Daily Voting News For April 22, 2008
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 2:09 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For April 22,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon
of VotersUnite.org
What is wrong with election officials in Pennsylvania?
They knew that voter turnout was going to set records today
yet many precincts only have two machines. Two machines
equal long lines and voters turning around and going home.
On top of that there were wide-spread machine failures. And,
on top of that, in areas like Philadelphia officials will
not allow voters to use a paper ballot unless both machines
are out-of-service and then, the paper ballot is a
provisional ballot that may or may not ever be counted. At
the same time that voters are reporting problems to the
local news blogs and the voting assistance groups, local
officials were telling the broadcast media that there were
very few problems and they were all expected (normal). In
fact the problems were numerous enough to warrant
VoterAction to go to court in an attempt to keep the polls
open for two extra hours. That attempt was denied....
NAtiona: The BRAD BLOG [And
VotersUnite] Invited to Address U.S. Election Assistance
Commission... LINK National:
Lawyers' Committee Releases Interim Protection 2008 Primary
Report LINK National: Are
E-Voting Paper Trails A Bad Idea?
from the
depends-on-your-point-of-view dept LINK
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Boulder
County testing election system LINK Colorado: Mock
election will test if SCORE rides smoothly
New voter
registration system will be used in Aug. primaries LINK Colorado: Dry
run for new voter database LINK Connecticut:
State Officials Asked To Probe Flaws In Voter Lists LINK Indiana: Marion
County - Preparing for Indiana's May primary election LINK Indiana: Shelby
County - Ballot back in proper order LINK Montana: E-Vote:
$800,000 in Grants Awarded to Montana County Election
Offices LINK New York:
Storage sought for new machines
ELECTRONIC VOTING:
Counties need secure, climate-controlled site LINK Ohio: Cuyahoga
County - High-cost elections stun cities, schools Some
increases are more than tenfold LINK Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania Primary: Polling Place, E-Voting Problem
Wire... LINK Pennsylvania:
Voter Story: Battling Administrative Incompetence And
Technical Failure At The Polls LINK Pennsylvania:
Reports of disenfranchised and uncertain voters LINK Pennsylvania:
Heavy Turnout In Pa. LINK Pennsylvania:
Obama camp charging voting problems in PA LINK Pennsylvania:
Election Protection in Full Swing in Pennsylvania LINK Pennsylvania:
Voting Problems In Pennsylvania? LINK Pennsylvania:
Breaking: Voter Group Requests Extended Poll Hours LINK Pennsylvania:
Poll problems: The case to extend hours LINK Pennsylvania:
Judge: Polls Will Close As Scheduled LINK Pennsylvania:
Allegheny County - Early Polling Issue Reported In Green
Tree LINK Pennsylvania:
Bucks County - Downed voting machines caused delays in Falls
LINK Pennsylvania:
Centre County - Update: Voting brisk in county, at HUB LINK Pennsylvania:
Monroe County - Changes should eliminate long lines, lengthy
waits for voters LINK Pennsylvania:
Northampton County - Polls open for Pennsylvania primary LINK Pennsylvania:
Northampton County - Palmer Twp. voter reports ballot
confusion LINK Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia - Court Appointed Machine Inspector Denied
Entrance to Poll LINK Pennsylvania:
Westmoreland County - Election workers brace for onslaught
LINK Tennessee:
It’s time to ensure every vote is counted 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.**
************* John
Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
"To encourage
citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democarcy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008
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