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Daily Voting News For ELECTION DAY Nov. 7, 2006

Published: Wed 8 Nov 2006 02:12 PM
Daily Voting News For ELECTION DAY Nov. 7, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
David Tom, elections manager, county of San Mateo: "I feel very secure in the machines and how they work. We do a lot of testing on these machines and we're absolutely 100 percent sure these machines will work the way they do." Huh?? / “We can expect that things will go smoother this November,” said Michelle Shafer, spokeswoman for Sequoia. In other words, more problems will be blamed on 'human error' than in previous elections. / Tonights DVN is more heavily weighted toward reports of problems and less to the editorials and opinions. Some of the news services and local media outlets are talking about the 'minor glitches' and ignoring the major failures across the country. Today's election proved Ms. Shafer wrong but the blame will go on the 'human error' just the same....
National: Concern grows over ballot fraud LINK
National: Candidates Advised To 'Citizen Audit' Race Before Conceding LINK
National: Protecting The Democratic Vote
A Formula for Catching Election Fraud. LINK
National: Justice department dispatches election monitors LINK
National: Voting machine companies to deploy thousands of techs LINK
National: Polling places turn to paper ballots after glitches LINK
National: Lawmakers among those snagged by voting problems LINK
National: New voting machines and dirty tricks confound voters LINK
National: Watchdog groups report e-voting problems
Coast-to-coast snafus involve flipped votes, machine failures LINK
Arkansas: Garland County: More Voting Problems LINK
Arizona: Photo finish in Arizona LINK
California: Bay Area - Minor malfunctions at East Bay polls LINK
California: Butte County - Voting machine stolen from Chico area; Recovered LINK
California: Contra Costa County - Minor malfunctions at Contra Costa polls LINK
California: Riverside County - Locks demanded for vote machines; critics say 'sleepovers,' though legal and common, are an unnecessary risk LINK
California: San Diego County - Judge tosses paper-ballot lawsuit calling for 1.3 million paper ballots LINK
California: San Mateo Rolls Out New Voting Machines LINK
Colorado: A thing or 2 amiss at sites LINK
Colorado: Denver - Computer logjams plague Denver voting LINK
Colorado: Denver - CHAOS: Problems worsen, Dems seek voting extension LINK
Florida: Broward County - No chads, but plenty of doubts LINK
Florida: Broward County - Deerfield Beach voters frustrated by bad electronic ballots LINK
Florida: Broward County - Ballot problem delays voting 90 minutes in Deerfield Beach LINK
Florida: Lee County - Minor glitch reported as polls open LINK
Florida: Lehigh County - Voter smashes touch-screen machine in Allentown LINK
Florida: Miami-Dade County - Dade Votes Were Possibly Lost In 2004 Election LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Voting officials putting out fires LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Voting machine frustrations at Jeaga Middle School LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Supervisor answers voter complaints on polling place, posters LINK
Florida: Sarasota County voters may mandate paper ballots LINK
Iowa: Pocahontas County - Scattered voting machine snags reported LINK
Idaho: DISABLED VOTERS ASKED TO USE PUNCH CARD BALLOTS LINK
Illinois: Chicago - NBC5 Viewers Report Voting Problems LINK
Illinois: Cook County - Voters face low-tech problem: Not enough pens LINK
Illinois: Kane County - State's Atty. wants voting extended to 9:30 p.m. in Kane County LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - Voting Troubles Plague Delaware County LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - Voting Computer Error at 75 Delaware County Precincts LINK
Indiana: Problems Reported With Voting Machines by Microvote LINK
Indiana: Marion and Delaware Counties - Voting off to rocky start in Marion, Delaware Counties LINK
Kentucky: Poll worker charged with assault LINK
Maryland: Polling Places Report Some Problems LINK
Missouri: Missouri Sec. of State Forced to Show Photo ID at Poll When Voting! LINK
Mississippi: Officials say elections going smoothly, despite minor problems LINK
Mississippi: Hancock County - Computer Problems Force Some Hancock County Voters To Use Paper Ballots LINK
Mississippi: Harrison County - Poll Workers Struggle With New Voting Machines LINK
New Jersey: Voting problems reported in NJ LINK
New Jersey: Election observers concerned about e-vote tampering LINK
New Jersey: NJ voting machine woes reported, but no major problems LINK
New Mexico: Phone Calls Directing Voters to the Wrong Polling Place Continue LINK
New Mexico: GOP calls ballot shortage malicious LINK
New York: How to vote is the next major issue ahead LINK
Ohio: Long lines, problems with voting machines reported across Ohio LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga encounters voting problems LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - 16 Cleveland polls stay open longer LINK
Ohio: Franklin County: Delay in counting could leave close races up in air LINK
Ohio: Stark County - Lines and problems reported at scattered polling sites LINK
Ohio: Summit County - Election officials report voting problems; turnout heavy LINK
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County - Several Reports Say New Voting Machines Not Working LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Commissioners: Voting machines result in minor glitches LINK
Pennsylvania: Lancaster County - Electronic voting machine problems reported early LINK
South Carolina: Judge: Computer glitch means 4 polling sites to stay open longer LINK
Tennessee: Reported election problems LINK
Tennessee: Dems will go to court this afternoon to ask for polls to stay open LINK
Texas: Problems await some local voters at the polls LINK
Texas: Fort Bend County - Voting problems reported in Fort Bend this morning LINK
Utah: A few glitches mar early voting in Salt Lake City LINK
Utah: Problems for voters in Utah County; some delays in Salt Lake LINK
Utah: Voting machine encoders fail in Utah County LINK
Utah: Utah County - UPDATE: Voting machine glitch causes big delays, county says problem fixed LINK
Utah: Daggett County - Election Fixing Charges Fly in Utah Town LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org

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