Daily Voting News For March 01 29, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Bits and Pieces today. As reported here yesterday Sequoia Voting Systems has blamed one or two poll workers in 6
counties for doing something strange at the back of the counties Advantage DREs that would cause the correct ballot to
be voted yet would report that ballot as being from a different party. And, that incorrect report is only on one of two
internal, redundant memories. It all sounds very wrong to me and it’s probably a good thing this problem may only happen
during the primaries when party preference means something.
All but one of Cuyahoga Co Ohio’s ES optical scan machines seem to have tested satisfactorily.
Los Angeles Co election officials owe it to the voters to count every ballot possible. They don’t seem to understand
that simple premise for some reason.
Tuesday will be another busy day though the news from Rhode Island and Vermont will be pretty slim with not a lot to
report. However, Texas and Ohio will more than make up for a lack of news from the other two primary states. We look for
a busy week next week....
NAtional: Pesky Details with Getting a Voting System Correct LINK
National: March 4 Snapshot: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont LINK
National: 'Perceived' Problems Part of Reason for National Move to Paper Ballots Says USA TODAY LINK
California: L.A. County 'Double Bubble' Trouble Gets Worse, as Thousands of 'Remade' Provisional Ballots Set to Go
Uncounted as Well, According to Local Activist LINK
Colorado: Colorado Secretary of State says Garfield County’s voting equipment is OK LINK
Colorado: Montrose County - State ok’s county voting equipment for now LINK
Connecticut: Ten Myths About Electronic Voting In Connecticut LINK
Florida: Farewell to touch-screens LINK
Indiana: Marion County - GOP says clerk error "disenfranchised" voters LINK
New Jersey: Makers defend voting booths Tally errors blamed on polling workers LINK
Ohio: Ohio Election Officials Brace For Record Turn Out For Tuesday's Primary LINK
Ohio: All eyes will be on Ohio to get Election Day right LINK
Ohio: Ohio's cost to switch voting method soars LINK
Ohio: Above-average voter turnout expected for Ohio primary LINK
Ohio: Absentee record expected LINK
Ohio: 2 Cuyahoga Co. Vote-Counting Tests Fail, Third Works LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - One of 15 vote-counting machines in Cuyahoga County fails test LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Shake-up to precede primary at Franklin County Board of Elections LINK
Ohio: Lorraine County - Oberlin College prints phone bills for voter ID LINK
Texas: Texas's Paperless Votes: Will They Decide the Democratic Nomination? LINK
Texas: El Paso County - Early voting turnout record-setting, prepping for primary LINK
Texas: Upshur County - Official faults Upshur GOP in voting flap Party responsible for securing at least one ballot
machine LINK
Vermont: How does your town count your votes? LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org