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Daily Voting News For November 5: Evening Edition

Published: Thu 6 Nov 2008 03:02 PM
Daily Voting News For November 5: Evening Edition
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
As we suspected tabulation of ballots has revealed problems with voting systems from all of the vendors. Hillsborough Co Florida is rethinking their contract with Premier/Diebold for $6M after having big problems counting votes. Manatee Co Florida also had a problem with Premier. Palm Beach Co had bad memory cartridges from Sequoia. Counties in Pennsylvania and South Carolina had problems with their ES system. We also have a run-off for senator from Georgia and a recount for senator from Minnesota. This election will last for another month at least....
National: Malfunctioning Machines, Ballot Glitches, Election-Law Litigation -- and a Busy Day for Lawyers LINK
National: Voting Rights Watch: Relatively few e-voting problems, but GOP still readies for possible action LINK
Arizona: Pima County: 10 precincts and number of early, provisional ballots still uncounted LINK
California: Santa Cruz County - Vandals hit Santa Cruz County polling places, campaign offices LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County – Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo
[Johnson said Premier, which he hired for $6 million this year, was dishonest with him and at fault for much of Tuesday's problems with voting machines.] LINK
Florida: Hillsborough results tied up by software glitch LINK
Florida: Hillsborough vote count likely to continue until Thursday LINK
Florida: Count Resumes With Hillsborough Elections Chief Race In Limbo
[Diebold/Premier admits the system was bogged down and stalled due to overload] LINK
Florida: Manatee County - Manatee solves vote-counting problem [Premier/Diebold] LINK
Florida: Manatee County - Small glitch causes big problems in Manatee LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County vote results still incomplete
[Bad Sequoia memory cartridges] LINK
Georgia: The OTHER Election Night Story in Georgia: No Early Votes Included in Reported Results LINK
Georgia: Chambliss and Martin prepare for another four weeks LINK
Georgia: Gwinnett County - Gwinnett Officials Still Counting Ballots Day After Election LINK
Kentucky: Kenton Co. Judge Rules For Vote Recount LINK
Kentucky: Madison County - Local turnout heavy as computer glitch delays count LINK
Minnesota: Ritchie: Senate recount will involve hundreds, cost $90K LINK
Minnesota: E-Voting Machines Used in Franken, Coleman Race Failed Tests LINK
North Carolina: Onslow County - Padgett wants recount LINK
New Hampshire: Long night of ballot snafus marks voting in Kennebunk LINK
Ohio: Montgomery County election results delayed until late this evening LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County Recounts Ballots After Discrepancy
[ES M-100 precinct based op-scan] LINK
Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - PA County's Voting Machines Impounded Following Complaints LINK
South Carolina: Charleston County suffers voting problems on Election Day
[ES problem. The county had to hand input the results from 17,000 ballots] LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008

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