Daily Voting News For February 20, 2008
Daily Voting News For February 20, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today New Jersey media reported that some Sequoia Advantage voting machines used in that state’s primary election on
February 5 were not accurately reporting vote totals. The totals found in the memory were not the same as the totals
reported on the internal paper-record. According to the media this was found in at least 5 counties. Sequoia tried to
pass this off as an anomaly but one official would not accept this minimization of the problem as she corrected Sequoia
“"Initially, when I called Sequoia they said it was an anomaly. And I said, 'Excuse me. It's not. It's an error,'" she
said. ...
NAtional: Diebold Names Senior Diebold Officials to 'New Independent' Diebold Election Division Board LINK
California: Riverside County - Local Super Tuesday Votes Long from Being Completely Counted LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Photo IDs Lead To Credible Elections LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Decision Due On Vote System Disabled Haven't Vetted LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Vote Centers idea seems unnecessary LINK
New Jersey: Primary election raises new questions about electronic voting LINK
New Jersey: Machines get vote of no confidence after errors in primary LINK
New Jersey: Sequoia E-Voting Machines Reporting Inaccurate Totals in New Jersey LINK
New Mexico: Anne Kass Guest Blog: The NM Caucus & Privatized Elections LINK
New Mexico: A top state Democratic Party official resigns after NM election snafus LINK
New York: DREs Lose Round Two LINK
New York: NYC Recount Underway For Democratic Primary LINK
New York: Mike Bloomberg Claims Vote ‘Fraud’ LINK
Ohio: Judge Who Sided with Ohio SOS in Paper Ballot Authority Scuffle May Be in Violation of Judicial Conduct Code LINK
Ohio: Judge: Paper Is A Must LINK
Ohio: Ohio Secretary of State looks into voting machines LINK
Ohio: Experts to visit OU, hear public’s voting concerns LINK
Ohio: Butler County - Study finds county voting system vulnerable LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County – Editorial - College voters need Nov. paper trail LINK
Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - County sticks to e-vote plan LINK
Pennsylvania: Somerset County - Somerset gears up to count absentee ballots LINK
Texas: Bell County - Voting machine helps handicapped voters LINK
Texas: Fort Bend County's election chief quits His resignation comes a week after he criticized voting machines LINK
Texas: Fort Bend County - Election head steps down LINK
Texas: Waller County - Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights LINK
Washington: King County - Few trail into the polls; some irritated at party oaths LINK
Wisconsin: Wisconsin primary marked by busy day at local polling locations LINK
Wisconsin: Turnout is robust 35% would be best since '88; Milwaukee has strong showing LINK
Wisconsin: Winnebago County - Confusion rankles voters who fail to cast presidential vote LINK
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voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News"
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org