Daily Voting News For June 13, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Yes, for all of you paraskavedekatriaphobiacs (fear of Friday the 13th) or triskaidekaphobiacs (fear of the number 13)
today is Friday the 13th. But it’s nearly over so all will be well soon.
The Curry Co (New Mexico) Canvass Board approved the final election canvass from the June 4 election today. As a
reminder, some memory cards used to transfer tallies from the ES op-scan machines to the central-tabulator were corrupted. The county election staff ran tapes from the machines and
tallied those to get the final results. When a losing candidate, at the meeting, asked why the county did not rerun the
paper ballots she was handed a schedule of how much it would cost her to request a recount. If state law does not allow
New Mexico counties to recount ballots when there is an equipment failure then New Mexico law needs to be changed....
NAtional: V.A. Ban on Voter Drives Is Criticized LINK
National: Richard Hayes Phillips,Author of "Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election" LINK
National: SAVE [Student Association for Voter Empowerment] Urges All States to Allow Teenagers to Pre-Register to Vote LINK
National: Poll workers wanted — lots of them
States, counties look at new ways to fill positions LINK
Arkansas: Faulkner County - Local election-integrity activist: toss electronic machines LINK
California: Los Angeles County - 'Human Error' to Blame for My Votes Being Flipped in L.A. County, According to
Registrar's Initial Investigation LINK
Illinois: Kane County Clerk to push for early voting LINK
New Mexico: Election officials order too many ballots LINK
New Mexico: Curry County - County vote canvass approved LINK
New York: Poll Results LINK
Pennsylvania: Indiana county set to receive election money LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County names Howard Erney acting chief registrar LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008