Daily Voting News For October 19, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Utah has announced a change in election rules that will require a minimum audit of 1% machines in each county. A 3%
audit will be done for congressional races and 5% for smaller elections. These are minimum requirements. This is a good
first, baby-step now the state needs to make an adult step to a meaningful audit. / Officials in Chicago and Cook Co
Illinois are already predicting a meltdown. While the Freeman, Craft, McGregor Group blamed any mistakes on poll workers
(no surprise there) even experienced elections officials had problems with the Sequoia HAAT. / Denver Colorado will be
doing a 5% audit of their machines. / Here we go again. Early voting in Arkansas begins next Monday. At least one county
has still to receive their PEBs and paper ballots. Maybe Saturday. I wonder if they do any L testing at all? ...
National: New Laws and Machines May Spell Voting Woes LINK
National: Poll watchers say Nov. may be messy LINK
National: Activists Out to Ensure Every Vote Counts Amid ID Rules and Electronic Machines LINK
National: Poll watchers say Nov. may be messy LINK
National: Elections should be secured LINK
National: Voter education touted LINK
National: A Philosophy of Voter Suppression LINK
Arkansas: St. Francis County - PEBs expected this week; early voting begins Monday LINK
California: Secretary of State's Race Not Exactly a Vote Machine LINK
California: Orange County - AG: Voter warning linked to GOP campaign LINK
Colorado: Denver Election Commission Tests Voting Machines LINK
Colorado: San Miguel County - Rock the vote question the machine LINK
Florida: Opinion - VOTING: Creative thinking LINK
Idaho: Idaho weighs ‘Vote By Mail’ system LINK
Illinois: Chicago/Cook County - New election judges learning to work through the glitches LINK
Illinois: Chicago/Cook County - Voting glitches feared on Nov. 7 LINK
Illinois: Chicago/Cook County - Chicago Tribune Front Page: 'Voting Glitches Feared on Nov. 7' LINK
Indiana: Editorial - IDs and voter confidence. Political parties are bitterly divided on an issue it behooves them to
work together on. LINK
Indiana: Ruling on Indiana voter ID law unlikely before election LINK
Missouri: Woman ‘star’ of voter ID fight. Suit resulted in court’s rejection of law. LINK
North Carolina: Citizen Press Revolution: A Thorough, Disturbing Follow-Up on Electronic Voting LINK
North Carolina: Polk County - Polk loses 2,098 voters after purge of voter rolls LINK
New Mexico: Some voting machines will speak Navajo this election LINK
New Mexico: Dona Ana County - 1st test for new voting system LINK
Ohio: Ohio Lawsuit to Reinstate hundreds of thousands of Purged Democratic Voters to be Filed Fri. or Monday LINK
Ohio: Athens County - OU prof applauds new machines that will let him vote unassisted LINK
Pennsylvania: Experts warn of foul-ups with new voting machines. U.S. has spent billions to overhaul elections LINK
Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Do Bucks Votes Count? LINK
Pennsylvania: Luzerne County - County will pay $180,000 for voting TV ads LINK
Tennessee: Voters advised of incomplete ballot amendment LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - Problems on first day of early voting in Shelby County LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - The Watchdog Gets Answers About Shelby Election Glitches LINK
Texas: Montgomery County seeks bilingual election interpreters LINK
Utah: Audits to ensure all votes are counted LINK
Utah: Counties to compare 1 percent of electronic ballots with paper LINK
Washington: Snohomish County - Interest in races should help turnout in election LINK
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John Gideon
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