'Daily Voting News' For November 07, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today we have reports that ES software actually flipped votes in three races at one polling place in Crawford Co Kansas. We also have reports that ES software incorrectly reported results in one race in Polk Co North Carolina.
The long count of votes in Hillsborough Co Florida seems to be over with the blame for problems being put, where else,
on “human error”. It seems that Premier/Diebold had warned Florida users of their high-speed OSX voting machines that
those machines could not take a high-volume of ballots without bogging down and causing problems. Hillsborough ignored
that warning. However, why would a vendor put out a system for use in elections that cannot be used in a high-volume of
ballots. King Co. Washington wanted badly to use that system. If they had it would have been a disaster....
National: Push to Expand Voter Rolls and Early Balloting in U.S. LINK
National: Election gives early-balloting initiatives a boost LINK
National: Election-Day Problems -- Part Deux LINK
California: Election Night traffic slowed Secretary of State’s computers LINK
Florida: Leon County elections officials still counting votes; Boulware needs 158 for House 9 recount LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Two days after polls close, Johnson concedes Hillsborough elections supervisor race to
Busansky ‘
[Diebold/Premier OSX optical-scan system] LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough election fixes up to Busansky LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Human Error Suspected In Election Results Delay LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County - Ousted Johnson Still Blames Voting Machine Firm LINK
Florida: Hillsborough County – Editorial - Cleaning up after Johnson's disaster LINK
Kansas: Crawford County sees voting machine error
[ES ballot programming error that flipped votes in some local races] LINK
Kansas: Machine error could affect Crawford County attorney race LINK
Kansas: Crawford County - Error comes from voting machine programming
Officials to test machines Saturday in Frontenac LINK
Kansas: Crawford County - Error in voting machine could affect four races
Officials to test machines Saturday in Frontenac LINK
Iowa: Plymouth County - Speedy ballot count? Result of paper voting machines LINK
Indiana: Hamilton County - 350 Hamilton Co. ballots tossed after error LINK
Minnesota: Man will judge machine: scanner accuracy big in Senate race LINK
Minnesota: Coleman campaign questions big Franken gains LINK
Minnesota: FAQ on the Senate recount LINK
North Carolina: Polk County - Revised results give Democrats sweep in county board race
[ES incorrectly reported results] LINK
North Carolina: CD-5 - Goode Issues Statement on 5th District Race LINK
Nebraska: Douglas County - Thousands of early ballots arrive late LINK
New York: [Governor] Paterson Seeks Voting Assessment LINK
New York: Electronic Voting Machines Still in Limbo LINK
South Carolina: Charleston County - Like old times
Voting glitches bring delays of yesteryear to mind LINK
Tennessee: Tenn. will pay $25M for voting machines
State spent millions on paperless version less than five years ago LINK
Tennessee: TN to spend $25M grant on voting machines LINK
Texas: Scanning paper ballots best election choice, study says LINK
Virginia: North Carolina early voting eliminated hassles LINK
Virginia: Recount Fictions in Virginia's Fifth LINK
Virginia: Goode cites 'irregularities' in reporting votes LINK
West Virginia: Release of returns delayed 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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