If a recount in Sarasota Co, Florida fails to award Democrat Christine Jennings a seat in Congress, she has a final recourse: The newly Democratic-controlled U.S. House. A little-known provision in the U.S. Constitution gives the House the final decision on who sits in its chamber. The CA-50 special election to replace Randy "Duke" Cunningham was decided by decision of the majority party in the House and according to the US Constitution Article 1, Section 5. FL-13 may be decided in the same way. / VVPAT: The printer that was added on to the DREs to allow the voter to review the ballot and to allow the counties to have something to audit/recount instead of software. What good has it been? Voters don't review it. On some models of machines the printer is covered by an opaque cover that must be lifted by the voter so they can review the ballot. They don't do it. Poll sites ran out of replacement spools for the printers and, where the printers are mandated by law, the machines had to be taken out of service. We need to rethink this idea.

 

NAtional: Editorial - Counting the Vote, Badly

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/opinion/16thur1.html

 

NAtional: Some tight U.S. House races still undecided

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501310.html

 

NAtional: Editorial - The glitching hour

http://www.projo.com/opinion/editorials/content/projo_20061116_edvote.32b0c75.html

 

AR: Benton County - Candidate requests recount

http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/42192/

 

CA: Magic Numbers

This year’s vote was as dirty as ever.

http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4611&IssueNum=180

 

CA: Why Candidates Should NOT Concede Before All the Votes Are Counted

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jody_hol_061116_why_candidates_shoul.htm

 

CA: Monterey County - Without A Trace

‘No paper ballots,’ says poll watcher.

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.11-16-2006/news/Article.news_2

 

CA: Monterey County, CA Registrar Orders Voters be Turned Away at Polls Rather Than be Given Paper Ballots

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3800

 

CO: Montrose County - Commissioners address voting fiasco

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2006/11/16/local_news/1.txt

 

FL: Editorial - Touch-screen controversy doesn't indict machines

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2006/11/16/a12a_district13_edit_1116.html

 

FL: Commentary - Florida voters do it again

Once again, Floridians have demonstrated to the rest of the country that we have the voting skills of an adult diaper.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/COLUMNIST23/611160634

 

FL: FL-13 - Democrat-controlled U.S. House to the rescue?

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/15/Worldandnation/Democrat_controlled_U.shtml

 

FL: FL-13 - Demos, NVRI Call for Revote in Florida's 13th District

18,000 Votes Lost In Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws

http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/1115-16.htm

 

FL: F:-13 - Election Integrity Groups Call for Re-Vote in FL-13 U.S. House Race!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3801

 

FL: Manatee County - Messy votes create extra ballot count

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16023554.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - In Florida, much ado about touch screens

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-florida16nov16,1,5214459.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

 

FL: Sarasota County - Florida officials begin manual recount of 18,000 ballots

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/16025197.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - 18,000 Votes Lost in Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/19018/

 

FL: Sarasota County - PFAWF Criticizes Decision to Put Partisan Paper Trail Opponent in Charge of Sarasota Voting Machine Audit

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23100

 

FL: Sarasota County - Voting machine audit cancelled

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/BREAKING01/61116011&start=1

 

FL: Sarasota County - Judge continues protection of voting machines at Jennings request

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/16028830.htm

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota Public Hearing on Voting Irregularities

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23111

 

IA: Opinion - Yepsen: Require paper trail to address voting paranoia

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/OPINION01/611160369/1035/OPINION

 

IL: Kane County - High court lets extended vote stand

But Kane Election Day case can be revisited by the Circuit Court

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0611160210nov16,1,1511949.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearnorthwest-hed

 

IN: Delaware County - County Clerk Wenger says ballot problems her fault

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS01/611160340/1002

 

IN: Hamilton County - Infinity machines in voters' future

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/LOCAL0104/611160344/-1/ZONES04

 

IN: Vanderburgh County – Editorial - Early Voting

The Issue: Kirk proposes satellite polling places.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/nov/16/early-voting/

 

MT: Voting Technology

http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=6100

 

NC: Mecklenburg County - Mecklenburg Officials Toss About One-Third Of Provisional Ballots

http://www.wral.com/apncnews/10339530/detail.html

 

NH: Parallel hand counts heartwarming exercise

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/OPINION02/61116004/-1/opinion

 

NH: Optical scanners proved easy to use this election

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1661&dept_id=9539&newsid=17474761&PAG=461&rfi=9

 

NM: Paper ballots cause delay as canvass deadline nears

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/nov/16/paper-ballots-cause-delay-canvass-deadline-nears/

 

NJ: Ocean County - County works to end mystery of double vote

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS/611160426/1070/NEWS02

 

NY: Caution urged in ion of voting devices

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS01/611160345/1006

 

NY: Otsego County - Voting choice: DREs or scanners?

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2006/11/16/tgvote11153.html

 

OH: Not necessary to overhaul voting system

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/Editorials/articles.asp?articleID=11259

 

OH: Athens County - Two weeks after election, county's votes should all be counted

http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=26664

 

OH: Franklin County - Voting booths may get curtains

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/?story=dispatch/2006/11/16/20061116-D1-06.html

 

PA: Voting machine suit seeks answers

25 citizens claim electronic units in state are unreliable. Judges ask about challenges to their use

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/all-b1-3vote-5rnov16,0,6199763.story?coll=all-newslocalallentown-hed

 

PA: Bibb County - As part of test program, Bibb trying to verify electronic election results

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/16022426.htm

 

RI: Voters handicapped

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17472755&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=24491&rfi=6

 

TX: Williamson County - Votes Counted Three Times Each on ES&S E-Voting Machines in Williamson County, TX!

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3797

 

TX: Williamson County - E-voting glitch turns up in Texas

http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6136123.html

 

UT: Election over? Not so fast!

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_4668748

 

VA: Vote Early, Vote Often

http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72124-0.html?tw=wn_politics_evote_1

 

VA: Montgomery County - Computer expert: Scrap all paperless voting machines

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-91818

 

WY: Trauner Will Not Ask for Recount in Congressional Race

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2045&Itemid=113

 

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