From John Gideon: Many pundits and talking heads of all stripes are summing up this past election as if it was all over. Depending on who their audience is they are claiming that it was all a success and that there were no long lines or they are telling us that there were problems but they were widespread. Those who deny the lines only need to look at the pictures and read some of the first-hand accounts of voters standing on line for hours and hours just to vote. There are still tens of thousands of votes being counted nationally. I'm going to hold my opinion on the failures of vote counting, provisional ballot usage, and voter registration data-bases and e-poll books until after all of the votes are counted.
National: Editorial - A Better Vote This election was relatively smooth, but it also showed how the system could be further improved. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110801990.html National: Voting In 2008: Lessons Learned http://takingnote.tcf.org/2008/11/voting-in-2008.html National: Election Reform Can't Wait Obama's Margin Of Victory Obscures Voting Problems, But His Administration Should Address Them http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/rulesofthegame.php National: Voter registration process is under scrutiny http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-voting10-2008nov10,0,3206878.story National: U.S. Elections -- It Takes a Village http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/democracys-volu.html AK: Number of outstanding ballots grows to 81,000 U.S. Senate and other races yet to be decided http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110908/loc_354024709.shtml AK: Alaska Stinks & Minnesota's on Edge, So Here's What Parties and Citizens Can Do to Try and Ensure Election Results with Integrity There and Elsewhere http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6653 AK: Alaska Race May Not Be Called for 2 Weeks http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_55/politics/30008-1.html CA: Brown, McClintock hire lawyers for 4th District ballot counting http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1383995.html CA: L.A. County election czar's to-do list includes reforms http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-voting10-2008nov10,0,5961423.story CA: San Francisco County - Ranked Choice Voting Didn't Change Results http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6280 CO: Better voting is aim of Colorado election panel http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/10/better-voting-aim-colorado-election-panel/ FL: The election struggle The process worked, but there's plenty of room for improvement http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081110/OPINION/811100326/2198/OPINION?Title=The_election_struggle GA: After Citizenship Challenges, Ballots Thrown Out in Georgia http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/after_citizenship_challenges_b.php IA: Buchanan County - Absentee ballots a headache for election officials http://communitynewspapergroup.com/articles/2008/11/10/bulletin-journal/news/doc4918b374507bb998967883.txt KS: Johnson County - JoCo election workers now counting provisional ballots. Drum roll please .... http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15599 KS: Johnson County is counting provisional ballots; results due Tuesday http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/883659.html MN: Ballot by ballot, victor to emerge http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34128279.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX MN: Counting Controversy: Time To Trust The ES&S M100 And Diebold AccuVote? http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2008/nov10/1384/counting-controversy-time-trust-es-s-m100-and-diebold-accuvote MN: Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449334,00.html MO: Monday editorial: Polling place postmortem for St. Louis region http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/published-editorials/2008/11/monday-editorial-polling-place-postmortem-for-st-louis-region/ OH: Election disputes offer new niche for lawyers Politicized system, vague election reform motivating groups to fight it out in court http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/10/copy/LEGAL.ART_ART_11-10-08_B4_5DBRFF5.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 OK: Election system change eyed http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_315170014.html?keyword=topstory PA: Editorial - Bring early voting to Pennsylvania http://readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4&id=18442&t=Bring-early-voting-to-Pennsylvania SC: Spartanburg County - Officials to look at voting issues Long lines at some precincts a concern http://www.goupstate.com/article/20081110/NEWS/811100347/1083/NEWS01?Title=Officials_to_look_at_voting_issues TX: Hundreds Of New Ballots Added To Harris County Vote http://www.click2houston.com/news/17945090/detail.html TX: Hidalgo County - New elections administrator's first big night goes off without a hitch http://www.themonitor.com/articles/hitch_19706___article.html/administrator_new.html VT: Essex County - New Voting Machines Falter, Could Cost Big Bucks http://www.wptz.com/news/17949935/detail.html WA: Why voting in Seattle was nothing like voting in New York http://www.examiner.com/x-345-Seattle-Newcomer-Examiner~y2008m11d9-Why-voting-in-Seattle-was-nothing-like-voting-in-New-York Washington DC: RICHIE/SANTUCCI: How D.C. votes http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/10/how-dc-votes/ **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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
