Daily Voting News For November 15, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Officials in Denver Colorado estimate that as many as 18,000 voters walked away from the polls without voting in the
Nov. 7 general election. These are disenfranchised voters just the same as those voters who have been removed from
voting registers for no reason or those who were intimidated, in the past, when poll sites had police officers stationed
just outside the doors. We cannot continue to use voting systems (in this case it was an untested, kludgey Sequoia poll
book that was the cause) that keep people from the polls and cause long lines. When DREs fail no one can use them. When
precinct-based optical-scan machines fail, ballots can be put into a ballot box....
National: Observations of a Poll Worker: A Critique Of The eSlate LINK
National: Democrats may give voting machines more scrutiny LINK
National: With Some Electronic Voting Systems, Not All Votes Count LINK
National: ES – the Midas Touch in Reverse LINK
National: HR 550 vs HR 6200 LINK
National: Counting votes that don't count LINK
National: Sarasota Vote Snafu Figure Involved In Bribe Scandal LINK
National: For Trustworthy Elections; Dump ALL the Machines, Require Paper LINK
National: House member wants e-voting paper trail LINK
National: Holt renews call for e-voting law LINK
National: The Vote Protectors LINK
Alabama: Baldwin County - Voting glitch didn't affect election LINK
Arkansas: Benton County - Democrats Want Recount In Justice Of The Peace Race
At Stake Is 'Confidence in the Voting System,' Chairwoman Says LINK
Arkansas: Waldenburg - A touch screen, a missing vote, a mystery in Arkansas LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Fun With Vote Machines
Pima County Dems claim election procedures were violated when an elections worker broke a server seal LINK
California: Tuteur calls for changes to avoid ‘disaster’ LINK
California: Napa County – Opinion - Election reflections, from Baltimore to Napa LINK
California: Riverside County - In Riverside County, 31 percent of ballots remain uncounted LINK
Colorado: Coffman gets election primer LINK
Colorado: Denver - Cost hole for nightmarish balloting may get deeper LINK
Colorado: Denver's turnout total falls short of forecasts LINK
Colorado: Denver – Editorial - Elections: A wreck in very slow motion LINK
Colorado: Denver - Key city election official resigns LINK
Colorado: Denver - Officials vow '06 vote woes won't recur LINK
Colorado: Denver still counts ballots LINK
Connecticut: Recount gives Courtney win in 2nd District LINK
Florida: Revote of Florida's 13th Congressional District Election Called For by National Voting Rights Groups LINK
Florida: Broward County - Broward seeks election storage facility LINK
Florida: Manatee County - Manatee recounts its ballots calmly LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Buchanan lead grows as manual recount looms LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Few changes in first recount in contested congressional race LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Cluttered Sarasota ballot may be at fault, expert says
Sarasota County's ballot was poorly designed, an expert said, one possible factor in voters skipping over the 13th
Congressional District race. LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Experts: 15% undervote in 2000 isn't comparable LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Analysis suggests undervote caused by ballot design LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Touch-screen voting tossed in Sarasota
County voters mandated 'verified paper ballots.' Meanwhile, a recount continues. LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Voting Problems Were Widespread In Sarasota County House Race LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - PFAW Foundation Calls For Public Hearing on Sarasota Undervotes LINK
Idaho: Vote Counting Complications LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - Officials working to account for missing ballots, miscounts
Some precincts showed different vote counts for unchallenged provisional ballots. LINK
Indiana: Lake County - Final vote count still out
ELECTION: Machines that don't 'talk,' provisional ballots hold up tally LINK
Minnesota: Results from Minnesota’s First Post-Election Review Confirms Accuracy of State’s Voting Machines LINK
North Carolina: Craven County - Vote recount shows reliable results LINK
New Jersey: Essex County - Problems found on 24 voting machines LINK
New York: New Voting Systems for New York - Long Lines and High Cost LINK
New York: Bloomberg blasts state board over voting machine delays LINK
New York: Board of Elections Response to Mayor Bloomberg LINK
New York: NYS could lose $50M in voting machine delay LINK
New York: Voting Machines To Cost $40-$100 M LINK
Ohio: Does Anyone Know What's Going On? LINK
Ohio: Agreement reached on Ohio's provisional ballots LINK
Oregon: Ashland - Voting machine problems in Ashland, Oregon LINK
Pennsylvania: No decision today on request to dismiss electronic voting machines suit LINK
Texas: More voting problems in Williamson County
Officials blame computer software for voting overcount. LINK
Wisconsin: Frie says he is seeking recount 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