'Daily Voting News' For August 30 and 31, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
True to form Florida is in the midst of another election nightmare. Is it a few less than honorable election officials
in a couple counties; or, is it the simplistic process the state uses for certifying and accepting voting systems for
use; or, is it vendors who have no problem at all selling counties voting systems that should never be used in elections
work and that they don’t even warrant as being manufactured to be used in elections? Or, is it all of the above? I
suspect it is all of the above. Indian River Co. decided to test a new system that would modem results from the poll
sites to the main tabulating room. They decided to do this test in the middle of an election and they ended up doubling
results from 40 polling sites. The results from Palm Beach Co are still a mess big enough to boggle the mind but there
seems to have been thousands of votes that went uncounted originally while the final total vote count went down by over
three thousand votes in one race after a machine and manual recount. And there is still a recount underway in Broward
Co. Who knows what reports of problems will come from that recount. Is this a portent of things to come in November? It
very clearly is that. ...
National: Proposed Mitigation for GEMS (and other EMS) Vote Deletion LINK
National: Meet the New Flaws LINK
National: Bob Thaves Tackles e-Voting LINK
Florida: Opinion - Early voting becomes an issue LINK
Florida: New machines, new election, & Sarasota still can't count our votes. LINK
Florida: Broward County manager, mayor's aide will serve on judicial race recount panel LINK
Florida: Indian River County - Vote glitch could sink incumbent vote-counter in Vero LINK
Florida: Indian River County - System error doubles vote count in most Indian River County precincts LINK
Florida: Indian River County election miscount stirs up worries about Nov. 4 LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Wennet takes lead in recount LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Tight state deadline for recount might not be met in judge's race LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Recount is under way in judge's race LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Palm Beach Recount Reminiscent To 2000
Judicial Race Candidates Separated By 17 Votes LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Concerns Arise With Machine Recount LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Wennet's thin lead in judicial race prompts manual recount of votes LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Recount completed; Winner announced LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Wennet retains spot on bench after two-day recount LINK
Florida: Polk County - Recount in School Board contest goes to Mullenax LINK
Florida: Sarasota County – Opinion - Ballot glitch looming?
Sarasota vote problem not a good sign LINK
Hawaii: Hawaii Election Integrity Lawsuit Update LINK
Iowa: Clay County - Sept. 9 election marks return of paper LINK
Maryland: Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials LINK
New York: Some NY officials worry about voting access LINK
Ohio: Secretary of state to break tie on absentee voting hours LINK
Virginia: Editorial - No Patriot games LINK
Wisconsin: Voter registration information often doesn’t match driver records
22% mismatch rate found in registrations this month 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"
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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