Daily Voting News For October 6, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
For the amount of problems the EAC has faced in its short history one would think that it would be important that the
President would fill openings on the commission with people who have experience and who meet the requirements mandated
by the Help America Vote Act. In fact the President ignored the HAVA requirements and nominated Caroline Hunter to take
the seat being emptied by time-limited Paul DeGregorio. Ms Hunter's only elections experience was as one of the
Bush-Cheney attorneys challenging voters in Ohio in 2004 and she is presently serving as Deputy Director of the Office
of Public Liaison at the White House. Newsday correctly asks the Senate to 'question Hunter closely on her background
and make an enlightened decision on whether her experience meets the statute's requirements'. / The regressive voter ID
law in Missouri is being challenged in state supreme court while the Arizona law was blocked in Federal Appeals court. /
Newton Co Arkansas has asked the state to allow them to use paper ballots at the polls. They are not confident in the ES DREs that have failed them in the past two elections....
National: Editorial - Elections-panel pick. Senate must ensure nominee is able LINK
National: Opinion - Voter ID laws target the vulnerable LINK
National: Opinion - Midterm vote may be hard to trust LINK
National: How Many Bad Elections? LINK
National: Standards to stimulate e-voting? LINK
National: Stumbling toward November LINK
National: Poll Worker Recruitment Drive Attracts Volunteers With a Reform Agenda LINK
National: CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'Flawed elections? We're talking about a disaster here.' LINK
National: Critiquing voting machines with Congress LINK
Arkansas: Newton County - Paper Ballots For General Election LINK
Arizona: Appeals Court Says No to Prop 200's Burdensome Voter ID Requirements LINK
Arizona: Appellate court blocks enforcement of Arizona voter ID law LINK
Arizona: Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Voter ID Law LINK
California: Alameda County - Suit questions security of county voting system LINK
California: Alameda County - County Plans Conference on Instant Runoff Voting LINK
Colorado: Voting machines could be costly for Larimer, Weld LINK
Colorado: Editorial - Play straight on election rules LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Did your vote count? LINK
Indiana: Editorial - No time to vote? No more! LINK
Maryland: E-poll books to get 2nd try. But governor is not reassured that glitch is fixed LINK
Maryland: Opinion - Voting machinery LINK
Maryland: Ehrlich Disagrees With Decision on Electronic Poll Books LINK
Maryland: Don't touch the Diebold touchscreen machines LINK
Missouri: Mo. Supreme Court hears voter ID arguments LINK
Missouri: Election officials proceeding despite uncertainty LINK
New Jersey: Columnist - Stealing our votes the high-tech way LINK
New York: Suffolk County – Press Release - Suffolk County Officials Announce Intent to File Suit Against State over
Voting Machine Mandate LINK
New York: Suffolk County - Suffolk Sues State Over Voting Machine Guidelines LINK
New York: Suffolk County - Levy fights on vs. new vote machines LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Voting troubles raise stakes in Cuyahoga County LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - A look at recommended fixes for election problems LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Candidates' party wrong on ballots LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Voting machines more plentiful. County has 1,653 more than in ’04, as well as a plan to
distribute them LINK
Pennsylvania: Tepid about touchscreens. Doubts over new technology. Poll says Pa. voters say they don't have confidence
in machines -- yet. LINK
Pennsylvania: Montgomery County - Montco voting machines a success in test. County to move ahead with upgrades before
official certification. LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Demo election suit dismissed LINK
Tennessee: Williamson County - Voter registrations faked in GOP drive. About 150 forms questioned in Metro, Williamson
County LINK
Tennessee: Williamson County - REPORT: National GOP May be Tied to Voter Registration Fraud Cases in Tennessee LINK
Texas: Harris County - Bilingual poll workers needed LINK
Texas: Tarrant County - Parties want voting paper trail LINK
Wisconsin: State voting machines under scrutiny LINK
Wisconsin: Winnebago County – Editorial - Final tally: County fails to deliver on high-tech election equipment LINK
West Virginia: West Virginia preparing for technologically advanced general election LINK
GUam: Opinion - Lawmakers must update election law; GEC must avoid repeating mistakes LINK
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Daily Voting News For October 7, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Elections changes mandated by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 have created expensive elections. Historically school
districts, fire districts and any other governmental entity that raises funds via voter approval have had to pay to put
their requests for fundiasdng before the voter. Now these city and county entities are faced with much more expensive
elections. In Wisconsin school districts are deciding to change their bond elections and school board election from odd
to even-numbered years so they can just add their election in with the even-year general election. That will lower their
costs but add to the size of an already overly large ballot. This is another unintended disaster brought to us by the
fine folks who gave us HAVA. / An election challenge in Rhode Island is now before the state supreme court. ES is being raked over the coals in court, again....
National: CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'The country has done very well with paper ballots for a very long time.' LINK
National: Die Bold, Die Wussy. An Invitation to Steal an Election LINK
Arkansas: Voting officials meet to resolve election issues LINK
Arizona: No ID needed for Arizona voter registration pending appeal LINK
California: Alameda County - Suit challenges voting system. Security and accuracy of votes questioned in Alameda County LINK
California: Lake County - County's absentee ballot voting has increased dramatically LINK
Colorado: Staying home to vote gains fans in Colorado. Officials say half of November ballots could be absentee LINK
Colorado: Larimer County - Scramble on to meet costly election rules LINK
Florida: Right touch? Voting screens draw doubts. But local officials have confidence in systems here LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Elections chief scrambles on voting queries. McFall still doesn't have details LINK
Indiana: Hendricks County - Election Day staffing sought LINK
Minnesota: School districts switching elections. Even-year option can save money LINK
New York: Herkimer County - Accessible ballot marking device available LINK
New York: Suffolk County Officials Announce Intent to File Suit Over Voting Machine Mandate LINK
Ohio: A fine mess in Ohio LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga voting problems could delay Senate results LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Diebold Memory Cards Stolen LINK
Rhode Island: Lawyer Questions Voting Machines - Asks local officals to watch them closely LINK
Tennessee: Union County – TBI [Tennessee Bureau of Investigation] may look into election. Officials to decide if claims
of vote buying to be probed LINK
Wisconsin: County panel rejects move to withhold payment to Diebold LINK
Wisconsin: Milwaukee - Election head vows a smooth Nov. 7. Commission still seeks poll workers, however LINK
IReland - Government says e-voting will not be used in next election LINK
NEatherlands - Flaws found in European voting machines. Problem affects gear used by 90% of Dutch voters LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org