Daily Voting News For September 3, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Just as an example of how screwed-up are Florida election laws yesterday Indian River Co.’s Canvassing Board approved
the primary election results. Hopefully the reader will recall that Indian River had over 5000 ballots that were counted
twice because someone decided to do a test in the middle of a real election and then failed to properly remove the
results in that test. The result was ballots from 40 polling sites that were counted twice. Luckily an observant poll
worker realized the totals for her site were double what they should have been. She pointed out the mistake and the
county found their error. Tomorrow the board must do a state mandated audit to ensure their voting machines were
correctly counting the votes. If the poll worker hadn’t been observant and if this audit were to find the problem, or
any other problem that might exist with the vote count, NOTHING can/could be done because the results have already been
approved by the Canvassing Board. One has to wonder what some officials in Florida are thinking when they make stupid
rules. This audit is newly mandated. Why didn’t they mandate it to happen before canvassing the election? Post election
audits are great. We need them everywhere and following every election but they have to be timed in such a way as to
mean something if problems are found. If they don’t have a purpose (to ensure the votes were properly counted) then they
are a waste of tax money....
National: America Wants YOU to be a Poll Worker
Research shows how poll workers on the front lines of elections affect voter confidence. LINK
Arizona: 11,500 votes in Pima County not counted; final results released Thursday
Maricopa County has 43,000 still to be counted LINK
Arizona: Still 43,000 ballots uncounted in Maricopa County LINK
Arizona: Pima County vote count slowed by hand-delivery LINK
California: CA Appeals Court Strikes Down Ten Percent Ballot Audit LINK
Florida: Florida Loses Votes, Again; Fall Election Process in Question LINK
Florida: Local activist candidate for Broward Election Supervisor denied access to ballot recount LINK
Florida: Despite problems with vote totals, Indian River County Canvassing Board approves primary election results LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County – Editorial - The ballots are missing, so start finding answers LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Recount end: Tallying totals by hand on legal pad LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Election count errors under review LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - 3,400 Ballots Missing in Florida Election: Recount Flips Race LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Losing Candidate Vows Legal Fight Over Vote Discrepancy LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - State may give Palm Beach County more time to solve mystery of 3,400 missing ballots LINK
Florida: St. Lucie's canvassing board to audit voting equipment LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - Advance voting key to short waits at the polls LINK
North Carolina: Craven County - Additional one-stop voting sites not intended to be permanent, official says LINK
New York: Niagara County - Changing the vote LINK
Ohio: Licking County - Voter registration system to change
County BOE: Switch won't affect November election LINK
Ohio: Summit County - Secretary of state to break tie on absentee voting hours LINK
Tennessee: Opinion - Right to vote too important to trust electronic voting machines LINK
Utah: Eat My Vote: Election officials have no fear about the latest voting machine glitch. Others aren’t so sure. LINK
Virginia: Warning for College Student Voters LINK
Guam: Voting machines still an option, if they comply with provisions LINK
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John Gideon
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VotersUnite.Org
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