Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 16, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org If a recount in Sarasota Co, Florida fails to award Democrat Christine Jennings a seat in Congress, she has a final recourse: The newly Democratic-controlled U.S. House. A little-known provision in the U.S. Constitution gives the House the final decision on who sits in its chamber. The CA-50 special election to replace Randy "Duke" Cunningham was decided by decision of the majority party in the House and according to the US Constitution Article 1, Section 5. FL-13 may be decided in the same way. / VVPAT: The printer that was added on to the DREs to allow the voter to review the ballot and to allow the counties to have something to audit/recount instead of software. What good has it been? Voters don't review it. On some models of machines the printer is covered by an opaque cover that must be lifted by the voter so they can review the ballot. They don't do it. Poll sites ran out of replacement spools for the printers and, where the printers are mandated by law, the machines had to be taken out of service. We need to rethink this idea....

NAtional: Editorial - Counting the Vote, Badly LINK

NAtional: Some tight U.S. House races still undecided LINK

NAtional: Editorial - The glitching hour LINK

AR: Benton County - Candidate requests recount LINK

CA: Magic Numbers This year's vote was as dirty as ever. LINK

CA: Why Candidates Should NOT Concede Before All the Votes Are Counted LINK

CA: Monterey County - Without A Trace 'No paper ballots,' says poll watcher. LINK

CA: Monterey County, CA Registrar Orders Voters be Turned Away at Polls Rather Than be Given Paper Ballots LINK

CO: Montrose County - Commissioners address voting fiasco LINK

FL: Editorial - Touch-screen controversy doesn't indict machines LINK

FL: Commentary - Florida voters do it again Once again, Floridians have demonstrated to the rest of the country that we have the voting skills of an adult diaper. LINK

FL: FL-13 - Democrat-controlled U.S. House to the rescue? LINK

FL: FL-13 - Demos, NVRI Call for Revote in Florida's 13th District 18,000 Votes Lost In Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws LINK

FL: F:-13 - Election Integrity Groups Call for Re-Vote in FL-13 U.S. House Race! LINK

FL: Manatee County - Messy votes create extra ballot count LINK

FL: Sarasota County - In Florida, much ado about touch screens LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Florida officials begin manual recount of 18,000 ballots LINK

FL: Sarasota County - 18,000 Votes Lost in Tight Race Exposes Electronic Voting Flaws LINK

FL: Sarasota County - PFAWF Criticizes Decision to Put Partisan Paper Trail Opponent in Charge of Sarasota Voting Machine Audit LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Voting machine audit cancelled LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Judge continues protection of voting machines at Jennings request LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota Public Hearing on Voting Irregularities LINK

IA: Opinion - Yepsen: Require paper trail to address voting paranoia LINK

IL: Kane County - High court lets extended vote stand But Kane Election Day case can be revisited by the Circuit Court LINK

IN: Delaware County - County Clerk Wenger says ballot problems her fault LINK

IN: Hamilton County - Infinity machines in voters' future LINK

IN: Vanderburgh County - Editorial - Early Voting The Issue: Kirk proposes satellite polling places. LINK

MT: Voting Technology LINK

NC: Mecklenburg County - Mecklenburg Officials Toss About One-Third Of Provisional Ballots LINK

NH: Parallel hand counts heartwarming exercise LINK

NH: Optical scanners proved easy to use this election LINK

NM: Paper ballots cause delay as canvass deadline nears LINK

NJ: Ocean County - County works to end mystery of double vote LINK

NY: Caution urged in selection of voting devices LINK

NY: Otsego County - Voting choice: DREs or scanners? LINK

OH: Not necessary to overhaul voting system LINK

OH: Athens County - Two weeks after election, county's votes should all be counted LINK

OH: Franklin County - Voting booths may get curtains LINK

PA: Voting machine suit seeks answers 25 citizens claim electronic units in state are unreliable. Judges ask about challenges to their use LINK

PA: Bibb County - As part of test program, Bibb trying to verify electronic election results LINK

RI: Voters handicapped LINK

TX: Williamson County - Votes Counted Three Times Each on ES&S E-Voting Machines in Williamson County, TX! LINK

TX: Williamson County - E-voting glitch turns up in Texas LINK

UT: Election over? Not so fast! LINK

VA: Vote Early, Vote Often LINK

VA: Montgomery County - Computer expert: Scrap all paperless voting machines LINK

WY: Trauner Will Not Ask for Recount in Congressional Race LINK

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