'Daily Voting News' For November 04, 2007

 

Two elections so far this year and Cuyahoga Co Ohio is 0-2 in successful recounts. Both recounts were in small municipal elections and in both cases the recounted voter verified paper trail (vvpat) votes failed to match the official machine results. Why? Mistakes in counting? Not according to the county. The problem is that the vvpats are at times difficult and sometimes impossible to read. These vvpats along with audits of those vvpat ballots are supposed to be an acceptable solution to the problems with DREs. Cuyahoga Co is now concerned that they may have a close county-wide race that will require many days of trying to decipher what is on the vvpat tapes. Remember that in Ohio the vvpat is the vote of record in an audit so any damaged or unreadable ballots may be lost ballots and they could affect the results of an election. This, again, is proof that adding a vvpat printer to a DRE is like adding a seat belt to a Pinto. Let’s “Rage Against The Machines” and recall them all.

 

NAtional: Diebold/Premier Admits Memory Card Failure On Popular Optical-Scan Voting Machines

With Elections Impending Next Week, Company Downplays, Hides Failure Rate

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5242

 

NAtional: TIME: The 'Stampede Away from Touch-Screen'

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5245

 

CA: Monterey County - Pushing paper ballot envelope

Electronics will be used only for counting

http://origin1.montereyherald.com/ci_7366681

 

CT: Longing For The Certainty Of Levers, Curtain

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-commentarydownie.artnov04,0,5059490.story

 

FL: Sarasota County - Voting group plans to appeal ruling Appeals court struck down extra audits; state Supreme Court is next

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071102/NEWS/711020314/1270/NEWS0101

 

FL: Dent said complaint has no merit

http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=110407&story=tp3np2.htm&folder=NewsArchive2

 

IN: Marion County - No replay of primary, officials say

Election staff says plan is in place to ensure polls run smoothly

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071104/LOCAL1905/711040394/1004/SPORTS

 

OH: Activists mourn 2004 election, Democracy

http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2007/11/activists_hold_funeral_for_ele_1.shtml

 

OH: Cuyahoga County 0-for-2 in recounts

Run-up to election gives officials pause

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/119416930484390.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Recount procedures, paper jams worry Cuyahoga elections officials

http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=190971&c=y

 

PA: Bradford County - Election officials provide voting tips

http://www.thedailyreview.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18987596&BRD=2276&PAG=461&dept_id=465049&rfi=6

 

PA: Lackawanna County - A step-by-step look at voting on paper ballots

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18987702&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

 

TX: State voter database working better

http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=a54a4332d942da96

 

VA: Voting problems mostly corrected

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/politics.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-11-04-0137.html

 

VA: Botetourt County voters to get write-in help

Voting involves typing the candidates' names using a touch-screen keypad.

http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/138372

 

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