'Daily Voting News' For November 22 and 23, 2008

 

The Minnesota Senatorial race is still the source of most of the news. The Minneapolis-St Paul StarTribune seems to have some of the best coverage of the recount. The link in the article below has not changed over the past few days but the story is constantly d and changes as the news changes.

 

One of the counties that had problems on election day, readers will recall, was Kenton Co. Kentucky. You may remember that many of the county’s Hart Intercivic eSlate machines were not properly recording straight-party votes and they were taken out of service. The machines are sold, maintained and programmed by Harp Enterprises. During an investigation of the Kenton Co problem the president of Harp told investigators that election officials in nearly 100 Kentucky counties failed to do any pre-election testing. If officials in Kenton Co had done the testing they should have found the problem that affected their machines. Of course, Harp has thrown the counties under the bus to some extent. It should have been their duty to warn the state that the testing was not happening. It is also important to note that Harp programs the machines in many of those counties so they are deflecting the blame to some extent.

 

CO: Dems seek to centralize elections

http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/99563-dems-seek-centralize-elections

 

CO: Boulder County - County’s vote tally not yet official

‘Formality’ keeps board from certifying results

http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=12334

 

GA: E-Vote Questions Linger Over Cleland's 2002 Loss

http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0403.html

 

KY: Most counties didn't test voting machines

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081122/NEWS01/811220456/1008/NEWS01

 

MN: Discerning Voter Intent in the Minnesota Recount

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/discerning-voter-intent-minnesota-recount

 

MN: Why Minnesota's Recount Process is a Model for the Country

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2996&Itemid=113

 

MN: MN U.S. Senate Hand Count: Challenged Ballots by Both Franken and Coleman Balloon on Day 3

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6690

 

MN:  Recount, Day 4: Spilling into the weekend

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34880634.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUbP:P:Q_V_MPQLa7PYDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MN: Recount completed in Hubbard County

http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/articles/index.cfm?id=14060&section=homepage

 

NJ: Provisional Ballots May Tip Final Tallies

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/nyregion/new-jersey/23ballotsnj.html?_r=1

 

OR: VIDEO: Citizens Oversee Election Day In Washington County, OR

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6688

 

RI: R.I. Board of Elections to review ballots in disputed races

http://www.projo.com/extra/election/content/REVIEWABLE_BALLOTS_11-23-08_RVCBP9M_v17.375cdb2.html

 

TN: Tennessee: Election offices face impact of GOP shift

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/23/tennessee-election-offices-face-impact-gop-shift/?local

 

TX: Dallas County - Bob Romano, Democratic Party sue over recount in heated Texas House race

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-romano_22met.ART0.State.Edition1.4a889ca.html

 

WV: Opinion - Betty Ireland - Voters must trust election process

http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Op-EdCommentaries/200811221167

 

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