Daily Voting News For November 10, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
A large majority of today's news comes from Sarasota Co., Florida where the voters won a referendum vote to require the
county to provide a voting system that has paper and is verifiable. Unfortunately the voters spoke at the same time the
machines decided not to count over 18,000 votes in a congressional race. / Polls were kept open late in Kane Co,
Illinois, by court order, but now the state Supreme's are deciding if that judge overstepped in his court order. Many
voters may now be disenfranchised. / Undervote rate for Florida attorney general in Sumter county was 22%; Lee was 18%;
Charlotte was 21%. / In Benton Co. Arkansas a problem was found with the vote totals. They re-ran the ballots and the
final results of 8 races changed. Another great election for ES
NAtional: What, Exactly, is an Election Meltdown? LINK
National: Memorandum to Editors and Reporters: Re-Cap of Election Day Problems and Solutions for Future Presidential
Elections LINK
National: Oregon Senator Ron Wyden: 15 Reasons "Vote by Mail" Is The Right Direction LINK
National: New voting machines are a work in progress LINK
National: Electronic Voting Fatally Flawed
Interview with Pokey Anderson, independent journalist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus LINK
National: Outcome uncertain in 8 House races LINK
National: Opinion: E-voting transition a disaster
A smooth transition to electronic balloting? Not so fast, America LINK
National: Election Problems, What Election Problems? LINK
National: Never Mind the 'Results', Election 2006 Was a Disaster for E-Voting Systems Across the Nation LINK
Arkansas: 4 counties’ tallies slow; votes called 2 days late LINK
_Arkansas: Benton_ County - Eight Losers Now Winners_ LINK
California: Alameda County - Mixed Results for Sequoia Voting System LINK
California: Mendocino County - County clerk reports memory card problem LINK
California: San Diego County - Zogby 'Exit Poll' of San Diego's CA50 Busby/Bilbray Election Shows 6-Point Distortion
from Announced 'Results' LINK
California: Tehama County - Glitch holds up Tehama results LINK
Colorado: Votes for Colorado secretary of state uncounted LINK
Colorado: Chafee County - Reno wants second BV vote center LINK
Colorado: Denver - Denver Auditor Wants To Scrap Election Commission LINK
Colorado: Denver Keeps Counting Votes On Holiday LINK
Florida: Editorial - Remedy electronic voting's pitfalls
Our opinion: Start with a mandatory paper trail for all elections. LINK
Florida: Campbell says voters told him he wasn't on ballot LINK
Florida: Voting problems hit 4 counties LINK
Florida: In Florida, Echoes of 2000 as Vote Questions Emerge LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Did they or didn't they vote in race? LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Touch-screen debacle proves paper's value LINK
Florida: Editorial – Sarasota County - Another Florida voting dispute LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - State closely eyes Sarasota recount, voting machines LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Once triggered, process can take awhile LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Sarasota elections office braces for 'intense' recount LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - North Port area had the most undervotes LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Bush: Undervotes in congressional race worth investigating LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Common Cause joins fray in 13th District LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - U.S. House staffers arrive for 13th District recount LINK
Georgia: Effingham County - Congressional race, computer problems put Effingham in spotlight LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Court: Kane's late ballots do not count yet LINK
Indiana: Marion County - Election Woes Drag On LINK
Indiana: Marion County - Disabled Voters Disappointed with Touch-screen Problems LINK
Indiana: Perry County - Computer glitch delays vote tally LINK
Kentucky: Some kinks still in system LINK
Kentucky: Madison County - Blending of voting machines slows tally process LINK
Maryland: Counting absentee ballots a record-breaking operation LINK
Missouri: Jefferson County - County clerk takes heat for voting snags LINK
Missouri: State: St. Louis County required unnecessary ID at polls LINK
North Carolina: Pitt County - Paper balloting successful, officials say LINK
New Jersey: Ocean County - Computer glitch eyed in vote woes LINK
Ohio: Election delays seen elsewhere, too LINK
Oklahoma: Why e-Voting stinks LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawrence County - Machine malfunctions discussed LINK
Pennsylvania: Mineral County - When given the choice, voters pick paper ballots LINK
Pennsylvania: York County - York County 4th in voting hotline calls LINK
Wyoming: Trauner looks for 38 votes LINK
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Daily Voting News For November 11, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Faced with election results that show over 18,000 voters were disenfranchised by her voting machines, Sarasota Co.
Florida Elections Director Kathy Dent has changed her mind about DREs. Dent has now come out in favor of a referendum
that was on the ballot, and that she fought hard against, that would require the county to change to a paper based
voting system. The referendum won overwhelmingly. ...
National: Opinion - Keeping the Voting Clean LINK
Arkansas: Benton County - Election Results Continue To Puzzle LINK
Arkansas: Benton County - Questions surround election results LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Ballot audit takes time, will be used in all future voting LINK
California: San Francisco - Smooth election reported despite equipment problems LINK
Colorado: Denver – Editorial - Mail ballots not the answer
Why junk voting machines? LINK
Florida: State audit targets vote in Sarasota LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Machines passed random testing on Election Day LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - How do you recount electronic votes? LINK
Florida: Commentary - DeFede: Sarasota Voting Problems Hit Close To Home LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Florida county's recount focuses on voting machines LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Pattern at polls spelled trouble
Poll workers tell of the problems that produced nearly 18,400 nonvotes in the Sarasota congressional race. LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Voting machines lose ally
Sarasota elections supervisor, in reversal, endorses switch to a paper ballot system LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Political Staffs Head to Sarasota
National operatives, watchdog groups gearing up to contest improbable election. LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Florida Recount, 2006-Style
Large 'Undervote' In Hot House Race Raises Voting Machine Concerns LINK
Florida: Sumter County - Sumter ballot design called into question LINK
Indiana: 3 Indiana House races could result in recounts LINK
Indiana: Marion County - Votes Still Being Counted in Marion County LINK
Massachusetts: Boston - Boston's ballot policy violates state law, Galvin says LINK
New Mexico: San Juan County - County's election results remain unofficial LINK
Nevada: Nye County - Programming error delays vote count LINK
Utah: Paper ballots cause confusion
Official takes blame for a lapse in poll training LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org