'Daily Voting News' For October 28, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "Broward Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Mary Cooney said it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly. Poll workers are trained to recalibrate them on the spot -- essentially, to realign the video screen with the electronics inside. The 15-step process is outlined in the poll-workers manual." These machines may be used 150 to 250 times on election day. And it seems the county expects them to "slip" out of calibration. Not a big issue because they have a "15 STEP PROCESS" to fix that condition??? / Informal discussions between Sequoia Voting Systems owner, Smartmatic, and the Treasury Dept. have now become a formal investigation, it seems. How much say does Hugo Chavez have in our elections? / In the laugh of the day officials in Lonoke Co Arkansas think they may be done counting votes and have the lights turned off by 9:30PM on election night. / Miller Co, Arkansas Election Administrator is resigning at the end of the year because ES&S representatives "are grossly incompetent, mean-spirited and can't spell"....

NAtional: U.S. digs for vote-machine links to Hugo Cha'vez LINK

NAtional: Gallup: Only 1 in 4 Americans Very Confident Votes Will Be Counted Accurately LINK

NAtional: Election 2006 - Electronic Voting Machines Are Already Failing LINK

NAtional: George Will - Federally-mandated voting machines could create havoc LINK

NAtional: Hampering The Vote LINK

NAtional: Elections: Senator Feinstein Raises Concern About Trouble at the Polls LINK

NAtional: Voter Confusion LINK

NAtional: A response to the EAC Chairman's Op-Ed LINK

NAtional: E-VOTING TRAIN WRECK 2006: The Week In Review LINK

NAtional: Election Meltdowns Brewing in Maryland, Ohio, Colorado, Everywhere Else... LINK

AR: Benton County - EDITORIAL: Early voting a snap, thanks to efforts by county officials LINK

AR: Lonoke County - Officials vow fast returns IN SHORT: Early voting gets off to quick start, Lonoke official predicts early night election eve. LINK

AR: Miller County - Election administrator resigns LINK

CO: Denver - New fix for absentee ballots Denver commission dumps plan for hand copying; machines will tally both styles LINK

FL: Sancho sounds off in voting-system documentary LINK

FL: Miami-Dade and Broward Counties - Glitches cited in early voting Early voters are urged to cast their ballots with care following scattered reports of problems with heavily used machines. LINK

FL: Volusia County - Early-vote ballots to get recount LINK

GA: Elections preparation under way LINK

IL: DuPage County - DuPage election Web site hacked LINK

MD: Boards short of some absentee ballots; officials concerned about processing LINK

MD: Late Paper Ballots Create Problems For Maryland Election Boards LINK

MI: Monroe County - Absentee ballot snafu boosts costs LINK

NC: Safeguards ensure every vote will be counted LINK

ND: Help America Vote Act and Rural North Dakota LINK

NV: Renoite sue Sequoia Voting Systems LINK

OH: Stay Application in Ohio Voter ID Case LINK

PA: Poll workers aid U.S. democracy Residents sign up to run voting sites and help others cast their ballots. LINK

PA: Armstrong County - High number of absentee ballots LINK

PA: Philadelphia - Blame for booth mishaps Election staff errors caused 200+ malfunctions LINK

TN: Documented Election Law and Security Violations in Shelby County LINK

TX: Write-ins may spell a long Election Night LINK

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