Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
For the most part the news from Pennsylvania has been pretty good. The ES&S iVotronics and Danaher 1242s seem to have had a problem providing the poll opening zero tape but that seems to be the biggest problem reported. In Indiana an investigation by the Secretary of State’s office found that ES&S may have committed around 30 violations of the Indiana Election Code. More on this will be coming out soon. And in Florida the LWV has stopped doing voter registrations and has filed a suit against the SoS and Division of Elections for draconian fines that can now be levied against any organization doing voter registration work for filing the forms late even when it is not the organizations fault….
IN: Train Wreck – MicroVote asks court to bar Rokita LINK
IN: Train Wreck – Did Indiana HAVA fair election? LINK
KY: Madison County � Train Wreck – Outcome changed in one race. Gabbard blames computer glitch (Hart) LINK
KY: Oldham County � Train Wreck – Faulty device delayed election results. Oldham was forced to borrow a backup (Hart) LINK
PA: Northampton County � Train Wreck – Election official vows to fix problem. Northampton county tabulators were busy until 4 a.m. Wednesday. (AVS) LINK
PA: Philadelphia County � Train Wreck – Glitches delaying some tallies (Danaher 1242) LINK
PA: Philadelphia County � Train Wreck – What went wrong at the polls? Hundreds of malfunctions were reported on primary day. The city commissioners promised a thorough inquiry. LINK
AZ: Voting machine lawsuit called too late LINK
CO: Denver – Denver auditor reluctantly approves voting machine contract (Sequoia) LINK
FL: A New Election Lawsuit in Florida LINK
MD: Citing Voter Fraud, Ehrlich Skeptical of Election Laws LINK
MD: Elections chief: Early voting safe from fraud LINK
MI: Editorial: Time for Michigan to emerge from the Stone Age of voting (Vote-by-mail) LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Cuyahoga aiming for better result in election LINK
OH: Franklin County – Board wants ethics investigation of former official LINK
PA: Allegheny County � Editorial – Touch of democracy / The new voting machines pass their first test LINK
PA: Allegheny County – County gives good grade to new voting machines LINK
PA: Allegheny County – Some vote against the new machines LINK
PA: Luzerne County – Election chief: County will be better prepared for November LINK
TX: Jefferson County � Train Wreck – Recount Of PAISD Election Is Likely (ES&S) LINK
WA: King County – Unlikely allies fight all-mail voting LINK
WI: Dodge County – Board OKs buying voting equipment (Diebold) LINK
WI: Winnebago County – County board rejects Diebold voting machines LINK
WI: Winnebago County – Officials warn of election errors. Errors possible with or without controversial touch-screen machines LINK
WV: Opinion – Betty Ireland: Election problems, yes, but no chads LINK
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For the most part the news from Pennsylvania has been pretty good. The ES&S iVotronics and Danaher 1242s seem to have had a problem providing the poll opening zero tape but that seems to be the biggest problem reported. In Indiana an investigation by the Secretary of State’s office found that ES&S may have committed around 30 violations of the Indiana Election Code. More on this will be coming out soon. And in Florida the LWV has stopped doing voter registrations and has filed a suit against the SoS and Division of Elections for draconian fines that can now be levied against any organization doing voter registration work for filing the forms late even when it is not the organizations fault….
Cuyahoga county OH now only missing about a dozen memory cards out of the original 70 and the previously reported 5. The elections board loaded top to bottom with connected family and friends from both parties. 20% of poll workers failed to show up, possibly from being computer petrified, like somebody I know in her seventies, who’ve worked on the elections for forty years and won’t any more. She hid at the mall all day and erased her answering machine when she got home.
When I read "the Secretary of State’s office found that ES&S may have committed around 30 violations of the Indiana Election Code", my first thought was "what is causing them to stop violating so many election laws" all of a sudden?