Top Scoops

Contact

Scoop

Network

Scoop Top Scoops

Daily Voting News For October 7, 2008

Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 1:05 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For October 7, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Several days ago, in this space, we recommended that voters who have the ability to vote “straight party” do not exercise that right. Yes, it is easier because all you have to do is mark one box on the ballot for the top-of-the-ticket votes are all taken care of for you. However, consider this. In North Carolina (and South Carolina also) the “straight party” vote does NOT include President. According to the first “Featured” article [below] ballots in North Carolina have the following words: “A Straight Party vote is a vote for all candidates of that party in partisan offices. Individual partisan office selections are not necessary if you select a Straight Party below.” What the ballot doesn’t tell you is that this does not include President. How many thousand of voters will vote straight-party but not for President in North and South Carolina?

In our second “Featured” article we learn another good reason not to vote straight party. New Mexico is one of the states that allows straight party voting, including the presidential race. However, if the ballots are not properly programmed and a thorough pre-election testing is accomplished there is no telling what may be the result of voting straight party. Voters should not take a chance that the county has tested thoroughly. Voters should not take a chance that their machine may not even register straight party votes for their party while it does for the other party. Don’t trust them. Forego the “straight party” selection and pick each candidate individually.

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

The straight party states are: North Carolina, South Carolina, New Mexico, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia, and Rhode Island. ...

Featured - NC: Straight-ticket omits presidential race LINK

Featured - NM: Santa Fe County - Officials find, fix glitch in NM voting machine LINK

National: Election 2008: Election Law (and How They Break It) LINK

National: Hack-a-vote: Students at Rice learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is LINK

National: Fears over US electronic voting machine fraud As the Presidential election nears, Texan students learn how to rig votes LINK

National: Democratic Election Protection Strategy's Missing Link: Electronic Vote Counts LINK

National: E-voting issues stir in advance of November elections LINK

National: Voter Rolls Grow As States Help Poor People Register LINK

Arizona: Tucson - Disabled vet claims city kept him from voting LINK

California: I Just Prevented Thousands of Californians from Having to Vote on Provisional Ballots! LINK

California: Don't foreclose the vote LINK

California: San Francisco County - S.F. turnout on election day to be huge LINK

Colorado: Is Colorado the next Florida? Watchdogs worry huge turn-out and a new untested voter database could spell disaster on Election Day LINK

Connecticut: New machines offer voters advantages, challenges LINK

Florida: Hillsborough County - Hillsborough elections supervisor's mass mailing criticized LINK

Iowa: Carroll County - County approves contract for new voting machines LINK

Indiana: Lake County - Judge orders opening of early voting sites despite hearing LINK

Michigan: Clerks' offices swamped with voters-to-be Registration deadline was Monday LINK

Montana: Montana Registration Challenges Are Error-Prone LINK

Montana: Suit filed to stop vote challenges LINK

Montana: Dems challenge claim that 6,000 Montanans aren’t eligible to vote LINK

Montana: GOP registration challenge frustrates voters, officials LINK

New Jersey: Report on voting machines at issue Analyst wants results released to public LINK

New Mexico: Bernalillo County - New voters' ballots could be thrown out LINK

Ohio: Window came as surprise to Ohio GOP LINK

Ohio: Ohio GOP sues over voter ID discrepancies LINK

Ohio: Come To Ohio! What We Can Learn From 2004 - And What We Can Do In 2008 LINK

Ohio: Licking County - Some enjoy convenience of early balloting; others see disadvantages LINK

Ohio: Putnam County - Ohio county fires election director LINK

Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Bucks awaits voting figures, machine count LINK

Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Voting deadline draws last-minute registrations LINK

South Carolina: Beaufort County - Voting machine snafu hits county LINK

South Carolina: Beaufort County - Ballot machines for early voting down again today LINK

Tennessee: Officials: It's too late to change ballot U.S. District Court in Nashville to hear Kurita's case Friday LINK

Utah: Salt Lake County needs more poll workers and voting machines LINK

Virginia: Virginians meet registration deadline in droves LINK

Washington: Outdated, Arcane Laws Disenfranchising Voters in Seattle LINK

Wisconsin: Legal Center Opposes Voter Roll Purges in Wisconsin Lawsuit 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.**

-- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org

"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Are you licensed for Scoop?

Scoop is free for personal use, but you’ll need a licence for work use. This is part of our Ethical Paywall and how we fund Scoop without a regular paywall. Join today with plans starting from just $11 per month, and start using Scoop like a Pro.

Join Pro Individual Find out more

Find more from John Gideon on InfoPages.

Top Scoops Headlines

COMMENT

Binoy Kampmark: Trump, AUKUS And Australia’s Dim Servitors

Australia’s government has abandoned all pretence of resistance, measure or judgment, outrageously willing to underwrite the US imperium in any of its needs in countering China, raiding the treasury of taxpayer funds to the tune of a figure that will, eventually, exceed A$368 billion.

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - The Wrong Answer To A Question That Does Not Exist

The Treaty is therefore our modus operandi for common nationhood. It is not about the dominance of one signatory over the other, but as Norman Kirk said, about how we all live together in these islands. In that regard, the Treaty Principles Bill is simply the wrong answer to a question that does not properly exist.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Perception, Conception And Beauty

As we get older the perception of beauty becomes more difficult because memories & experiences fill the mind, leaving less & less space for seeing with innocence, as a child sees. It requires diligence to retain a purity of perception, though the very notion of purity is ridiculed by ruling elites.

Alastair Thompson: On The Publication Of The First NCQG Text 'New Collective Quantified Goal On Climate Finance'

COP29 is officially due to end on November 22nd but almost certainly will not do so, as there is not yet even a total number for climate finance on the table - which is one of the the things that Developing Nations are pushing for.

Ramzy Baroud: A Nation In Denial - Why Israel’s Defeat Is Imminent

They continue to reference and recycle old religious dogmas, while fervently praying for miracles. In doing so, they insist on reconstructing a new 'Fantasy Israel', which, of course, is set to collapse, as fantasies often do.

Richard S. Ehrlich: Trump's Victory, Authoritarians & Trade Warriors

Trump's victory may bring some relief for the leaders of three authoritarian, pro-China, Southeast Asian nations -- Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia. His tough threats are expected to intimidate Asians hoping to move to the U.S. or profit from Chinese-U.S. trade.

Join Scoop Pro

Submit News

Become a Member