Daily Voting News For November 5: Morning Edition
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of "http://www.VotersUnite.org">VotersUnite.org
This morning there are some articles that were from last night after I sent the evening edition. Anything I entered this
morning is strictly about problems with voting machines and tabulation of votes. Except for something that I feel needs
to be in DVN that is not about technology and vote counting I will probably skip it unless it is a big story. I have
also made things easier and added notes between brackets [ ] so the reader will know the manufacturer of the system
and/or what the problem is that is being reported.
There are some problems with vote tabulation that will be followed. Hillsborough Co Florida is having problems with
their Premier/Diebold system and with the vendor. Washoe Co Nevada is reporting 40 blank memory cards. Boulder Co
Colorado is having problems because their Hart eScan optical-scan machines have problems with ballot dust and dirt.
National: The Basics of Voter Suppression Tactics
National: E-Voting: What Will it Take for a Smooth Election?
National: Voting hotline gets 3,000 complaints an hour
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/voting-hotline-has-received-3000-complaints-an-hour-2008-11-04.html
National: RNC May Challenge Integrity of 'Computerized Voting'
National: Electronic scams attempt to keep new voters at home
CA: Santa Clara County - Few problems reported in area despite record turnout
[Sequoia machine failures caused delays – 57 machines failed]
CO: Boulder County - Dust, Creases Slow Ballot Count In Boulder
Workers Have To Inspect Ballots [Hart eScan]
CO: Boulder County - ‘Phantom’ marks frustrate election workers [Hart eScan problems]
FL: Hillsborough County - Voting Glitches Mar Election [Diebold/Premier Optical-scan]
FL: Voting problems plagued Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson
FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough To Resume Tabulating Votes Today
FL: Hillsborough results frozen, tens of thousands still uncounted
FL: Vote counting won't end in Hillsborough until this afternoon
["They weren't speaking the truth about what they promised," Johnson said. "I wish I had told you that at first and was
less nice, but we haven't had much help from the vendor for the second time in a row." The vendor is Diebold/Premier]
FL: Glitch prevents Manatee County from issuing final election results [Diebold/Premier OS]
FL: Manatee County - Glitch postpones Manatee vote totals
GA: Why counting electronic ballots takes time
GA: Fulton County - Senior citizens among those who have voting problems
IA: Modem Problem Delayed Linn County Results [Premier/Diebold OSx optical scan]
IN: Madison County – Editorial - Ballot-counting problem should have been avoided [Early voting ballots misprinted by ES]
IN: Tippecanoe County - Final counts delayed as ballots sorted [Premier/Diebold TS R6 download problem]
MD: Touch-screen voting will be gone in 2010
Maryland to return to paper ballots in next election
MD: Registration errors disrupt voting
ME: Cumberland County - Broken voting machine delays Scarborough results [memory card failure]
MS: Miss. voters face long lines, machine problems
NC: Voting glitch in Rockingham County [ES optical scan]
NJ: High Turnout, Voter Problems Reported Around N.J.
NJ: Hudson County vote count hits major snag
NV: Washoe County - Blank cartridges delay final Washoe tally
[40 blank cartridges from Sequoia AVC Edge machines used in the election; or not used?]
NY: Oneida County - New voting machines prove troubling
OH: Boards of elections set to deal with provisional ballots as Ohio polls close
OH: Cuyahoga County elections workers rescanning ballots from more than 100 precincts
OH: Miami County set to recount 7,500 paper ballots [Diebold/Premier optical-scan memory card failure]
OH: Miami Co. count in, delayed by equipment failure
PA: Northumberland County voting machines will be impounded [Diebold TSx]
PA: Northumberland County - Computer glitch stalls Northumberland County vote count [Diebold TSx]
PA: Philadelphia - Judge denies vote-counting suit vs. Philly
WV: Marion County - Glitch Stops Vote Counting in Marion [ES]
WV: Marion County - Software glitch delays vote count [ES – ““I’m very disappointed with the software system that reads and tallies the votes,” Marion County Clerk Janice Cosco
said.]
Washington DC: D.C. Board of Elections Yet to Release Any Results
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