Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
In St Louis Co. Missouri some voters found the ES&S iVotronic touch-screens too sensitive. For machines not calibrated properly, all it took to enter a vote was an accidental graze of the palm over a candidate’s name. In other places in the county, voters complained it was too easy for others to spy on how they were voting. / What is the message when county election officials encourage voters to vote absentee so they don’t have to use the machines? / Arizona is proposing giving one lucky voter in November a $1M prize in a voter lottery scheme / Bruce McDannold appears to have violated confidentiality agreements in his quest to smear Vote-PAD and damage it’s ability to be used in California elections / Indiana is now finding a large number of mistakes in their voting roll purges. …
NAtional: Some Statewide Databases Lacking In Privacy Safeguards LINK
AR: Carroll County – Baker lawsuit to overturn election is in judge’s hands LINK
AZ: Another View: Voter lottery just crazy enough to work LINK
AZ: Brennan Center Commends Pima Co. For Implementing Security Procedures For Electronic Voting LINK
CA: SoS Office Engaged In Smear Campaign Against Vote-PAD LINK
CA: San Diego County ““ Columnist – Lawsuit over Bilbray win a political stunt LINK
CO: La Plata County – Colgan widens margin of victory. County clerk says nothing was sinister in seal mishap LINK
CO: Mesa County – Count still a matter of time LINK
CO: Summit County – New voting machines put to test (Hart eSlate) LINK
IN: Boone County – Voting errors won’t recur, says machine company official (VTI) LINK
IN: Mistakes Being Found in Purged Voter Rolls LINK
MI: Good results with new voting machines. Few problems turn up with Michigan’s latest equipment. LINK
MI: Berrien County – Computer glitch slows tally of votes in Berrien County. Officials create spreadsheet to finish the count LINK
MI: St. Clair County – Few voters attempt to use new machines LINK
MO: Printers cast doubt on voting machines. The county clerk says printers jammed on Tuesday and that she questions future accuracy. LINK
MO: Boone County – Digital voting a hit, with one ominous glitch ‘Paper trail’ lost for some ballots. LINK
MO: Kansas City – Election Official: Lack Of Training Caused Delay LINK
MO: Kansas City – Election workers faulted. They are part of the reason for troubles with voting Tuesday, Kansas City’s Democratic election director says. LINK
MO: St. Louis County – St. Louis the winner in counting votes LINK
NC: Boards seek ways to fund GOP primary LINK
NY: The Voting Rights Act redux LINK
OH: Activists: Advisory proves Blackwell suppressing vote LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Cuyahoga commissioners back absentee voting LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Absentee Voting Encouraged To Bypass Electronic Voting LINK
SC: Cherokee County – Election mistake causes confusion LINK
TN: Anderson County – Candidates may challenge losses LINK
TN: Sullivan County – Sullivan election officials dispel rumors LINK
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John, I noticed that:
(link here). So is there a surge of competency or a surge of honesty … or what 🙂 ???
Dredd, Thanks for the question.
I think it is a surge in fear. The RNC has been getting away with calls for picture ID for voting and voter roll purges. Finally the DNC is waking up a little to this tactic but the fight is really being fought by civil rights organizations and folks like PFAW. I know that VoteTrustUSA is going to get deeper into this issue.
John #2
You are certainly welcome sir. I was taken by your statement: “I think it is a surge in fear.” That comment hits the nail square on the head!
We are constantly being told that “everything changed” on 9/11 … which is false. The Constitution did not change, and a lie is still a lie.
America has changed, during this soon-to-be “past republican dictatorship“, so much that fear is now a very large commodity.
They sell fear like it was the greatest thing since Ronald Reagan. But that is not working:
(Raw Story). The surge of fear … fear about terror, fear about elections, and fear of government … well … it has got to go and Americans know that.
Allow me to correct an inaccurate statement: Bruce McDannold did attend the annual conference of the California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials in San Diego but he did not, to my knowledge, address the group. Any statements attributed to Mr. McDannold were made in casual conversations and not in an address to the association.
Ms. Crnich,
Thank you for the correction. However, he was still under an agreement of confidentiality and violated that when he made casual remarks. And, those remarks, made prior to any published decision by the staff, consultants, or anyone else in the SoS Office were said in such a way as they could damage Vote-PADs reputation.