'Daily Voting News' For March 12, 2008

 

It appears that not many officials in New Jersey believe Sequoia’s explanation of the problem 6 counties found following the state’s primary on Super Tuesday. Sequoia has attempted to blame the poll workers for a problem where, on some machines, the internal paper memory does not match the internal memory, and neither match the facts from the poll books.  The issue is with how many votes were cast for each party and not vote totals for candidates. Election officials have questioned Sequoia’s theory. Now a large association of state constitutional officers has voted unanimously to demand an investigation. Machines will be shipped to Ed Felten at Princeton University for possible inspection. Our gratitude is given to those state officials in New Jersey who have questioned the excuse that it is the poll workers or the voters who are at fault. The vendors almost never accept responsibility. One vendor may now have their excuse proven to be wrong.

 

VotersUnite encourages all voters to check their registration and ensure they are still on the voting rolls and that all of their information is current. It should only take a few minutes and may save your ability to vote in November.

 

NAtional: The Problems with All-Mail Elections

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/2008/03/problems-with-all-mail-elections.html

 

CA: Statewide Ballot Initiative Aims to Make Voting Safe

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080311151018tsop.np/newsblaze/NEWSWIRE/NewsBlaze-Wire.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Supervisors discuss spending $5 million on voting machines

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS0301/803120318/1026/news12

 

CO: SPEAKOUT: Colorado's county clerks know best

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/12/speakout-colorados-county-clerks-know-best/

 

CO: Larimer County needs storage for election materials

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS01/803120353/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02

 

FL: Touch screens still get some folks' vote as end of an era draws near

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/12/s1a_pbvote_0312.html

 

FL: Editorial - No new primary

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/12/Opinion/No_new_primary.shtml

 

FL: Fla. Mail-In Vote Could Be Announced In Days

http://www.local10.com/news/15567346/detail.html

 

FL: Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/us/politics/12delegates.html?ref=politics

 

FL: Fla. House Members Oppose Mail-In Vote

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/11/fla_house_members_oppose_maili.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Technology upgrade made for PBC's smooth election results

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/12/0312pbcvoting.html

 

IA: Counties face high costs under voting-machines bill

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS10/803120373/1007/NEWS05

 

IA: Senate votes to require paper ballots

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=9FBE4B4B-C18A-7DE4-65CA12285FD272DB

 

MS: Machine glitches blamed for most voting problems

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS04/803120363

 

MS: Heavily GOP DeSoto Co. struggled to provide Democratic ballots

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/427549.html

 

NJ: Election-machine problems spur call for study

Independent analysis requested after lack of explanation from Sequoia

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1205300247279401.xml&coll=1

 

NY: Accessible Voting and New York

http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/03/12/accessible-voting-and-new-york/

 

OH: Cleveland City Council primary offers chance to test optical-scan voting system

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1205310834327040.xml&coll=2

 

OK: Few voter fraud attempts come at the polling place

http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_072003830

 

OK: Voter ID laws are disenfranchisement schemes

http://ocolly.com/2008/03/12/voter-id-laws-are-disenfranchisement-schemes/

 

PA: Blair County Expecting Heavy Voter Turnout

http://www.wjactv.com/news/15570194/detail.html

 

PA: Centre County - Showdown in the state

County readies for record voting

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/460498.html

 

TX: Hidalgo County - Two more voter fraud cases dismissed

http://www.themonitor.com/news/case_9829___article.html/dismissed_fraud.html

 

VA: Visually impaired report trouble with voting machines that speak

Who is 'Barry Ocamaca'?

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-03-12-0165.html

 

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