Daily Voting News For July 30, 2006
The normal primary turnout in Shelby Co. (Memphis) Tennessee is right at 30%. That means that close to 110,000 voters
will attempt to vote on 1300 Diebold TSx voting machines on an extremely long ballot that has as many as 141 races on
it. If each voter takes only 10 minutes every voter can vote in a normal 14 hour day. If the voters average 15 minutes,
the election day will stretch into 20 hours. That, of course, assumes that no voters walk away because of long lines and
that no voting machines break down during the day. Of course, if the county used precinct based optical scan machines
voters could mark their ballots while sitting at desks or on the floor and there would be no long lines and if machines
broke down ballot boxes could be used....
National: Pew Survey Finds Voter Registration Processes Stuck in Place LINK
National: AutoMARK Gets A Patent For The "Ballot Marking Device" LINK
National: Do Americans Get the Election System We Deserve? LINK
Alabama: Ads big part of Worley spending LINK
Arizona: Pima County – Opinion - Touchscreens raise questions. Pima County staff responds to community debate (Diebold
TSx) LINK
Colorado: Pueblo County - Getting in on the Voting Act (Sequoia Edge) LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Guest columnist - Voter group calls for verifiable paper ballot system LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Put election system to a vote LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Machines win vote of confidence in Volusia LINK
Nevada: Many eager to be the first to be heard in election 2006 (Sequoia) LINK
New York: Greene County - Greene won't have new voting machines this year LINK
Michigan: Oakland County – Editorial - Government fumbling may lead to Election Day fiasco LINK
Missouri: Local election judges train to use equipment LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: New machines + extra races = more than long lines LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Early voters can't avoid long lines. Two-hours-plus wait not uncommon at Agricenter LINK
Tennessee: Sullivan County - Voters may have to take a stand - in line LINK
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