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'Daily Voting News' For August 30 and 31, 2008

Monday, 1 September 2008, 12:56 am
Column: John Gideon

'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

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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" 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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