Daily Voting News For February 20, 2008

Thursday, 21 February 2008, 2:58 pm
Article: John Gideon

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today New Jersey media reported that some Sequoia Advantage voting machines used in that state’s primary election on February 5 were not accurately reporting vote totals. The totals found in the memory were not the same as the totals reported on the internal paper-record. According to the media this was found in at least 5 counties. Sequoia tried to pass this off as an anomaly but one official would not accept this minimization of the problem as she corrected Sequoia “"Initially, when I called Sequoia they said it was an anomaly. And I said, 'Excuse me. It's not. It's an error,'" she said. ...

NAtional: Diebold Names Senior Diebold Officials to 'New Independent' Diebold Election Division Board LINK

California: Riverside County - Local Super Tuesday Votes Long from Being Completely Counted LINK

Florida: Hillsborough County - Photo IDs Lead To Credible Elections LINK

Florida: Hillsborough County - Decision Due On Vote System Disabled Haven't Vetted LINK

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Florida: Sarasota County - Vote Centers idea seems unnecessary LINK

New Jersey: Primary election raises new questions about electronic voting LINK

New Jersey: Machines get vote of no confidence after errors in primary LINK

New Jersey: Sequoia E-Voting Machines Reporting Inaccurate Totals in New Jersey LINK

New Mexico: Anne Kass Guest Blog: The NM Caucus & Privatized Elections LINK

New Mexico: A top state Democratic Party official resigns after NM election snafus LINK

New York: DREs Lose Round Two LINK

New York: NYC Recount Underway For Democratic Primary LINK

New York: Mike Bloomberg Claims Vote ‘Fraud’ LINK

Ohio: Judge Who Sided with Ohio SOS in Paper Ballot Authority Scuffle May Be in Violation of Judicial Conduct Code LINK

Ohio: Judge: Paper Is A Must LINK

Ohio: Ohio Secretary of State looks into voting machines LINK

Ohio: Experts to visit OU, hear public’s voting concerns LINK

Ohio: Butler County - Study finds county voting system vulnerable LINK

Pennsylvania: Centre County – Editorial - College voters need Nov. paper trail LINK

Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - County sticks to e-vote plan LINK

Pennsylvania: Somerset County - Somerset gears up to count absentee ballots LINK

Texas: Bell County - Voting machine helps handicapped voters LINK

Texas: Fort Bend County's election chief quits His resignation comes a week after he criticized voting machines LINK

Texas: Fort Bend County - Election head steps down LINK

Texas: Waller County - Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights LINK

Washington: King County - Few trail into the polls; some irritated at party oaths LINK

Wisconsin: Wisconsin primary marked by busy day at local polling locations LINK

Wisconsin: Turnout is robust 35% would be best since '88; Milwaukee has strong showing LINK

Wisconsin: Winnebago County - Confusion rankles voters who fail to cast presidential vote LINK

** "Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop. **

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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org

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