Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Two reports from Belmont County Ohio and both in the same news paper report how an Election Commission member said the machines were a complete success while the other article talks about how elections workers were saying they would never work in another election again. Diebold has announced in Pennsylvania only that they have ”potential security vulnerability”. It is probably not only an issue in PA but no one else has been notified yet. North Carolina seems to have been able to hold a relatively problem free election based on their first state-wide use of optical scan voting and even though their vendor is ES&S….
AR: Hempstead County � Train Wreck – Back to the future. Software delay puts early vote on paper LINK
AR: Pulaski County � Train Wreck – County uncertain if machines to be ready for early voting (ES&S) LINK
AR: Pulaski County � Train Wreck – County Calls Emergency Meeting Regarding Elections (ES&S) LINK
IN: Various Counties � Train Wreck – Computer glitch slows count in prosecutor’s race (MicroVote) LINK
IN: Clark, Harrison, Jackson and Washington Counties � Train Wreck – State to probe computer problems. 4 counties had serious glitches LINK
IN: Clark County � Train Wreck – Officials to discuss election night snafu (ES&S) LINK
IN: Dekalb County � Train Wreck – Machine systems delay vote tally LINK
IN: Grant County � Train Wreck – Overload triggers election glitch LINK
IN: Lake County � Train Wreck – Final vote tally to lag until mid-May LINK
IN: Madison County � Train Wreck – Vote count tried our patience (ES&S) LINK
IN: Parke County � Train Wreck – Election woes continue in Parke County (Voting Technologies International) LINK
IN: Randolph County (Also Cass, Boone and Parke) � Train Wreck – At least officially, Randolph election results on hold (Voting Technologies International) LINK
IN: Randolph County � Train Wreck – Republican incumbents (apparently) ousted. With final vote tallies for the county unavailable until today, however, some close races could still flip. (Voting Technologies International) LINK
MI: Barry County � Train Wreck – DIEBOLD DISASTER: Optical Scan Machines Fail in Michigan, Officials Forced to Hand-Count Ballots LINK
MI: Barry County � Train Wreck – Malfunction delays Hasting results LINK
NC: Granville County � Train Wreck – Glitches add to election problems (ES&S) LINK
OH: Belmont County � Train Wreck – Vote-Counting Process Mired LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County � Train Wreck – Ohio’s largest county still counting votes LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County � Train Wreck – People, machines account for glitches in Cuyahoga voting (Diebold) LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County � Train Wreck – Countdown to chaos LINK
OH: Hamilton County � Train Wreck – Voting total takes 6� hours. Human problem holds up Hamilton Co. count LINK
OH: Mahoning Valley Counties � Train Wreck – Problems slowed the process of getting voting results (ES&S and possibly other vendors) LINK
PA: Schuylkill and Carbon Counties � Train Wreck – Voting machine warning issued (Diebold) LINK
PA: Schuylkill and Carbon Counties � Train Wreck – Diebold Disasters Continue: Pennsylvania Issues ‘Security Vulnerability’ Alert for Diebold Electronic Voting Systems! LINK
WV: Berkeley County � Train Wreck – Crunch time arrives for voting machines (ES&S) LINK
NAtional – Diebold Not to Blame for Diebold Disasters Says Diebold LINK
AR: White County – County not affected by election glitches, says clerk LINK
CA: Media Release – California First in Nation to Implement Electronic Voting Reform; 40,000 Paperless e-Voting Machines Replaced or Upgraded for June Primary LINK
CA: Contra Costa County – Poll workers needed for primary LINK
CA: Solano County – Solano unlocks voting independence (AutoMark to be used w/ Diebold) LINK
IL: Peoria – Former election official pleads guilty to felony (Populex) LINK
IN: Hamilton County – Election glitches part of learning process (MicroVote) LINK
IN: Montgomery County � Editorial – Delays in counting votes LINK
MI: Voters with disabilities will be able to use new machines LINK
MO: Boone County – Voting devices crowd county. Commissioners consider adding space. LINK
NC: Voting machine rollout lauded LINK
NC: Few voting glitches pop up LINK
OH: Diebold and Ohio: Nothing ever changes LINK
OH: Ohio lawmaker demands vote accountability LINK
OH: Athens County – Voting machine verdicts range from ‘really simple’ to ‘bunch of crap’ LINK
OH: Belmont County – Belmont County Tops In Turnout LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County � Opinion – A touch off the mark. Cuyahoga elections officials have a lot of work to do preparing well-qualified poll workers for November LINK
OH: Franklin County – Phone woes stalled vote tally. Electronic machines handled major test reasonably well, elections official says LINK
OH: Stark County – Elections: New system can’t touch old punch cards for speed LINK
VA: Columnist – With new machines, votes weren’t so private LINK
WV: Kanawha County – Voting Machines Pass the Test LINK
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Two reports from Belmont County Ohio and both in the same news paper report how an Election Commission member said the machines were a complete success while the other article talks about how elections workers were saying they would never work in another election again. Diebold has announced in Pennsylvania only that they have ”potential security vulnerability”. It is probably not only an issue in PA but no one else has been notified yet. North Carolina seems to have been able to hold a relatively problem free election based on their first state-wide use of optical scan voting and even though their vendor is ES&S….
