'Daily Voting News' For June 11, 2008

 

Yesterday I spoke about what may be election fraud in the handling of absentee ballots in Bullock Co Alabama. Today the District Attorney in Randolph Co requested an investigation of absentee ballot handling in his county. An investigation is already being carried out in Potter Co. Absentee ballot mishandling appears to be the preferred  means of election fraud in Alabama. Clearly this is something that bears our attention going into November.

 

It is no surprise at all that ES&S investigated problems on their machines used in Faulkner Co Arkansas and declared the whole problem was “human error”. However, there was an error in tabulating the votes. That error was not caused by the voter so that error is a violation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 Section 301(a)(5).

 

The Secretary of State of Ohio has released a report on the 2008 Primary from last March. The media reports say the primary had some “bumps but went well overall”. In fact, the report ignores problems that even the Secretary described at the time as a “huge problem”. One has to wonder why election officials seem to think they can misrepresent the facts and not be called on it.

 

NAtional: Voters and the Question of their “Confidence in the System”

http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/news.html?AID=1279

 

NAtional: Columnist - Rabbit Hole of Voter Fraud

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/hightower_rabbit_hole_of_voter_fraud_061108/

 

AL: Randolph County - DA requests investigation of county absentee voting

http://www.therandolphleader.com/articles/2008/06/11/news/359-absentee%20investigation.txt

 

AR: Faulkner County - Audit reveals human error caused election debacle

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/061108/loc_0611080002.shtml

 

CO: Youthful service

Colorado student judge program a boon for democracy

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/11/youthful-service/

 

FL: Opinion - We might wish for punch cards when ballot lines are drawn to vote

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/local_news/epaper/2008/06/10/s1b_bino_0611.html

 

FL: Optical-scan voting nears South Florida debut

New optical-scan voting machines will be the third ballot system used in South Florida since 2000.

http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/565568.html

 

FL: Sarasota County - Mock election will test all machines

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080611/BREAKING/930369554

 

GA: Elections Board Fires Back In Tussle Over Voter ID Law

http://www.insideradvantagegeorgia.com/restricted/2008/June%202008/6-11-08/Elections_Board_Frivolous61119643.php

 

IN: MicroVote punished for '06 elections

18-month ban on system sales

http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NEWS07/806110316/1002/LOCAL

 

NC: Instant runoff voting is a practical and democratic solution to election pitfalls

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880610095

 

NJ: ACLU, press groups seek to open voting case

Judge asked to reconsider ruling barring disclosure of machine test results

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1213160753165610.xml&coll=1

 

OH: Capital News: More volleys over Brunner's Project Everest

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/3921731

 

OH: Report: March primary had bumps but went well overall

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/06/report_march_primary_had_bumps.html

 

OH: Secretary of State Releases First Comprehensive Post-Election Report

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/PressReleases/2008%20Press%20Releases/2008-06-11.aspx

 

OH: Cuyahoga County, citing costs of election equipment, considers service cuts, layoffs

Service reductions, layoffs possible

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1213173146115270.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Trumbull County - Elections board finds way to cut costs

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/jun/11/elections-board-finds-way-to-cut-costs/

 

PA: Crawford County replaces voting machine batteries

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NEWS02/806110339

 

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