'Daily Voting News' For January 21, 2008

 

Horry Co South Carolina is now reporting that they had more problems than reported on Saturday. It seems that not only could they not get 80% of the machines to start-up on Saturday morning but many of those same machines could not be turned-off when the polls closed. It seems that the internal clocks were set for the ES&S iVotronics to be closed-out next Saturday evening following the Democratic primary. Those machines had to be taken to the county election office and the clocks had to be changed. The county was still counting ballots late on Sunday. I had a reporter call me from one SC newspaper. He asked how I felt about this delay in getting the results out. My response was that quick and early results were for the media not for the voter. We want our votes counted accurately; not quickly. It is, in part, the media that has driven election officials to waste our tax money on the purchase of machines that give some result as quickly as possible upon poll closure. It may not be an accurate number but it is a number that can be reported. Tomorrow the Republican South Carolina primary will be forgotten as all eyes turn to the next primary and the next potential disaster.

 

NAtional: Editorial - Election Changes May Be Detrimental

http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/504797.html

 

NAtional: Voter ID allies betray King and democracy

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/01/21/mcdonalded_0121.html

 

AR: Officials Expect Few Electronic Voting Problems

http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/01/21/week_in_review/news/sunday/news01.txt

 

AR: Officials Expect Smooth Vote In February Primary

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=59326

 

CA: Columnist - Thomas Elias: Prospects for accurate vote tallies are good

http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_8028153

 

CA: Santa Clara County - Mail-in ballots get most votes

http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_8032123?nclick_check=1

 

CO: Opinion - Hodge: Voting equipment snafu causing chaos

http://denver.yourhub.com/Brighton/Stories/Sound-Off/Politics/Story~417586.aspx

 

CO: Boulder County - County Clerk will discuss voting machines with City Council

http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=6007

 

CT: Primary will cost cities

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-primary2jan21,0,126619.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

 

FL: Absentee ballot requests in Broward three times higher than 2004

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbearlyvote0121sbjan21,0,950033.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout

 

FL: Florida prepares to unplug touchscreen voting machines

http://www.sun-herald.com/floridanews.cfm?id=2034

 

IA: Problems in South Carolina prompt questions about electronic voting

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=9E360F13-F432-2FC3-52875FAFE0F5E44D

 

NH: Who Counts in New Hampshire?

And, are Diebold memory cards forgetful?

http://www.votersunite.org/info/WhoCountsNH.asp

 

NH: Our view: Recount won't change New Hampshire result

http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_021103319?keyword=topstory

 

NJ: Opinion - Congress must ensure vote integrity

http://www.nj.com/njvoices/index.ssf/2008/01/congress_must_ensure_vote_inte.html

 

NV: After Nevada Caucuses, Charges of Foul Play

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/20/after_nevada_caucuses_charges.html

 

NY: A dream for making sure every vote counts

Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a time to reflect on the integrity of the ballot.

http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/OPINION01/801210314

 

OH: Elections chief finds surprises in first year

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/UPDATES01/80121013

 

OH: New election rules will cost

Butler Co. estimate: $1.5M; Hamilton Co., $3.4M

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/NEWS01/801210307

 

SC: Horry County - Vote results further delayed

Officials vow to fix machine issues by Saturday

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/321972.html

 

SC: Horry County - County, state to blame for Horry County voting machine errors

http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-BTW-2008-01-21-0011.html

 

RI: Can R.I. count on its voting machines?

http://www.projo.com/news/content/ELECTION_MACHINES_01-21-08_1A8M47E_v17.2a2fe5f.html

 

Overseas: Americans Abroad Can Now Vote Online

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8D0W33fl4bMcZCavPL504iZDDagD8UA5HDO0

 

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