'Daily Voting News' For November 12, 2008

 

One of the benefits of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is supposed to be that voters with disabilities can now vote without assistance and in private. It is supposed to be that way but, in truth, it is not. Many federal, state and county election officials don’t seem to care that special voting machines don’t comply with federal law, that they are not set-up on election day, or that they just don’t work and poll workers have no idea how to make them work. It is as if those machines are a hindrance that some federal law requires be at the polls. Our featured article tells the stories of a couple voters with disabilities and their travails at the polls last week.

 

Featured - National: More Election Stories: Double Trouble

http://www.opednews.com/articles/More-Election-Stories-Dou-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081112-49.html

 

National: A Preliminary Analysis of OVL Voting Equipment Reports

http://blog.ourvotelive.org/?p=422

 

National: Is Voting Reform On The Horizon?

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

 

AK: Candidates await today's vote count

30 PERCENT: Stevens' fate rests in thousands of uncounted ballots.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/586095.html

 

AZ: Pima County - The County’s Response to Our Election-Integrity Coverage–and a Response to That

http://blog.tucsonweekly.com/?p=1691

 

CO: Changes in elections sought

A state panel will start looking today at how to improve the system.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10960593

 

CO: Panel to look at paper ballots, all-mail voting

http://www.examiner.com/a-1686989~Panel_to_look_at_paper_ballots__all_mail_voting.html

 

CT: Secretary Of The State, Town Clerks Open To Explore Early Voting

http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=990

 

GA: GOP wants to protect right to vote — for right people

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/11/12/tucked_1112.html

 

GA: Trust but verify

http://www.covnews.com/news/article/4472/

 

GA: Georgia Military Vet, American Born, Was Flagged As Non-Citizen

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

 

GA: Georgia's "Non-Citizen" Voting Controversy: A Recap

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/georgias_non-citizen_voting_co.php

 

KS: Crawford County - Election results counted again, but race remains unresolved

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_316225001.html

 

KS: Crawford County - 1 recount down, another possible

http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1720650036/1-recount-down-another-possible

 

MI: Clerks report few voting glitches

http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2008-11-12-56482.113117_Clerks_report_few_voting_glitches.html

 

MN: A pre-count for the Coleman-Franken recount

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34242129.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MN: What's happening in Minnesota? part 6

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/11/022055.php

 

MN: National Republican Party Creates Conspiracy Site, Claims 'Stolen Election' in MN's U.S. Senate Race

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6660

 

MO: Show Me the Votes: The Ongoing Presidential Election Tally in Missouri

http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bellwether-states/24312/show-me-the-votes-the-ongoing-presidential-election-tally-in-missouri/

 

OH: Study Voting System in Ohio

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/516888.html

 

TX: Harris County - Dems sue registrar over votes for judges

Bettencourt gets flak for uncounted provisional ballots

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6107626.html

 

TX: Harris County - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Provisional Ballots

http://www.click2houston.com/news/17965176/detail.html

 

TX: Harris County - Leftover ballots could switch 2 county judicial races

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6108869.html

 

VA: Pittsylvania County - Voting machine mistake mars treasurer's election

http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2008/11/11/chatham/news/news38.txt

 

Washington DC: More DC Voting Problems

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=78192&catid=158

 

Washington DC: Cheh Presses Sequoia on Voting Machines

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/11/election_software_is_a_big.html

 

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