • PA: Dover – Vote still at issue in Dover LINK
  • **”Daily Voting News” 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 “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**

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    1. 3)
      Doug Eldritch said on 11/19/2005 @ 4:48pm PT: [Permalink]

      You make me sick Fertsalach…

      Well here we go again, voting irregularities everywhere. Lets see……how about we just use paper ballots and scanners? How hard is this?

      Doug E.

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      Mugzi said on 11/20/2005 @ 1:05am PT: [Permalink]

      Here is an interesting article on rig free ballots. Paper ballots are still open to tampering – remember Florida and the hanging chad!

      link

    3. 5)
      Bev Harris said on 11/20/2005 @ 3:13am PT: [Permalink]

      Rigging paper ballots that are hand-counted:

      That’s a one precinct at a time method.

      Rigging by voting machine code: You can impact the entire jurisdiction at once, and in some places, jeopardize an entire state.

      Rigging paper ballots usually takes more than one person.

      Rigging a voting machine can be done by a loner acting on his own.

      Rigging hand counted paper ballots = retail
      Rigging computerized voting = wholesale

      Or, think dropping a small targeted bomb vs. dropping a nuke.

      Bev Harris
      http://www.blackboxvoting.org

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      Dredd said on 11/20/2005 @ 3:20am PT: [Permalink]

      Thanks for clearing that up John. It seems to me that the case is right on. I mean I agree with the comments of Matt Zimmerman who is the California lawyer going over there to represent the lady.

      I hope they get respected local counsel too. Some judges feel uneasy with "furren" people from far away.

      Do you have any links to the pleadings and motions filed in the case, case number, case title, etc?

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      Dredd said on 11/20/2005 @ 3:36am PT: [Permalink]

      I noticed something that might effect voting on a massive scale.

      It is an open letter from John Dean (white house counsel for Richard Nixon) to Fitzgerald.

      The letter informs Fitzgerald that his focus is way, way too narrow.

      It suggests some techniques for broadening the scope of the investigation (link here).

    6. 9)
      brad said on 11/20/2005 @ 9:22am PT: [Permalink]

      This is off-topic, but I noticed that when I click the link at left for 911blogger.com, I receive an error message. I this just a coinkidink? :confused:

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      Dredd said on 11/21/2005 @ 11:53pm PT: [Permalink]

      Brad #9

      It seems to work now, plus there is a post over there about server overload.

      I also noticed that a virus was loaded onto my machine from BradBlog.

      It is placed in several java .class files and a jar file.

      The symptom is that a window pops up and says you must press the yes button, but there is only an ok button.

      My virus detector first noticed it a couple of days ago.

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