Daily Voting News For November 4: Evening Edition
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 1:41 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For November 4,
2008
Evening Edition
Guest Blogged by John
Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Provisional
ballot usage has become a big issue this election. Many
voters don’t want to use them and who can blame them? Many
voters need to use them as the only way they can vote. Part
of the problem is that they are misused by election
officials.
Voter suppression schemes are being used
around the country. Someone hacked into the George Mason
University intranet and sent an email to staff and students,
via the Provost’s email, that election day had been moved
to Wed. The Provost, on discovering this, sent an email to
tell recipients this was a hoax. Robocalls have been placed
to voters telling them the same thing. However, with all of
these schemes, and more, the turnout will probably set a
record at the polls.
A judge has ordered a restraining
order at the request of the McCain campaign to require the
state to extend the date for adding votes from military
voters to the totals to Nov 14 from close of polls today.
This means the election may not be certified until after Nov
14.
Also going to court is a group representing the
voters of Philadelphia who are asking a judge to tell the
county to follow a previous ruling and to count emergency
paper ballots tonight and not later in the week as they
want.
And the Ohio GOP has filed asked a federal court
to rule that provisional ballots be verified and counted the
same way statewide....
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National:
Voting Machine Wins the Presidential Race LINKNational:
E-Voting Put to the Ultimate Test LINKNational: Optical
Scanners Winning War of Voting Machines LINKNational: Voting
machine insecurity Technical glitches and security incidents
from the past still cast a long shadow over the electronic
voting. LINKNational: Op-Scan
Machines Have Trouble Reading Ballots LINKNational: Machine
Problem Reports Increasing in VA, PA, FL... LINKNational: Voting
technology: Arrows vs. ovals for optical scan ballots LINKNational:
Scattered problems reported in historic U.S. vote LINKNational:
Election Problems Around the Country LINKNational:
E-voting glitches hamper elections in seven states Hanging
Chad, make room for Folded Crease LINKNational: Voting
Problems Reports Slowly Coming In LINKNational:
Glitches, machine breakdowns hamper voting in five states
LINKNational:
E-Voting Machines in Two-Dozen States Incorrectly Count
Votes LINKNational:
ELECTION PROTECTION 2008: Proskauer Partner Says
Provisional Ballots a Concern LINKNational:
E-voting '08: Problems, yes, but it could have been worse
Scattered malfunctions caused delays but didn't appear to be
widespread LINKNational:
Republican National Committee Prepares for Computerized
Voting Fraud Legal Battle LINKArkansas:
Technical Glitch Affects Machines in Clay County LINKArizona: AZ
election results to start at 8 p.m. - except Pima LINKArizona: Pima
County - County challenged over vote-counting for disabled
LINKCalifornia: Los
Angeles County - SoCal Voting Problems LINKCalifornia: Los
Angeles County - Four L.A. polling places struggle with
power outages LINKColorado:
Colorado Voters Cast Ballots LINKConnecticut:
Memory card problem will not affect Torrington polls LINKFlorida: In
Florida, Glitches Leave Thousands of Unscanned Ballots
Piling Up, Warns Watchdog LINKFlorida: Voting
Rights Watch: Pollsite sabatoge foiled in Florida LINKFlorida: Voting
Rights Watch: Across Florida optical scanner failures are a
widespread issue LINKFlorida: Florida
Ballots Go Into Duffle Bags LINKFlorida: Palm
Beach County - Palm Beach County precinct problems LINKFlorida: Palm
Beach County - Elections officials: Glitches abound, but
election is going smoothly LINKGeorgia: Clayton
sends up helicopter to check lines LINKIowa: Grinnell
College students' ballots challenged LINKKentucky: Kenton
County - Malfunctioning machines pulled in N. Ky. LINKMaryland:
Montgomery County - Broken poll book doubles the wait in
Takoma Park LINKMichigan: Machine
malfunctions, voter intimidation reported LINKMichigan: Voting
machine incorrectly counts votes, Oakland Co. clerk says LINKMichigan:
Electronic Voting Machine Maker Responds LINKMinnesota: Voters
Report Broken Machines in Buffalo, Brooklyn Center Overall,
few voting problems on Election Day in Minnesota LINKMissouri:
Hundreds wait in line to vote in Cape Girardeau LINKMississippi:
Voting machine complaints reported LINKMississippi:
Voting snafus addressed in South Mississippi LINKNew Jersey: High
turnout, voter problems reported around NJ LINKNew Jersey:
Thousands of new N.J. voters forced to use paper ballots LINKNew Jersey:
Morris County - Registration mix-ups send Morris voters to
court LINKNew York: One
Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins
County LINKNew York: Tim
Robbins Faces Mix-Up at Polling Place LINKOhio: Ohio GOP
files complaint over provisional ballots LINKOhio: Fairfield
County - Fairfield corrects provisional ballot snafu LINKOhio: Franklin
County - Concerns about provisional ballots surfacing LINKOhio: Stark
County voters bemoan machine troubles LINKPennsylvania:
Officials: Potential problem in voting straight party LINKPennsylvania:
Centre County - PSU students reportedly facing voting
hurdles LINKPennsylvania:
Philadelphia County - Philadelphia County Election
Officials Fail To Meet Secretary of State’s Orders to
Count Emergency Paper Ballots on Election Night - County
Claims It Will Count Such Ballots on Friday LINKPennsylvania:
Philadelphia County - NAACP files suit over emergency
ballots LINKPennsylvania:
Wayne County - Tunkhannock poll worker dismissed after
allegations of impropriety LINKTennessee: Shelby
County - Dozens in Bartlett unable to vote in city's
election LINKVirginia: Voting
Rights Watch: More details emerge on widespread Va. voting
problems LINKVirginia: Judge
Issues Restraining Order in Virginia Vote LINKVirginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Many of Va.'s election day problems could
have been avoided by honoring request for paper ballots LINKVirginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Improperly distributed provisional ballots
jeopardize Virginians' voting rights LINKVirginia:
Election Watchers Report Problems Across Virginia LINKVirginia:
Virginia: The New Florida? LINKVirginia: Hacker
sends bogus e-mail from George Mason University
official’s account LINKVirginia: Voting
Machine Problems in Hampton LINKVirginia: Hampton
Roads Voting Problems LINKVirginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Voting problems continue to plague Virginia
LINKVirginia:
Pittsylvania County - Voters Asked to Return to Polls LINKWest Virginia:
Ohio County - Voters Have Trouble At the Polls 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."
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2008
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