Daily Voting News For November 23
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The Minnesota Senatorial race is still the source of most of the news. The Minneapolis-St Paul StarTribune seems to have
some of the best coverage of the recount. The link in the article below has not changed over the past few days but the
story is constantly updated and changes as the news changes.
One of the counties that had problems on election day, readers will recall, was Kenton Co. Kentucky. You may remember
that many of the county’s Hart Intercivic eSlate machines were not properly recording straight-party votes and they were
taken out of service. The machines are sold, maintained and programmed by Harp Enterprises. During an investigation of
the Kenton Co problem the president of Harp told investigators that election officials in nearly 100 Kentucky counties
failed to do any pre-election testing. If officials in Kenton Co had done the testing they should have found the problem
that affected their machines. Of course, Harp has thrown the counties under the bus to some extent. It should have been
their duty to warn the state that the testing was not happening. It is also important to note that Harp programs the
machines in many of those counties so they are deflecting the blame to some extent....
CO: Dems seek to centralize elections "http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/99563-dems-seek-centralize-elections" target="_blank">LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - County’s vote tally not yet official
‘Formality’ keeps board from certifying results "http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12334" target="_blank">LINK
Georgia: E-Vote Questions Linger Over Cleland's 2002 Loss "http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0403.html" target="_blank">LINK
Kentucky: Most counties didn't test voting machines "http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081122/NEWS01/811220456/1008/NEWS01" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Discerning Voter Intent in the Minnesota Recount "http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/discerning-voter-intent-minnesota-recount" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Why Minnesota's Recount Process is a Model for the Country "http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content=view=2996=113" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: MN U.S. Senate Hand Count: Challenged Ballots by Both Franken and Coleman Balloon on Day 3 "http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6690" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Recount, Day 4: Spilling into the weekend "http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34880634.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUbP:P:Q_V_MPQLa7PYDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Recount completed in Hubbard County "http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=14060=homepage" target="_blank">LINK
New Jersey: Provisional Ballots May Tip Final Tallies "http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/nyregion/new-jersey/23ballotsnj.html?_r=1" target="_blank">LINK
Oregon: VIDEO: Citizens Oversee Election Day In Washington County, OR "http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6688" target="_blank">LINK
Rhode Island: R.I. Board of Elections to review ballots in disputed races "http://www.projo.com/extra/election/content/REVIEWABLE_BALLOTS_11-23-08_RVCBP9M_v17.375cdb2.html" target="_blank">LINK
Tennessee: Tennessee: Election offices face impact of GOP shift "http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/23/tennessee-election-offices-face-impact-gop-shift/?local" target="_blank">LINK
Texas: Dallas County - Bob Romano, Democratic Party sue over recount in heated Texas House race "http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-romano_22met.ART0.State.Edition1.4a889ca.html" target="_blank">LINK
West Virginia: Opinion - Betty Ireland - Voters must trust election process "http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Op-EdCommentaries/200811221167" target="_blank">LINK
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