Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Florida’s primary is essentially over. There will still be some ballots to be counted, but the last election on the state’s DREs is complete. There were some reports of problems scattered around the state. Election officials and the media were pretty successful in minimizing the reports. However, there was one small graf in one article that jumped out at me. The county clerk in Volusia County had announced that they were going to have to recount one early voting precinct because the Diebold Optical-Scan used in that precinct had not counted 4 ballots. They are doing this, according to the report, because Diebold/Premier had sent counties in Florida an advisory that the machines used in those counties may stop with a ballot partially fed through. Those ballots are not being counted when this happens. My first reaction was, “How many other states/counties that use the Diebold AccuVote OS v. 1.94w have gotten this advisory?” This is the same system used in New Hampshire and many other Northeast jurisdictions as well as various counties across the nation. Why don’t vendors of these machines recall them when there is a problem like this? Who should be responsible to ensure the word is put out that there is a problem and ensure the problem is solved? …
- NAtional: Electronic voting is facing a recall
Officials are switching systems or trying to fix problems, even as they contend with new laws and earlier primaries.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-natvote29jan29,1,625897,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true - NAtional: Battle for Election Integrity ‘Fought and Won by Activists’ Says LATimes in 2,800-Word, 2-Part Series Which Doesn’t Bother to Quote a Single One of Them…
https://bradblog.com/?p=5626 - NAtional: What the World Needs Now: Voting method suggestions for archaic America
Not the right to vote, but the ability to vote
http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/2008/01/30/22615/ - NAtional: Filmmaker examines election fraud, voter suppression
http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/01/30/wednesday_sun/news/doc479e2430ddb24930136992.txt - NAtional: Touch-screen me not
Reformers want change in voting procedures.
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=19945e52-19a9-4098-9ccb-c809d33e5d1c - AR: Benton County – Early voting begins; ‘glitch’ doesn’t deter voters
http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/58289/ - CA: Appeals court rejects county election challenge
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/sandiego/20_47_441_29_08.txt - CA: San Bernardino County – Planes may speed ballots
County seeks to hurry vote tally
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_8114325 - CA: Santa Clara County predicts delays in vote count
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7007 - CO: Decertification of machines has clerks looking for answers
http://www.lamardaily.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/doc47a0926169c7f442596911.txt - CO: Denver to Use Paper Ballots, Consolidate Polls
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/260016 - CO: Logan County – Election woes may not affect Logan County
Schneider reassures voters paper ballots work fine
http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local_news/local2.txt - CO: Mesa County – Residents urged to register for mail-in balloting
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/01/29/013008_1b_Mail_ballots.html - FL: It’s the Voters’ Fault. The DOG ATE MY BALLOT and Other URBAN LEGENDS!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_lani_bro_080130_it_s_the_voters__fau.htm - FL: Diebold Issues ‘Product Advisory’ in Florida About Malfunctions with Optical-Scan Voting Systems
https://bradblog.com/?p=5624 - FL: Reports: One out of every three registered voters cast ballots
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/CAPITOLNEWS/801300355/1010/NEWS01 - FL: Touch screens pass primary test
The much-maligned machines seemed to have few glitches handling the big turnout.
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/30/State/Touch_screens_pass_pr.shtml - FL: Editorial – Florida still struggling to get elections right
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/01/30/opinion/editorials/eddy.txt - FL: Glitches plague voting throughout Orlando area
Ballot mix-ups, heavy turnout keep officials busy
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-glitches3008jan30,0,101390.story - FL: Broward County – Complaints mar debut of voter check-in system in Broward
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbglitches0130sbjan30,0,7869220.story - FL: Hillsborough County – Touch screen problems reported in Hillsborough
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=72767 - FL: Palm Beach County – Defective cartridge slows PBC vote counting
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/29/0129latevoting.html - FL: Palm Beach County – County officials’ good day turns into rough night
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/south/epaper/2008/01/30/s10a_ELEX_PBC_VOTE_0130.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Once again, reporting of election results is a struggle in Palm Beach County
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flptouch0130pnjan30,0,6325088.story - FL: Palm Beach County – Anderson criticized for election result delays
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/01/30/0130voting.html - FL: Volusia County – DeLand Approves Two Initiatives
http://www.wesh.com/news/15171627/detail.html - MA: New machines make voting accessible for everyone
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/x382989255 - NH: Hursti Testimony to NH–The $700 Rig: Broken-Link Elections
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5408 - OH: Former Ohio SOS Blackwell Asked to Testify on Voter Suppression
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/641 - OH: Cuyahoga County – Numbers Game
The County And Aclu Square Off Over The Least Unreliable Method For Counting Votes
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/39/numbers-game - OH: Current machines get vote in Wood County
Election gear now is OK with officials
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/NEWS17/801300411 - TX: Plan to offer paper ballots at early voting sites is rejected
http://www.star-telegram.com/elections/story/441559.html - WI: Commentary: Clean election reputation could not prevent a few touch-screen woes in ’06
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/OSH06/801300446/1190/OSHopinion
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John asks:
What problem John?
Keep the faith baby, it doesn’t matter because the status quo will be perpetuated by the already chosen winner, won’t it?
Things are good John, so chill.
So what some towns want to arrest preznit blush and the vice preznit? It is only one or two wackos!
So what if preznit blush’s gummit thinks we bloggers are “turrists”? It is only one or two wackos!
So what if soldiers are committing suicide at a record rate? It is only one or two wackos!
So what if oil company profits are at obscene highs as poor people suffer? It is only one or two wackos!
So what if the economy is in trouble? It is only one or two wackos!
So what if they can’t “purtek” us John, our enemies are only one or two wackos cause we killed em and they are on the run!
Really, the vote does not matter that much John, it is only one or two wackos!
Don’t worry, be Hoppy.
P.S. John
So what if election warlords are saying there will be mayhem in the upcoming elections, it is only one or two wackos, because the EI movement won that war!
DREDD is on the cluetrain!
If someone wanted to (break the law) and mess with the fascist corporate media, need they only invest in a few motorola transmitter chips to jam the corporate fascist media’s broadcast. Hook it up to a resonant wire…a 1 KHz test signal…
Wonder what DJ/HS/homegrown Terrorist planning they have against that?
(Disclaimer: I am NOT advocating doing this. DO NOT ATTEMPT IT, THE FCC WILL CRACK DOWN ON YOU AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP THE FCC TRACK AND CATCH YOU. But at the same time Kevin craphead, should be thinking about why the public is so pissed off at the FCC currently, perhaps they should republish their mission statement? Or barring that, at least allow ENGINEERS as opposed to FASCIST CORPORATIONS dictate their agenda?)
again don’t do this. I advocate you DO NOT jam any commercial emission spectrum.