Prior to election day we, VotersUnite.Org, counseled voters to not use straight-party voting. We put it on our website and I wrote about it in these spaces. Straight-party voting as it is used in Texas is rife for misunderstanding and mistakes by the voters. When someone votes a straight-party ticket but then also selects the name of a candidate within that party in a particular race, electronic machines “deselect” that candidate. If no other candidate is chosen, no vote is counted in that race. The best solution, in our minds, was to NOT use straight-party voting but we got a lot of push back from some party officials in the state. Now Dallas Co. Democrats have been in court in an attempt to get the county to count all deselected or emphasis votes. The Secretary of State and the county both say no. The court, after two days of hearings and the promise of a decision, has, at the last minute, decided that they may have no jurisdiction. There would be no problem at all if straight-party voting had not been pushed by party officials….
- National: Time to Rethink Electoral Politics
http://www.thehoya.com/node/17205 - CO: Boulder County – Election results get partial sign-off
http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12381 - FL: Broward County – Rep. Rivera had tough time against ‘ringer’ – even after she quit
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/11/rep-rivera-has.html - GA: ‘Document Hold’ Served by OH Attorney to GA SoS in Advance of State’s U.S. Senate Run-off Election
https://bradblog.com/?p=6696 - IA: Voter Dissatisfaction Over Polling Places Comes Before Supervisors
http://www.emmetsburgnews.com/page/content.detail/id/500836.html?nav=5001 - MI: Bay County – Two losing candidates file for vote recounts
http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1227629732187380.xml&coll=4 - MN: Ballots Missing in Coleman-Franken Recount, Attorney Says
http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/520-ballots-missing-in-coleman-franken-recount-attorney-says-.html - MN: Franken losing ground to Coleman on DFL turf – Minneapolis
http://www.twincities.com/ci_11066069?source=most_emailed - MN: MN U.S. Senate Hand-Count: A Vote for McCain Must be a Vote for Coleman, Says Coleman Camp
https://bradblog.com/?p=6694 - MN: Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
With 3,000-plus votes disputed, it’s hard to know who is really gaining.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34993619.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: Opinion – Nick Coleman: Elections with less acrimony? That’s the true beauty of IRV
http://www.startribune.com/politics/35031529.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs - MN: Franken Camp’s Claim: We’re Only Down By 84 Votes
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/franken_camps_claim_were_only.php - MN: The Twin Cities Throwdown
Weekly Standard: The Coleman-Franken Recount May End Up Like A Replay Of Florida 2000
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/25/opinion/main4632740.shtml - MN: Every Vote Matters in MN’s U.S. Senate Hand-Count. Every. Single. One.
https://bradblog.com/?p=6698 - NC: Cumberland County – Voter fraud appeal delays oath of office
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=311331 - NJ: Editorial – New Jersey Still Needs to Fix Its Electronic Voting
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/new-jersey-still-needs-to-fix-its-electronic-voting/ - NY: Westchester County, White Plains spar over bill for elections
http://lohud.com/article/20081125/NEWS02/811250337/-1/newsfront - OH: Cuyahoga County – Brunner sets Cuyahoga board free
http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/11/brunner_sets_cuyahoga_board_fr.shtml - OH: Cuyahoga vote board rejects 25% of provisional ballots from presidential election
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/cuyahoga_vote_board_rejected_2.html - OH: Franklin County – Ohio high court to decide 15th District votes
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-25-ohio-votes_N.htm - OH: Franklin County – Ballot case tossed back to Ohio Supreme Court
http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/11/ballot_case_tossed_back_to_ohi.shtml - OH: Hamilton County – Despite uproar, just 2 votes questioned
Ballots from out-of-stater, inmate flagged by Hamilton County
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081125/NEWS01/811250317 - TX: Dallas County – Texas House District 105 battle lands in court
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-105suit_25met.ART.State.Edition1.4a3d3b9.html - TX: Dallas County – Democrats go to court over e-votes in Irving race
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa081125_lj_watson.1e9b5d176.html - TX: Dallas County – Judge says he has no jurisdiction in Texas House 105 recount
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/112608dnmethouse105.9115aa.html
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