‘Daily Voting News’ For October 21, 2006

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

‘Although most of the attention has focused on paper trails and how vulnerable the machines are to hackers, a professor at Ohio State University and one of his former students are questioning the haphazard way these machines are bought and distributed.’ ‘Election officials interviewed all said they bought machines based on the number of registered voters in their county. But each county had a different idea of what the proper ratio of machines to voters should be.’ …

  • NAtional: Researchers blast voting machine strategy. Devices are bought, placed haphazardly, Ohio professor says. LINK
  • NAtional: Ballot Blunders Abound As Election Nears LINK
  • NAtional: NAACP To Monitor Elections Following Primary Problems LINK
  • NAtional: Where to put voting booths can anger voters LINK
  • NAtional: Wanted: Graduate Students To Fix E-Voting Machines LINK
  • NAtional: Feinstein to seek hearings on fair and accurate elections LINK
  • AR: Few counties report problems leading up to early voting LINK
  • CA: Write-ins no joke to election officials. With voters now using pens on ballots, misuse has increased, causing delays in counting. LINK
  • CA: Yolo County – E-voting still has quirks. But Yolo County’s just about done working out kinks in its electronic version of paper ballots. LINK
  • IL: McLean County – Early voter questions machine security LINK
  • FL: Palm Beach County – Election left off Jupiter ballots LINK
  • FL: Palm Beach County – Mistake fractures district’s voting method LINK
  • FL: St. Lucie County – Poll workers can’t tell voters why Foley’s name is on ballot LINK
  • KS: New machines alter way we vote LINK
  • MD: Computer Voting Disks Likely Made For Testers. Md. Assembly Sought Security Check in 2003 LINK
  • MD: Election security concerns dismissed LINK
  • MD: Diebold source code leaked again. Another breach on the e-voting front as elections near LINK
  • MD: Diebold declares machines secure LINK
  • NM: GOP campaign upset over New Mexico absentee voting problem LINK
  • OH: Summit County – Absentee ballots corrected. Summit County should mail reprinted pages Monday after printer fixes mistakes LINK
  • PA: Luzerne County – County is ready for Nov. 7, says election director LINK
  • TX: Travis County – November vote in Travis County should be a snap, study finds. Researchers predict short wait times despite lack of voting machines. LINK
  • VA: Chesterfield County – U.S. asked to watch election in Chesterfield 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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      what now toons said on 10/21/2006 @ 5:28pm PT: [Permalink]

      Here they come, to a county near you, “Paper, they don’t need no stinking paper”. They already know the outcome, and they don’t want any messy paper trails getting in the way. “DON’T USE THESE MONSTERS!” And flood the polls this November, demand paper ballots, don’t let it be a close election, Make it a landslide, take back the House & Senate. We can’t let these monsters eat our votes. see my cartoon on this topic at my website, ( be sure to vote, take a friend)
      http://www.whatnowtoons.com

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      Ancient said on 10/21/2006 @ 5:47pm PT: [Permalink]

      In the discussion I was a part of, the question was what pecentage of regular voters do we need to have emergency ballots for, when these abominations break down.

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      Send $$$ to BRADBLOG Stop the FRAUD - oldturk said on 10/22/2006 @ 11:20am PT: [Permalink]

      OT,..

      A wave of Christo-Fascists will wash over Ohio to get out the religious conservative voters in the up coming mid term elections in Ohio.

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      In the run up to the 2004 election, Barton traveled the country, boldly encouraging pastors to preach politics from the pulpit. In October 2004, Barton told the on-line publication “Beliefnet” that it was okay for pastors to stand in front of church and say, quote, “John Kerry is not fit to be president.” Barton went on to say most pastors would be “shocked” to learn how much they could get away with.

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      So once again, David Barton, is speaking in churches on behalf of the RNC to stimulate voter turnout (in Ohio)in cooperation with key operatives of the Christian Right. And a central part of his message will be the notion that America was founded as a “Christian nation,” that somehow, must be restored.

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      David Barton coming to Ohio,.. maybe his visit should be protested.

      Barton’s speeches will be on the subject of “RELIGION & POLITICS: The Myth of Separation of Church and State.”

      October 25 & 26
      Greater Cincinnati
      ***Wednesday, October 25 – 12:30 PM
      West Chester Church of the Nazarene
      7951 Tylersville Road in West Chester
      Greater Dayton
      ***Wednesday, October 25 – 7:00 PM
      Living Word Church
      926 E. National Road in Vandalia

      Columbus
      ***Thursday, October 26 – 9:00 AM
      Potters House Church of God
      3220 Lowell Drive (I-70 and Wilson Road)

      Chillicothe
      ***Thursday, October 26 – 1:00 PM
      Tabernacle Baptist Church
      Hickory & East Main Streets

      Portsmouth
      ***Thursday, October 26 – 7:00 PM
      Shawnee State University
      Flohr Hall, Clark Memorial Library

      Source to above.

      More details of the Republican rising theocracy in Ohio at the expense of democracy,.. Web link to articles.

      Dominionism – when religion becomes fascism.

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