Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Most people agree that elections are successful when the losing candidates can be certain that they lost the election. Losing candidates and the Republican party in Cook County, Illinois have joined together in a request for re-vote or re-counts of all races due to the poor performance of the voting system and elections officials in last month’s primary. ES&S continues to get a lot of deserved heat in Indiana where they seem to have failed to uphold contractual agreements. And the county council in Allegheny County Pennsylvania has have issued a resolution to stop the use of new voting machines in this years primary. They are asking for a moratorium on any changes until November. …
IL: Cook County/Chicago � Train Wreck – Election called a mess. Losing candidates, GOP say tallies still aren’t accurate LINK
IN: Train Wreck – Indiana to Investigate ES&S and MicroVote LINK
IN: Train Wreck – Voting system under fire (ES&S) LINK
IN: Gibson County � Train Wreck – Clerk hopes Gibson isn’t bitten by voting woes dogging other counties (ES&S) LINK
IN: Marion County � Train Wreck – Election Board: Software glitches sideline some voting machines (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
IN: Marion County � Train Wreck – Voting machines pulled (ES&S iVotronic) LINK
IN: Marion County � Train Wreck – County won’t use touch-screen voting machines LINK
IN: Marion County � Train Wreck – Voting-system vendor could face fines LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Train Wreck – Council Members Draft Resolution To Delay Use Of New Voting Machines LINK
NAtional: VerifiedVoting Recommendations for EAC Commissioner LINK
NAtional: HR 550 and the Superiority of Voter Verified Paper Records LINK
NAtional: Hand counted paper ballots in 2008 LINK
NAtional: Editorial – Election officials must get act together LINK
AR: Hempstead County – Arrival of voting machines changes elections LINK
CT: Officials air voting machine concerns LINK
FL: Leon County – Diebold agrees to supply voting machines to Leon County LINK
IL: Mock Election Could Work Out Voting Kinks LINK
IN: Allen County – Voting hurdle removed. New machines boost access, especially for visually impaired (MicroVote) LINK
IN: Union County – New voting equipment passes test (Diebold) LINK
MS: Feds are asked to help with elections LINK
NC: Chatham County – Chatham will get 3rd one-stop site LINK
NC: Wayne County – No problems on first day of early voting LINK
NJ: Hudson County – Absentee ballot requests boom LINK
PA: Counties reassured on vote-machine funding LINK
PA: Allegheny County – UPDATE: A Closer Look at the E-Voting Lawsuit Filed against a PA County and the U.S. Dept. of Justice LINK
PA: Allegheny County – Democrats want to delay voting machine switch LINK
PA: Carbon County – Carbon urges proper voting. Don’t avoid machines by misusing absentee ballots, official says. LINK
PA: Montgomery County – It’s back to school for Montgomery County poll workers. LINK
TN: Shelby County – County Continues Preparations For Unusually Long Ballot This Fall LINK
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Most people agree that elections are successful when the losing candidates can be certain that they lost the election. Losing candidates and the Republican party in Cook County, Illinois have joined together in a request for re-vote or re-counts of all races due to the poor performance of the voting system and elections officials in last month’s primary. ES&S continues to get a lot of deserved heat in Indiana where they seem to have failed to uphold contractual agreements. And the county council in Allegheny County Pennsylvania has have issued a resolution to stop the use of new voting machines in this years primary. They are asking for a moratorium on any changes until November. …
Thanks John, for posting this everyday.
This Daily list is absolutely invaluable, and the "Train Wreck" piece and the continuing listing of stories that deal with the "Wreck" is a clever and user friendly way to get the message out.
Thanks.
shw
John
Like Shannon Williford #1 says:
We all like the train wreck analogy you came up with. And Brad liked the train wreck thread (link here) and cited to it in a recent post of his (link here).
I have been mentioning, in the context of a train wreck, that the engineers/conductors are tasked with the responsibility to see that a train wreck does not occur.
And remembering for a moment the train wreck movies, once again the analogy fits because for two hours on these train wreck movies the wreck is coming and the movie tends to turn on what will be done (or not done) to avoid the disaster.
I have been trying to point out that in the upcoming election train wreck, it is avoidable, however, like in the movie "Titanic", the powers that be are hush, hush, and are minimizing the potential for the disaster.
"Its a conspiracy theory" will be heard by election officials right down to the wire. In that frame of mind, which we could call "The Silence of the Goats", the disaster is certain. As is the finger pointing and blame gaming. It reeks.
The Goats want to point to "The Silence of the Lambs", i.e. blame the voters, and avoid blaming themselves and the election machine companies.
The Silence of the Goats is, in my opinion, the greatest wrong. And it is with us even as we speak.
The cause of the train wreck and therefore the responsibility lies with election officialdom.
Of the 3000 some-odd counties in the US, we have heard from and discussed only a tiny percentage. Yet they are all using the same small number of election machines that have been mass produced by the same companies and universally utilized.
What is so loud is The Silence of the Goats who are not saying anything, who are not reporting what the Ion Sanchos are reporting.
Isn’t that the big story? The cover-up, the willful complacency, the desire to avoid a problem, the madness to ride the train into catastrophe without saying anything?
As I said in the train wreck thread, we have the Italian elections for a mirror (link here).
Great post, Dredd. We in Europe have been watching Italy with a blend of fascination, dread (OK, trepidation if you’d rather, namewise), and utter amusement. Time will tell as to whether the burlesque one has the bucks to hire a big enough "security force" to keep the Italian army and police from physically removing him. It should serve as a cautionary tale for all Americans. And btw, I laud you for the entrancing new polemic/literary style 😉
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12321730/ The article in the entirety just click on the above link!!!!
WASHINGTON – A batch of 278 e-mails between lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a Bush administration official show a highly inappropriate relationship where gifts and business interests mixed freely and frequently, federal prosecutors said Friday.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electionfraud2004/
What I want to see is the emails between Abramoff and Jeb Bush in regards to the theft of the elections of 2000 and 2004!!!!
The prosecutors hope to use the e-mails in the criminal case against David Safavian, who is accused of lying and obstruction of justice in connection with investigations of an Abramoff-sponsored golf outing to Scotland in August 2002.
The e-mails show that Abramoff and Safavian, then chief of staff at the General Services Administration, were in frequent contact, played golf often and traded workplace gossip. Abramoff showered Safavian with offers of meals, invitations to parties as well as the trip to the fabled St. Andrew’s golf course in Scotland.
Speaking of Wrecks – this morning, just as I was pulling into my parking space at work, Stephanie Miller played a recording of Bush introducing his new Budget Director and expounding on how he was going to spend the Taxpayers money wisely!
I busted up laughing so hard I almost drove through the lobby!