Daily Voting News For June 9, 2006
Compiled by John Gideon
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Alameda Co. California supervisors voted 3 to 2 to purchase Sequoia voting machines. Of the 3 yes votes one supervisor
said "I have no idea what's happening here - I have no idea what you're talking about" before he voted 'Yes'. One other
said, "I must admit I don't have a clue what to do" and "I feel like I'm in the twilight zone" before she voted 'Yes'. /
At least one journalist got it right when he mentions all of the press about how Alameda's hand counting of paper
ballots was going to delay election results for the whole state. It was, pure and simple, a ploy to put pressure on some
supervisors to buy new machines / State investigators have investigated how Kern Co., California voters could have gone
to the polls and been asked to use last years memory cards, which did not work. Voters were then directed to use paper
ballots until they were exhausted. Voters were then asked to come back later. / Pulaski Co., Arkansas decided to eschew
the ES ballot programming for their optical-scan machines and they did their own. / "Someone else should administer the
election? How can they even stand up there with any credibility and talk about that stuff?" Carlo Loparo in defense of
his boss, Blackwell keeping control of elections in Ohio as he runs for Governor. ...
Arkansas: Train Wreck - Election Problems Persist For Eight Counties LINK
Arkansas: Pulaski County - Officials say voter turnout for primary run-off
weak throughout Pulaski County LINK
California: Alameda County – Train Wreck - Ballots Found In Warehouse; Mayoral Race Still In Doubt LINK
California: Kern County – Train Wreck - Election snafu under investigation LINK
California: San Diego County – Train Wreck – The Diebold Machine Sleepovers at Poll Workers Houses... LINK
Indiana: Madison County – Train Wreck - County to pay part of Anderson recount LINK
National: Verified Voting's Preliminary Summary Shows Diebold Equipment Vulnerabilities Affect 27 States LINK
National: Diebold Equipment Vulnerabilities Affect 27 States LINK
National: Inquiry Finds Problems in 2004 Election LINK
National: Counties reduce, move polling sites to comply with federal law LINK
National: Too Much, Too Fast, More Than They Can Chew LINK
Alabama: Barbour County - Election machines stolen LINK
California: Alameda County - County Supes Approve Sequoia Voting Contract LINK
California: Alameda County - Undercurrents: Reporting on Alameda County’s Election ‘Delay’ LINK
California: Alameda County - Alameda County approves new voting system LINK
California: Alameda County - County approves new balloting system LINK
California: Alameda County - Despite protests, county buys $13.5 million voting system LINK
Florida: State wants limited voting machine checks LINK
Florida: State slates hearing to limit checks on voting equipment LINK
Florida: State slates hearing to limit checks on voting equipment LINK
Indiana: Tippecanoe County - County applying to test voting center LINK
Maryland: Officials Voice Concerns Over Valid Elections LINK
Ohio: Officials expect voter ID requirement to complicate fall election LINK
Ohio: Democrats want Blackwell to step aside LINK
Utah: Early voting will benefit many Utahns LINK
Washington: King County - County Elections: Make it mail LINK
Wisconsin: Disabled get involved in voting machine debate LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org