The Glitch That Stole Our Democracy.
I want my country back.
You’re a mean one, Mr. Glitch!
Your such a Glitch-,…….(B)
How can "an Election Commission member said the machines were a complete success" and in another county they say the machines are not working?
If they do not use different versions of software or hardware, then The Silence of the Goats is at work here.
Lets all pretend that the exact same machinery works differently in one county as it does in another.
Yeah right, and two exact ATM machines work differently in one county as compared to another.
Yeah right.
John
I can’t find where Florida forbids manual recounts. I have heard rumors to that effect however.
There are Florida statutes that specifically deal with manual recounts (2005->Ch0102->Section%20166#0102.166" target="_blank">Title IX Ch. 102.166).
Am I missing it?
Let’s use north carolina as a model.
The words "train wreck", which can also be called a catastrophe, appear a lot in your post John. And I think for valid reasons.
Some people have a strange reaction to catastrophe. We remember Bush saying "Brownie you are doin a heckuva job" after the FEMA/Katrina catastrophe.
Some election officials are saying "you are doin a heckuva job" to their defective voting systems.
One republican, however, who is wide awake is not saying "you are doing a heckuva job" to congress members:
"RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman met with Republican members of Congress this week to impress upon them just how bad the opinion polls are looking for them, and warning that they face a possible catastrophe in November" (link here, bold added).
I noticed that one IN story had it right in the headline. They didn’t use the word "glitch," but instead dug up that great old WWII word, "snafu."
"Snafu" is a much more descriptive word for these electile disfunction situations. It’s an acronym for, "Situation Normal, All F***ed Up."
That’s pretty much The way it is. If a computer is counting our votes and there is a problem – even one problem – then the situation is normal, and our election is "all f***ed up."
I propose that we (6 or 7 of us anyway…) make a point of writing a letter to the editor to every paper that uses the word "glitch" and inform them that what happened was not a "glitch" but a "snafu," and all the implications of that.
Dredd go to Clint Curtis dot com and click on the contact link for Clints email and ask him for the details on not recounting the optical scan ballots onece they have been through the reader.
Mr. Sanford, Sorry, not here.
The Management
If anyone is wondering why some conservatives talk like liberals and use catastrophic terms:
"Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.
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• Just 33 percent of the public approves of Bush’s job performance, the lowest of his presidency. That compares with 36 percent approval in early April. Forty-five percent of self-described conservatives now disapprove of the president.
• Just one-fourth of the public approves of the job Congress is doing, a new low in AP-Ipsos polling and down 5 percentage points since last month. A whopping 65 percent of conservatives disapprove of Congress.
• A majority of Americans say they want Democrats rather than Republicans to control Congress (51 percent to 34 percent). That’s the largest gap recorded by AP-Ipsos since Bush took office. Even 31 percent of conservatives want Republicans out of power.
• The souring of the nation’s mood has accelerated the past three months, with the percentage of people describing the nation on the wrong track rising 12 points to a new high of 73 percent. Six of 10 conservatives say America is headed in the wrong direction" (link here).
We fear an election day massacre too, but we call it a train wreck and the massacre we fear is not that the republican dictatorship will get justice.
Cuyahoga county has now found all but 5 of the missing memory cards, originally 70. They will be counting paper ballots for another couple days. So far, no reported electronic errors, but it’s still early for what passes for elections around here. A commentator stated that this county has more to count than four states. The prosecutor is making noises about taking some of the poll workers who didn’t show up, to court. It just gets better and better.
Do the "found" cards work or show signs of having been "updated"?