Daily Voting News For March 15, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
It appears that not many officials in New Jersey believe Sequoia’s explanation of the problem 6 counties found following
the state’s primary on Super Tuesday. Sequoia has attempted to blame the poll workers for a problem where, on some
machines, the internal paper memory does not match the internal memory, and neither match the facts from the poll books.
The issue is with how many votes were cast for each party and not vote totals for candidates. Election officials have
questioned Sequoia’s theory. Now a large association of state constitutional officers has voted unanimously to demand an
investigation. Machines will be shipped to Ed Felten at Princeton University for possible inspection. Our gratitude is
given to those state officials in New Jersey who have questioned the excuse that it is the poll workers or the voters
who are at fault. The vendors almost never accept responsibility. One vendor may now have their excuse proven to be
wrong.
VotersUnite encourages all voters to check their registration and ensure they are still on the voting rolls and that
all of their information is current. It should only take a few minutes and may save your ability to vote in November....
NAtional: The Problems with All-Mail Elections LINK
California: Statewide Ballot Initiative Aims to Make Voting Safe LINK
California: Riverside County - Supervisors discuss spending $5 million on voting machines LINK
Colorado: SPEAKOUT: Colorado's county clerks know best LINK
Colorado: Larimer County needs storage for election materials LINK
Florida: Touch screens still get some folks' vote as end of an era draws near LINK
Florida: Editorial - No new primary LINK
Florida: Fla. Mail-In Vote Could Be Announced In Days LINK
Florida: Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote LINK
Florida: Fla. House Members Oppose Mail-In Vote LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Technology upgrade made for PBC's smooth election results LINK
Iowa: Counties face high costs under voting-machines bill LINK
Iowa: Senate votes to require paper ballots LINK
Mississippi: Machine glitches blamed for most voting problems LINK
Mississippi: Heavily GOP DeSoto Co. struggled to provide Democratic ballots LINK
New Jersey: Election-machine problems spur call for study Independent analysis requested after lack of explanation from
Sequoia LINK
New York: Accessible Voting and New York LINK
Ohio: Cleveland City Council primary offers chance to test optical-scan voting system LINK
Oklahoma: Few voter fraud attempts come at the polling place LINK
Oklahoma: Voter ID laws are disenfranchisement schemes LINK
Pennsylvania: Blair County Expecting Heavy Voter Turnout LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Showdown in the state County readies for record voting LINK
Texas: Hidalgo County - Two more voter fraud cases dismissed LINK
Virginia: Visually impaired report trouble with voting machines that speak Who is 'Barry Ocamaca'? LINK
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