'Daily Voting News' For August 27, 2008

 

Today Premier/Diebold has again had to accepted the blame for voting machine failures. This time the optical scan machines that had tallied absentee ballots in Sarasota County would not upload the totals to the main server and refused to post elections in Hillsborough County. Election officials in Sarasota ended-up having to count 10,000 ballots by hand. It is a good thing they had the paper ballots to count by hand or those votes would have been lost.

 

Featured - FL: Hillsborough County - State Will Recount Votes In Carey-Catlin Judicial Election

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/27/271105/state-will-recount-votes-carey-catlin-judicial-ele/news-politics/

 

Featured - FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough Election Equipment's Maker To Explain Problems

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/27/hillsborough-election-equipments-maker-explain-pro/news-politics/

 

Featured - FL: Sarasota County - Problems slow counting of 10,000 ballots

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080826/BREAKING/808260267/2430/NEWS&title=Problems_slow_counting_of_10_000_ballots

 

National: Dispatch from Denver: Suppressing the Vote, Protecting the Vote

http://us.oneworld.net/article/357112-dispatch-denver-suppressing-vote-protecting-vote

 

National: Uncounted: The New Math Of American Elections (2008)

http://realmovienews.com/dvd/reviews/2502

 

National: Candidates Nationwide Called Upon to Challenge Suspicious Elections

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6318

 

CA: Napa activists focus on e-voting, 'Hacking Democracy'

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/local/doc48b4eba3664a2183700037.txt

 

CO: Editorial – Voting system offers fewer excuses

http://www.journal-advocate.com/news/2008/aug/27/voting-system-offers-fewer-excuses/

 

CT: The Outsourced State

http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=537

 

FL: Diebold Problems Affect Florida Primary Election

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6325

 

FL: A Smooth Florida Election? Not Quite

As State Moves From Touch-Screen Voting Machines, Delays And Software Problems Still Surface

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/27/national/main4387900.shtml

 

FL: Voter turnout worst in 10 years

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article785994.ece

 

FL: Brevard County - Touch-screen machine glitch crops up again, and slows vote count tonight

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/BREAKINGNEWS/80826069/1006/news01

 

FL: Broward County - Paper ballots make generally smooth debut in Broward County

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-0827flbvotingday0827,0,4042782.story

 

FL: Broward and Palm Beach Counties - Minor glitches; minor confusion at polls

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-826voting,0,746838.story?page=1

 

FL: Hillsborough Supervisor of elections says they did good job

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=88339&catid=8

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Johnson on defensive after slow election

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7296010&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

FL: New optical scan machines win approval from Martin County voters

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/27/new-optical-scan-machines-win-approval-from/

 

FL: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties - Minor voting glitches in Broward; Dade's 2-page ballot criticized

http://www.miamiherald.com/516/story/658416.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Supervisor's name on rulers might violate election laws

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/26/z10a_rulers_0827.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County elections supervisor Arthur Anderson defeated

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpsupervisor0827pnaug27,0,2712674.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Circuit Judge Wennet, challenger Abramson watch as provisional ballots are tallied

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/27/0827judges.html

 

FL: Computer glitch delays vote count in Sarasota County

http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8911224

 

KS: Other Voices: Paper backups a must for computerized voting

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/082708/opi_323443038.shtml

 

MT: 10K ask to vote absentee

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/mtregional/news08.txt

 

OH: Politics sully Ohio absentee ballot plans

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-2/121987045412920.xml&storylist=cleveland

 

OH: Trumbull County - Trumbull officials adopt polling gear procedure

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/27/trumbull-officials-adopt-polling-gear-procedure/

 

PA: Voters' rights groups seek paper-ballot backup

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a13_voting.6563301aug27,0,1891456.story

 

TX: Travis County - Travis commissioners urged to end e-voting

Group says machines are too unreliable; county votes to buy more anyway.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/08/27/0827voting.html

 

UT: Price the Vote: Federal money for electronic voting runs out, but the meter on voting machines keeps on ticking

http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=04F3B86B-14D1-13A2-9F7F9D49BEFF0106

 

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