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Chicago voter
database hacked by civics group trying to prove
it can be done http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2601085&page=1 Report warns of
potential voting problems in 10 states http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401168.html 102706 Less than 2 weeks from
the midterm elections, a new Gallup poll
finds that only about 1 in 4 Americans are "very confident" that
votes across the country will be accurately cast and counted and
that workers at voting facilities will be capable of resolving any problems.
"The public places equal trust in electronic or computerized ballots and
paper ballots to correctly record its votes this year," Gallup relates.
"Republicans and Democrats differ in their overall confidence in the
country's voting system, with Republicans much more likely than Democrats to
express confidence in the accuracy of the vote counts, in the workers at
polling facilities, and in the trustworthiness of electronic ballots." http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003315816 FYI, Video the Vote is one group encouraging citizens to bring
video cameras with them to the polls, and photograph anything suspicious in
terms of vote suppression. They are being told to use their cell phones to call
local news crews. Also everyone who can, please Take the Day Off Nov. 7th so you can vote without any
competition for time. http://www.videothevote.org/home.htm Ohio is a bee's hive of activity. After the scandals of 2004 and 2006,
Ohio voters are angry. Blackwell's campaign for Governor is reaping what he
sowed. The DEM challenger Ted Strickland has been ahead since this summer. In
fact, the state may go from Red to Blue. "Ohio, a swing state in
presidential elections, is usually kind to Republicans: The party has controlled
the governor's office in 32 of the last 44 years, and both U.S. senators and 12
of 18 House members are Republicans. Not this time. Besides Strickland,
Democratic Representative Sherrod Brown, 53, leads incumbent Senator Mike
DeWine, 59. Three incumbent Republican House members are also in jeopardy:
Deborah Pryce, 55; Steve Chabot, 53; and Jean Schmidt, 54. In addition, Democrat Zack Space is
favored to beat Republican Joy Padgett, 59, for the seat held by Republican
Representative Bob Ney. The lawmaker, 52, pleaded guilty on Oct. 13 to taking
gifts, including a golf trip to Scotland, from Washington lobbyist Jack
Abramoff in exchange for legislative favors. Ney, who said he is resigning from
Congress, faces up to 10 years in prison." http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a6hAxAhmTsLE&refer=politics Ohio sued for
violations of 'motor-voter' law
(passed in 1993) requiring registration forms to be placed in public assistance
offices that would make it easier for low income citizens to register (since
many don't have cars and don't frequent auto registration offices). National Voting Rights Institute
http://www.nvri.org/updates/e-updates/update_special_september_2006.html The response from Sec. of State
Kenneth Blackwell's office on this was that it was "another frivolous
lawsuit." Federal judge
rules Ohio's restrictions of voter registration are unconstitutional "The plaintiffs contested a
procedure required by the Ohio Secretary of State that would have changed the
process for returning voter registration forms collected by non-partisan civic
groups conducting voter registration drives. In the past, citizens working to
register voters were able to turn in the completed forms to a civic group or
church that would review the forms for accuracy, turn them into the registrar,
and follow up later to make sure the voter was actually registered. The rule
enjoined today would have made it a crime to designate one person to hand in
the forms collected in a drive; each volunteer or worker would have had to go
personally to the election offices to deliver every form collected. Plaintiffs
also successfully argued that rules that require online training excluded
low-income citizens and civic groups who don't have computers, as well as
individuals with disabilities."
http://votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1745&Itemid=113 Media
challenges Ohio exit polling rules:
"Ohio's new guidelines on conducting exit polls on Election Day, written
after a judge threw out the old rules, are vague and confusing and should be
rejected, a coalition of national news organizations argues in a lawsuit. In
the suit, television networks ABC, CNN, CBS, Fox News and NBC and The
Associated Press ask US District Judge Michael H. Watson to spell out the rules
for county election boards in his own words and force Sec. of State Ken
Blackwell to post them so the plaintiffs can interview
voters leaving polling places on
Nov. 7. The judge last month had ordered
the state to produce a new directive when he struck down Blackwell's 2004 order
against exit polling within 100 feet of a voting place. Watson granted a
temporary order suspending the 2004 order, allowing exit polling that year. The
lawsuit filed Monday says Blackwell's latest guidelines, issued Oct. 13, begin
by stating that loitering and delaying voters are prohibited and only later say
that the judge specifically allowed exit polling." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400675.html Note: This 100 foot setback is
also an issue in Florida and Nevada. Lawsuit calls
Ohio's voter ID law a mess, asks court to void it http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1161765345260920.xml&coll=2 |
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