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Daily Voting News For June 12, 2008

Thursday, 12 June 2008, 1:22 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For June 12, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Yesterday I spoke about what may be election fraud in the handling of absentee ballots in Bullock Co Alabama. Today the District Attorney in Randolph Co requested an investigation of absentee ballot handling in his county. An investigation is already being carried out in Potter Co. Absentee ballot mishandling appears to be the preferred means of election fraud in Alabama. Clearly this is something that bears our attention going into November.

It is no surprise at all that ES&S investigated problems on their machines used in Faulkner Co Arkansas and declared the whole problem was “human error”. However, there was an error in tabulating the votes. That error was not caused by the voter so that error is a violation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 Section 301(a)(5).

The Secretary of State of Ohio has released a report on the 2008 Primary from last March. The media reports say the primary had some “bumps but went well overall”. In fact, the report ignores problems that even the Secretary described at the time as a “huge problem”. One has to wonder why election officials seem to think they can misrepresent the facts and not be called on it....

NAtional: Voters and the Question of their “Confidence in the System” LINK

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National: Columnist - Rabbit Hole of Voter Fraud LINK

Alabama: Randolph County - DA requests investigation of county absentee voting LINK

Arkansas: Faulkner County - Audit reveals human error caused election debacle LINK

Colorado: Youthful service
Colorado student judge program a boon for democracy LINK

Florida: Opinion - We might wish for punch cards when ballot lines are drawn to vote LINK

Florida: Optical-scan voting nears South Florida debut
New optical-scan voting machines will be the third ballot system used in South Florida since 2000. LINK

Florida: Sarasota County - Mock election will test all machines LINK

Georgia: Elections Board Fires Back In Tussle Over Voter ID Law LINK

Indiana: MicroVote punished for '06 elections
18-month ban on system sales LINK

North Carolina: Instant runoff voting is a practical and democratic solution to election pitfalls LINK

New Jersey: ACLU, press groups seek to open voting case
Judge asked to reconsider ruling barring disclosure of machine test results LINK

Ohio: Capital News: More volleys over Brunner's Project Everest LINK

Ohio: Report: March primary had bumps but went well overall LINK

Ohio: Secretary of State Releases First Comprehensive Post-Election Report LINK

Ohio: Cuyahoga County, citing costs of election equipment, considers service cuts, layoffs
Service reductions, layoffs possible LINK

Ohio: Trumbull County - Elections board finds way to cut costs LINK

Pennsylvania: Crawford County replaces voting machine batteries 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.**

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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org

"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008

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