From John Gideon: It looks like there is strong talk about holding Premier/Diebold at fault for the problems in Hillsborough Co Florida. I'm not convinced that anything will be done except posturing by local officials. Premier claims they warned the county with an email sent in Sept. They did send an email but it is very hard to understand what the problem was and what the solutions were. Perhaps election officials should have asked Premier to be more clear? Perhaps the state should not have certified this system that is still going through the EAC testing and certification process?
The blame for the problem in Crawford Co Kansas has finally been put on the ballot programming in the county's ES&S system. On Election Day a judge ordered machines in Northumberland Co Pennsylvania to be impounded because they were not working properly on straight-party voting. Now a plan on investigating the problem has been announced. The vendor, Premier/Diebold, will send technicians to investigate the problem. In other words the county only wants to know that they were at fault and the machines were faultless. National: Presidential Turnout Flat: How Did That Happen? http://usacoup.scoop.co.nz/?p=966 National: Obama's big win obscured ongoing voting problems http://newmexicoindependent.com/9358/obamas-margin-of-victory-obscured-continuing-voting-problems FL: Florida elections chief vows to purge felons and dead from voter rolls http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/sfl-flbearly1108sbnov08,0,2649407.story FL: Hillsborough County - Volume of provisional ballots highest in Hillsborough http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article895275.ece FL: Hillsborough County - Voting Vendor May Be Ousted http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/11/08/3770677.htm KS: Crawford County - Programming source of machine error Clerk says outcome of attorney's race could be affected http://www.morningsun.net/news/x635433426/Programming-source-of-machine-error MI: Oakland County - Democrat wants recount of Oakland clerk race http://michiganmessenger.com/7981/democrat-wants-recount-of-oakland-clerk-race MN: Tension escalates as recount fluctuates http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34024274.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs MN: Most Minn. Senate 'undervotes' are from Obama turf http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMpTmr96V5hKIfyHT4Av4jsVQgrQD94AHS080 MN: Coleman questions changes in election vote totals http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19430§ion=news NC: Craven County - Teams using "hand-eye" count to check accuracy of machine vote totals http://www.enctoday.com/news/county_42839_nbsj__article.html/election_craven.html OK: Opinion - Other states could learn from our election system http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_313011555 PA: Northumberland County - Manufacturer to examine faulty voting machines http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_313000120.html TX: Opinion - It's time that we brought Texas elections into the 21st century http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/columnists/carlos_guerra/34129454.html TX: Bexar County - Testing shows accurate Bexar voting tallies http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/34128579.html VA: Va. Voters Complain Of Missing Registrations http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703689.html WV: Editorial - Election Process Can Be Refined http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/516748.html?nav=511 **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. The articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of "Daily Voting News" though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles or in the commentary** ******************************************************************* If you receive Daily Voting News directly from John Gideon and VotersUnite and wish to unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] requesting that you be removed from circulation. If you get the email forwarded from someone else you must contact them to be unsubscribed. ******************************************************************* -- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
