Daily Voting News November 25
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Thousands of Georgia absentee ballot requests have been denied because the voters did not sign the requests. Many of the
requests are via a post-card provided by the RNC and the signature block is supposedly hard to find on the card. Over
7,000 requests have been rejected in Cobb Co and 2,800 in DeKalb Co.
Connecticut has submitted their reports done by UConn for the SoS office with regards to their voting systems to the
EAC for inclusion in the “clearinghouse”. The state and the university have become good partners and are to be commended
for the audits of memory cards that they accomplish before and after elections. Every state and local election official
should be aware of these reports and the results of the audits. As well as being a font of good information and warnings
they should also serve as a valuable example of what a state can do when they actually want to ensure that voting system
problems are found. While the reports the EAC allows to be on their site are only a small portion of the reports that
should be in the EACs clearinghouse, what is there is a beginning....
Featured - National: Voting System Reports Clearinghouse
Connecticut Reports "http://www.eac.gov/program-areas/research-resources-and-reports/copy_of_docs/state-local-voting-system-reports" target="_blank">LINK
National: Thinking ahead on electoral reform "http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/24/thinking_ahead_on_electoral_reform/" target="_blank">LINK
National: EAC Issues Best Practices for Voter Information Web Sites "http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-issues-best-practices-for-voter-info-web-sites/base_view" target="_blank">LINK
Georgia: Ballot requests run into a glitch "http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/11/22/ballots.html" target="_blank">LINK
Georgia: Ohio Attorney Requests Handel Hold E-voting Docs, Equipment "http://www.atlantaprogressiveblog.com/2008/11/ohio-attorney-requests-handel-hold-e-voting-docs-equipment/" target="_blank">LINK
Hawaii: Hawaii voters decide today on paperless elections for boards "http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081124/NEWS01/811240356/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT" target="_blank">LINK
Kansas: Shawnee County - Ballots were left in election worker's trunk "http://cjonline.com/stories/112408/bre_commission.shtml" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Panel to Decide Fate of Absentee Ballots in Coleman-Franken Race "http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/517-panel-to-decide-fate-of-absentee-ballots-in-coleman-franken-race.html" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Ballot counting to resume today "http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34965084.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Sloppy Dems may spell Franken advantage "http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15904.html" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Missing ballots in MN? "http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/24/1688151.aspx" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Recount mixup prompts dispute in Ramsey County "http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34993619.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs" target="_blank">LINK
Minnesota: Tension rises as Minn. recount enters 2nd week "http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view=D94LK53O0" target="_blank">LINK
New Hampshire: Protect the Count: NH Sec of State: central tally of election results is "private SoS business" conducted
in "nonpublic" rooms "http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/6273" target="_blank">LINK
New York: Blank Ballot, and Flurry of Confusion in New Paltz "http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/nyregion/24recount.html?ref=nyregion" target="_blank">LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Several questionable ballots tossed out "http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/24/copy/eboard.ART_ART_11-24-08_B3_R2C02C9.html?adsec=politics=101" target="_blank">LINK
Pennsylvania: Erie County - County to purge voters
Up to 10,000 from Erie County could lose eligibility "http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081124/NEWS02/311249895" target="_blank">LINK
Texas: Dallas County judge to hear arguments in Texas House District 105 recount "http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/112508dnmethouse105.1e4882247.html" target="_blank">LINK
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