'Daily Voting News' For May 10 and 11, 2008

 

Happy Mothers Day!

 

On Friday, not a day to announce good news in a press release, the EAC announced that Alice Miller, the Executive Director of the Washington DC Bureau of Elections and Ethics (BOEE), has been named to fill the post of Chief Operating Officer for the EAC. On the face of it this looks to be fine; however, Miller’s appointment keeps the door between NASED and the EAC revolving. EAC officers and employees; Davidson, Wilkey, Hancock, and consultants; Freeman; were all involved in what can only be described as a failed voting system qualification system. Alice Miller was the head of NASED at the time that many of the failing voting systems were being qualified for use in our elections.

 

NAtional: EAC Selects D.C. Elections Director for Chief Operating Officer Post

http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-picks-d-c-elections-director-for

 

NAtional: Confusing ballot designs still plague elections

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_bad_ballots.html

 

NAtional: Editorial - Voter ID court ruling a barrier to ballot box

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080510/OPINION/805100474/1015/opinion

 

NAtional: Opinion - Acorn's Head Attacks Voter ID Law

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121038373358182135.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

NAtional: Following directions counts in vote

Recent recounts show voter errors can change tally

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=748790

 

FL: VA's voter registration ban raises questions

http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/veterans/article497828.ece

 

IL: Help Us Bring Clean Elections to Illinois

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_lora_cha_080511_help_us_bring_clean_.htm

 

IN: Opinion - Voter ID laws go too far in Indiana

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=687627&category=OPINION&newsdate=5/10/2008

 

IN: Porter County - County clerk seeks election help

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/05/11/news/porter_county/doc25c2997a75a3620d86257446000bc1a2.txt

 

MO: Carnahan warns against Voter I.D. law

http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1274337&sectionID=1

 

OH: 3 counties in a spot over voting machines

Brunner has second thoughts on testing systems

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/08/copy/gov_concerns.ART_ART_05-08-08_B4_POA53TS.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

 

OH: Brunner talks about award, study of electronic voting

http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/3774092

 

OH: Butler County - Report on vote-counting mistake due this week

http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/05/11/hjn051208electionscounty.html

 

TN: Pulaski County - Bassham Explains Going Over Budget

http://www.wksr.com/wksr.php?rfc=src/article.html&id=17459

 

VA: Human error at Chesapeake polls led to mix-up about who won seat

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/human-error-chesapeake-polls-led-mixup-about-who-won-seat

 

WV: Ireland Wants Election Results Early and Without Problems

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/509303.html?nav=515

 

Canada: North American Elections Officials to Observe New Brunswick Municipal Election

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/254558

 

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