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Daily Voting News For November 16, 2006

Published: Fri 17 Nov 2006 03:47 PM
Daily Voting News For November 16, 2006
Daily Voting News For November 16, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
If a recount in Sarasota Co, Florida fails to award Democrat Christine Jennings a seat in Congress, she has a final recourse: The newly Democratic-controlled U.S. House. A little-known provision in the U.S. Constitution gives the House the final decision on who sits in its chamber. The CA-50 special election to replace Randy "Duke"Cunningham was decided by decision of the majority party in the House and according to the US Constitution Article 1, Section 5. FL-13 may be decided in the same way. / VVPAT: The printer that was added on to the DREs to allow the voter to review the ballot and to allow the counties to have something to audit/recount instead of software. What good has it been? Voters don't review it. On some models of machines the printer is covered by an opaque cover that must be lifted by the voter so they can review the ballot. They don't do it. Poll sites ran out of replacement spools for the printers and, where the printers are mandated by law, the machines had to be taken out of service. We need to rethink this idea....
National: Editorial - Counting the Vote, Badly LINK
National: Some tight U.S. House races still undecided LINK
National: Editorial - The glitching hour LINK
Arkansas: Benton County - Candidate requests recount LINK
California: Magic Numbers
This year’s vote was as dirty as ever. LINK
California: Why Candidates Should NOT Concede Before All the Votes Are Counted LINK
California: Monterey County - Without A Trace
‘No paper ballots,’ says poll watcher. LINK
California: Monterey County, CA Registrar Orders Voters be Turned Away at Polls Rather Than be Given Paper Ballots LINK
Colorado: Montrose County - Commissioners address voting fiasco LINK
Florida: Editorial - Touch-screen controversy doesn't indict machines LINK
Florida: Commentary - Florida voters do it again
Once again, Floridians have demonstrated to the rest of the country that we have the voting skills of an adult diaper. LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Democrat-controlled U.S. House to the rescue? LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Demos, NVRI Call for Revote in Florida's 13th District
18,000 Votes Lost In Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws LINK
Florida: F:-13 - Election Integrity Groups Call for Re-Vote in FL-13 U.S. House Race! LINK
Florida: Manatee County - Messy votes create extra ballot count LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - In Florida, much ado about touch screens LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Florida officials begin manual recount of 18,000 ballots LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - 18,000 Votes Lost in Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - PFAWF Criticizes Decision to Put Partisan Paper Trail Opponent in Charge of Sarasota Voting Machine Audit LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Voting machine audit cancelled LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Judge continues protection of voting machines at Jennings request LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Sarasota Public Hearing on Voting Irregularities LINK
Iowa: Opinion - Yepsen: Require paper trail to address voting paranoia LINK
Illinois: Kane County - High court lets extended vote stand
But Kane Election Day case can be revisited by the Circuit Court LINK
Indiana: Delaware County - County Clerk Wenger says ballot problems her fault LINK
Indiana: Hamilton County - Infinity machines in voters' future LINK
Indiana: Vanderburgh County – Editorial - Early Voting
The Issue: Kirk proposes satellite polling places. LINK
Montana: Voting Technology LINK
North Carolina: Mecklenburg County - Mecklenburg Officials Toss About One-Third Of Provisional Ballots LINK
New Hampshire: Parallel hand counts heartwarming exercise LINK
New Hampshire: Optical scanners proved easy to use this election LINK
New Mexico: Paper ballots cause delay as canvass deadline nears LINK
New Jersey: Ocean County - County works to end mystery of double vote LINK
New York: Caution urged in selection of voting devices LINK
New York: Otsego County - Voting choice: DREs or scanners? LINK
Ohio: Not necessary to overhaul voting system LINK
Ohio: Athens County - Two weeks after election, county's votes should all be counted LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Voting booths may get curtains LINK
Pennsylvania: Voting machine suit seeks answers
25 citizens claim electronic units in state are unreliable. Judges ask about challenges to their use LINK
Pennsylvania: Bibb County - As part of test program, Bibb trying to verify electronic election results LINK
Rhode Island: Voters handicapped LINK
Texas: Williamson County - Votes Counted Three Times Each on ES E-Voting Machines in Williamson County, TX! LINK
Texas: Williamson County - E-voting glitch turns up in Texas LINK
Utah: Election over? Not so fast! LINK
Virginia: Vote Early, Vote Often LINK
Virginia: Montgomery County - Computer expert: Scrap all paperless voting machines LINK
Wyoming: Trauner Will Not Ask for Recount in Congressional Race 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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