'Daily Voting News' For November 10, 2008

 

Many pundits and talking heads of all stripes are summing up this past election as if it was all over. Depending on who their audience is they are claiming that it was all a success and that there were no long lines or they are telling us that there were problems but they were wide-spread. Those who deny the lines only need to look at the pictures and read some of the first-hand accounts of voters standing on line for hours and hours just to vote. There are still tens of thousands of votes being counted nationally. I’m going to hold my opinion on the failures of vote counting, provisional ballot usage, and voter registration data-bases and e-poll books until after all of the votes are counted.  

 

National: Editorial - A Better Vote

This election was relatively smooth, but it also showed how the system could be further improved.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110801990.html

 

National: Voting In 2008: Lessons Learned

http://takingnote.tcf.org/2008/11/voting-in-2008.html

 

National: Election Reform Can't Wait

Obama's Margin Of Victory Obscures Voting Problems, But His Administration Should Address Them

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/rulesofthegame.php

 

National: Voter registration process is under scrutiny

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-voting10-2008nov10,0,3206878.story

 

National: U.S. Elections It Takes a Village

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/democracys-volu.html

 

AK: Number of outstanding ballots grows to 81,000

U.S. Senate and other races yet to be decided

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110908/loc_354024709.shtml

 

AK: Alaska Stinks & Minnesota's on Edge, So Here's What Parties and Citizens Can Do to Try and Ensure Election Results with Integrity There and Elsewhere

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6653

 

AK: Alaska Race May Not Be Called for 2 Weeks

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_55/politics/30008-1.html

 

CA: Brown, McClintock hire lawyers for 4th District ballot counting

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1383995.html

 

CA: L.A. County election czar's to-do list includes reforms

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-voting10-2008nov10,0,5961423.story

 

CA: San Francisco County - Ranked Choice Voting Didn’t Change Results

http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6280

 

CO: Better voting is aim of Colorado election panel

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/10/better-voting-aim-colorado-election-panel/

 

FL: The election struggle

The process worked, but there's plenty of room for improvement

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081110/OPINION/811100326/2198/OPINION?Title=The_election_struggle

 

GA: After Citizenship Challenges, Ballots Thrown Out in Georgia

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/after_citizenship_challenges_b.php

 

IA: Buchanan County - Absentee ballots a headache for election officials

http://communitynewspapergroup.com/articles/2008/11/10/bulletin-journal/news/doc4918b374507bb998967883.txt

 

KS: Johnson County - JoCo election workers now counting provisional ballots. Drum roll please ....

http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15599

 

KS: Johnson County is counting provisional ballots; results due Tuesday

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/883659.html

 

MN: Ballot by ballot, victor to emerge

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34128279.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX

 

MN: Counting Controversy: Time To Trust The ES&S M100 And Diebold AccuVote?

http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/nov10/1384/counting-controversy-time-trust-es-s-m100-and-diebold-accuvote

 

MN: Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449334,00.html

 

MO: Monday editorial: Polling place postmortem for St. Louis region

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/published-editorials/2008/11/monday-editorial-polling-place-postmortem-for-st-louis-region/

 

OH: Election disputes offer new niche for lawyers

Politicized system, vague election reform motivating groups to fight it out in court

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/10/copy/LEGAL.ART_ART_11-10-08_B4_5DBRFF5.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

 

OK: Election system change eyed

http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_315170014.html?keyword=topstory

 

PA: Editorial - Bring early voting to Pennsylvania

http://readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4&id=18442&t=Bring-early-voting-to-Pennsylvania

 

SC: Spartanburg County - Officials to look at voting issues

Long lines at some precincts a concern

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20081110/NEWS/811100347/1083/NEWS01?Title=Officials_to_look_at_voting_issues

 

TX: Hundreds Of New Ballots Added To Harris County Vote

http://www.click2houston.com/news/17945090/detail.html

 

TX: Hidalgo County - New elections administrator's first big night goes off without a hitch

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/hitch_19706___article.html/administrator_new.html

 

VT: Essex County - New Voting Machines Falter, Could Cost Big Bucks

http://www.wptz.com/news/17949935/detail.html

 

WA: Why voting in Seattle was nothing like voting in New York

http://www.examiner.com/x-345-Seattle-Newcomer-Examiner~y2008m11d9-Why-voting-in-Seattle-was-nothing-like-voting-in-New-York

 

Washington DC: RICHIE/SANTUCCI: How D.C. votes

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/10/how-dc-votes/

 

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