From John Gideon: 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 **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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