'Daily Voting News' For August 17, 2008

 

There were two interesting admissions in yesterday’s New York Times article and today’s “Featured” article. Chris Nelson, Secretary of State of South Dakota, admitted that the voting machines used in his state for voters with disabilities do not always mark ballots accurately. Also election officials in Chicago admit their voting machines do not always accurately count the vote. Both jurisdictions admit inaccurate vote counting by their voting machines yet neither of them have done anything about it. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 mandates accurate voting systems be used in our elections. These, and other comments about the NYTimes article, are discussed in the second “Featured” article.

 

Featured - National: Officials Say Flaws at Polls Will Remain in November

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/us/politics/16vote.html

 

Featured - National: E-Voting Failures Unmet With Accountability from Officials

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6277

 

National: Voting Machine Doubts Linger

Concerns Over Vulnerability Of Electronic Machines Sending Many States Back To Paper Ballots

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/16/eveningnews/main4355733.shtml

 

National: Should voting systems have AV?

http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2008/08/should_voting_systems_have_av.html

 

National: "Voter fraud" = "we will suppress the vote"

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/17/92916/0928/281/569249

 

FL: 'Arrow' ballots require caution

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/16/a1a_bad_ballots_0817.html

 

FL: Broward County high school students train to be poll workers

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbtrain0817sbaug17,0,2143494.story

 

NJ: NJ lawmakers push for mail-in balloting

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njxgr-legislativepr0817aug17,0,5541977.story

 

NV: Clark County - 'Isolated problem' at the polls should serve as lesson

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/27067404.html

 

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