Daily Voting News For December 21, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The power of the headline is amazing. What may be a fair and balanced article can be changed to be partisan and biased
with the turn of the word in the headline. This is especially apparent when it is an Associated Press article that has
been run across the country under the banner, "Congress asked to intervene in Fla. Race". That is until the biased North
County Times, based in northern San Diego and Riverside Counties, gets the story. They deftly change the recommended
headline to reflect their bias to, "State-declared loser in race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris asks Congress to
investigate" and the same story reads differently. / A hand recount of over 264,000 ballots took 10 days in Vermont and
overturned the original results in the race for state auditor. They had paper ballots to recount and not vapor-ware from
the machines. / A state Representative in Pennsylvania is planning on asking Congress to allow the state to get rid of
their electronic voting machines so they can return to lever-machines. He says, rightly, that electronic voting machines
have been too problematic....
National: Paper jams hamper electronic voting LINK
Alabama: Marshall County - County gets its money LINK
Alabama: Marshall County - Marshall to seek interest on repayment
County reimbursed for its electronic voting machines LINK
California: Nevada County group studies voting options LINK
Florida: Editorial - Question for Florida
Are 18,000 votes missing in Sarasota? LINK
Florida: Two Florida Candidates File Election Contests in the U.S. House LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Jennings Officially Contests Race in Florida’s 13th District LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Florida candidate disputes election results LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Congress Asked To Probe Fla. House Race LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Jennings' fight ropes in House
Early edition: If Florida fails her, she wants Congress to intervene. LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Congress asked to intervene in Fla. race LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Jennings seeks House's help LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Disputed Sarasota race is appealed to Congress LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Sarasota voters likely confused, expert says LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Professor: Ballot confused voters LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Judge to decide if voting code is trade secret LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Computer code at heart of congressional election dispute LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Final phase begins in state audit of election LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - Landwehr still winner after recount LINK
New Jersey: Morris County - Calvanelli to take seat still disputed LINK
Pennsylvania: State Official Wants To Eliminate Electronic Voting Machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Voting machine headaches in Northampton County
Registrar foresees manual tabulation during 2007 primary as electronic machine complaints continue. LINK
Vermont: Judge rules on recount: Salmon unseats Brock 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