'Daily Voting News' For November 07, 2008

 

Today we have reports that ES&S software actually flipped votes in three races at one polling place in Crawford Co Kansas. We also have reports that ES&S software incorrectly reported results in one race in Polk Co North Carolina.

 

The long count of votes in Hillsborough Co Florida seems to be over with the blame for problems being put, where else, on “human error”. It seems that Premier/Diebold had warned Florida users of their high-speed OSX voting machines that those machines could not take a high-volume of ballots without bogging down and causing problems. Hillsborough ignored that warning. However, why would a vendor put out a system for use in elections that cannot be used in a high-volume of ballots. King Co. Washington wanted badly to use that system. If they had it would have been a disaster.

 

National: Push to Expand Voter Rolls and Early Balloting in U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/us/politics/07voting.html?hp

 

National: Election gives early-balloting initiatives a boost

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-11-06-voting_N.htm

 

National: Election-Day Problems Part Deux

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/election-day-pr.html

 

CA: Election Night traffic slowed Secretary of State’s computers

http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_adctlid=v|jq2q43wvsl855o|xj9ez54zy35esf&issueId=xj4ev62g1hdw61&xid=xj91sfkny7hmq4

 

FL: Leon County elections officials still counting votes; Boulware needs 158 for House 9 recount

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081107/CAPITOLNEWS/81107011

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Two days after polls close, Johnson concedes Hillsborough elections supervisor race to Busansky ‘

[Diebold/Premier OSX optical-scan system]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article893690.ece

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough election fixes up to Busansky

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article893707.ece

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Human Error Suspected In Election Results Delay

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/07/na-human-error-suspected-in-election-results-delay/news-politics/

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Ousted Johnson Still Blames Voting Machine Firm

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/07/ousted-elections-supervisor-still-blames-voting-ma/news-politics/

 

FL: Hillsborough County – Editorial - Cleaning up after Johnson's disaster

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article894912.ece

 

KS: Crawford County sees voting machine error

[ES&S ballot programming error that flipped votes in some local races]

http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1772937985/County-sees-voting-machine-error

 

KS: Machine error could affect Crawford County attorney race

http://www.joplinglobe.com/Campaigns_and_Politics/local_story_311233642.html?keyword=topstory

 

KS: Crawford County - Error comes from voting machine programming

Officials to test machines Saturday in Frontenac

http://www.morningsun.net/news/x635432391/Error-comes-from-voting-machine-programming

 

KS: Crawford County - Error in voting machine could affect four races

Officials to test machines Saturday in Frontenac

http://www.morningsun.net/kansas/x1772939006/Error-in-voting-machine-could-affect-four-races

 

IA: Plymouth County - Speedy ballot count? Result of paper voting machines

http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1476419.html

 

IN: Hamilton County - 350 Hamilton Co. ballots tossed after error

http://www.indystar.com/article/20081107/LOCAL0101/811070499

 

MN: Man will judge machine: scanner accuracy big in Senate race

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081107-man-will-judge-machine-scanner-accuracy-big-in-senate-race.html

 

MN: Coleman campaign questions big Franken gains

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/07/coleman_franken_recount/

 

MN: FAQ on the Senate recount

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/06/recount_faq/

 

NC: Polk County - Revised results give Democrats sweep in county board race

[ES&S incorrectly reported results]

http://tryondailybulletin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1370&Itemid=192

 

NC: CD-5 - Goode Issues Statement on 5th District Race

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1108/567963.html

 

NE: Douglas County - Thousands of early ballots arrive late

http://www.ashland-gazette.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20191610&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=556239&rfi=6

 

NY: [Governor] Paterson Seeks Voting Assessment

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/11/paterson-seeks-voting-assessme.html

 

NY: Electronic Voting Machines Still in Limbo

http://www.longislandpress.com/articles/news/541/

 

SC: Charleston County - Like old times

Voting glitches bring delays of yesteryear to mind

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/nov/07/like_old_times60766/

 

TN: Tenn. will pay $25M for voting machines

State spent millions on paperless version less than five years ago

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081107/NEWS0201/811070412/1009/NEWS01

 

TN: TN to spend $25M grant on voting machines

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/07/tn-spend-25m-grant-voting-machines/

 

TX: Scanning paper ballots best election choice, study says

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/scanning_paper_ballots_best_election_choice__study_says_11-06-2008.html

 

VA: North Carolina early voting eliminated hassles

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/north-carolina-early-voting-eliminated-hassles

 

VA: Recount Fictions in Virginia's Fifth

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/80324

 

VA: Goode cites 'irregularities' in reporting votes

http://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/article.cfm?ID=12261

 

WV: Release of returns delayed

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x766434407/Release-of-returns-delayed

 

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