Daily Voting News For February 15, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
It has been a very slow day today. Secretary of State Bowen has now sent a letter to the Los Angeles Registrar asking
him to provide information back to the state with regards to the tens of thousands of uncounted “Double Bubble” ballots.
She has also suggested that the county actually count many of those ballots where they know the voter intent. When
“Decline To State” voters went to the polls and asked for a ballot to vote either American Independent or Democratic the
poll workers were supposed to annotate the party (AI or DEM) in the poll book. If all of the DTS voters at a polling
site asked to vote DEM then all of those ballots can be counted because the voter intent is clearly known. Only when an
AI voter is thrown into the mix does the count become more difficult....
NAtional: The Magic Of America LINK
California: Los Angeles County – Letter From Bowen To Logan Re: Uncounted DTS Ballots LINK
California: Solano County - Backlog of ballots in Solano LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - Both sides agree to disagree in voting machine debacle LINK
Georgia: More than 400 voters lacked photo IDs in Feb. 5 primary LINK
Massachusetts: Gloucester - City clerk ponders ways to hold elections more cheaply, easily LINK
Maryland: Fewer than 10,000 voted in extra 90 minutes LINK
New York: NY court adds new voting machine, but counties aren't buying LINK
Ohio: Judge Rules Ohio Curbs on Voter Registration Drives Unenforceable LINK
Ohio: Coshocton County - State: Paper ballots must be available LINK
Ohio: Lucas County to reprint, remail 6,500 faulty absentee ballots LINK
Ohio: Union County - County argues it should not have to provide paper ballots LINK
Ohio: Wood County - Weighing the options State election officials deem new Wood County voting machines vulnerable to
tampering, suggest purchasing new optical scanning systems LINK
Tennessee: Tennessee one step closer to voter verifiable voting machines LINK
Texas: Waller County – Opinion - Fighting Voter Suppression in Texas LINK
Washington DC: D.C. Council Member Scolds Elections Chief for Primary Voting Problems LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org