'Daily Voting News' For January 19, 2008

 

Voters went to the polls in Horry Co South Carolina this morning in hopes of casting their vote in that state’s Republican primary. Unfortunately testing of the voting machines had not been completed by the county and ES&S so poll workers were not able to start the machines. Over 80% of the machines used in the county sat dark until technicians could be sent out to get them cleared and ready for the voters. While county election officials were telling the media that no voters had been turned away, voters were telling the media the truth. Voters were sent away without voting. &&& Ohio SoS Jennifer Brunner has moved back a bit from her plans for November. Gone are her demands for vote centers and gone is her mandate for only central count. Now she will allow counties to use precinct based optical scan to unofficially count the ballots at the precinct level so they can compare those numbers to the official centrally counted tally. There is still no mention of accessible voting for voters with disabilities or federally mandated over vote protection.

 

CA: 600 ballots sent astray; to be in the mail Saturday

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/01/19/news/local/doc4791928cd4f30578663915.txt

 

CO: Vote machine bill on its way to passage

http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1200732819/3

 

CT: Coalition Says Changes Needed in Election Audits

http://www.ctelectionaudit.org/

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Avoid absentee problems by going to the polls

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/01/19/a14a_leadedit_absentee_0119.html

 

FL: St. Johns County - Early voting means fewer precincts in St. Johns

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/011908/nes_237652765.shtml

 

MD: Security of ballot not 100%

Critics expect flaws as Md. switches systems

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.voting19jan19,0,1820162.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout

 

MS: 2 days of runoffs possible for Mississippi

Depending on need for special election to fill Lott's Senate seat

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jan/19/2-days-of-runoffs-possible/

 

MT: Guest Opinion: Election machines secure in Montana

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/01/19/opinion/guest/50-machines.txt

 

NC: Wake County - Instant-runoff voting mulled

Complicated or convenient? Wake voters weigh in at public hearing

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/888611.html

 

NH: Human error in Nashua Ward 5 resulted in extra numbers

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080119/NEWS08/267211607/-1/news08

 

NY: N.Y. gets OK for new voting machines

But local election officials must examine machines from state list before making choice.

http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080119/NEWS01/801190309

 

OH: Secretary of state retreats from some voting changes

Brunner still wants to replace touch screen machines in 57 counties.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/01/18/ddn011908vote.html

 

OH: Central counting of votes waived

Brunner still pushing shift from touch screens to scanned paper ballots

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/13914922.html

 

OH: Elections officials fear paper ballots will delay primary results

Paper ballots could delay results of primary until the wee hours

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1200735161190660.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Ashtabula County steams ahead with its voting system

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_019002744.html

 

PA: Northampton County - Officials get set for new voting era

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/120071912841020.xml&coll=2

 

SC: Chester County - Justice Department won't monitor primary in Chester

NAACP asked for oversight of voting machines

http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/304205.html

 

SC: Horry County - State readies for elections

Polling formerly conducted by parties

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/319865.html

 

SC: E-Voting Train Wreck 2008: The Horry County, SC Disaster

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5579

 

SC: Horry County Voting Machine Error

http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2008-01-19-0001.html

 

SC: Horry County - Voting machine problems reported in one South Carolina county

Posted: 11:15 AM ET

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/19/voting-machine-problems-reported-in-one-south-carolina-county/

 

SC: Horry County - Voters being turned away in Horry?

http://blogs.thestate.com/bradwarthensblog/2008/01/voters-being-tu.html

 

SC: Horry County - Voting machine problems anger voters

http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2008-01-19-0005.html

 

SC: Horry County - Electronic Voting Machine Problems in Myrtle Beach

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/01/electronic_voting_machine_prob.html

 

SC: Horry County - Voting Machine Error Forces Paper Ballot Use

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=57508

 

SC: Horry County - SC polling problems: Man v. Machine

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/sc_polling_problems_man_v_mach.html

 

SC: Horry County - McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/19/mccain-looking-to-extend-south-carolina-poll-hours/

 

SC: Horry County - Voting problems widespread in Horry County, officials say

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/politics/story/320363.html

 

SC: Horry County – SC Voting Problems

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/19/592019.aspx

 

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