Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
San Francisco has finally certified their Nov. 6 election. They hand-counted 80,000 ballots which delayed the final certification by a month. Officials in Cuyahoga Co Ohio seem to be reluctant to get rid of their Diebold DRE voting machines even though they have caused many problems which have affected many voters….
- CA: San Francisco – S.F. elections finally certified
http://www.examiner.com/a-1093049~S_F__elections_finally_certified.html - FL: Indian River County – Who decides on voting machines in Indian River County?
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2007/dec/08/30who-decides-on-voting-machines/ - IN: Opinion – Voter ID & courts: Picture this
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_541721.html - NY: Counties don’t like voting changes
Election commissioners resist complying with Help America Vote Act.
http://www.syracuse.com/articles/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1197107883161700.xml&coll=1 - OH: Cuyahoga County debates whether to replace Diebold voting machines
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=390692&Category=13&subCategoryID= - OH: Cuyahoga elections officials not ready to scrap touch-screen machines
Setting up new system before election a worry
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1197107119143840.xml&coll=2 - OH: Editorial – Switching voting systems in Cuyahoga County sounds like a bigger mess
It’s true that Cuyahoga County’s voting system is inadequate, but a successful change now would take more than one miracle
http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1197106898143840.xml&coll=2 - TN: Voters concerned about electronic ballots flock to UnCounted screening
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2007/12/08/voters-concerned-about-electronic-ballots-flock-to-uncounted-screening/ - VA: Tuesday’s election revives old practice: Paper ballots
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/122007/12082007/339120
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Speaking of votes, we are near an all time record in senate filibusters. As you know it takes 60 votes to have any bill voted on in the Senate. So, when it has been debated, there is a “cloture” vote and unless there are 60 votes in favor of “cloture” (going to the “floor” for a vote), the bill is not voted on and goes back to committee or into the circular file or the like.
With global warming looming, even that critical issue did not get past cloture:
(John Kerry). Three democrats voted against cloture (and thereby supported the filibuster), Bayh (D-IN), Byrd (D-WV), and Landrieu (D-LA). Five republicans voted to stop the filibuster: Coleman (R-MN), Collins (R-ME), Smith (R-OR), Snowe (R-ME), and Thune (R-SD). Both independents voted to stop the filibuster: Lieberman (I-CT) and Sanders (I-VT).
The vote tabulation is here.
The destruction of the planet is OK to those who voted to support the filibuster.
Regardless of Senator Byrds holier than thou constitutional expertise his Nay vote confirms again that he is a toady of the coal industry and cares nothing for his beloved mountain state that continues to allow the uninterupted destruction of it’s valuable forest and water resources though Mt Top Removal mining. He voted for Gonzales because he believed Alberto.
Time for some real democrats in West By God to oust Byrd and put him out to pasture as he again proves his loyalties lie with the earth destroyers and not the children