CT: Panel to look into Conn. ballot shortage
http://www.courant.com/community/bridgeport/hc-ap-ct-notenoughballotsnov11,0,4989336.story
A panel set up by Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch to look into voting problems in the Nov. 2 election has scheduled its first public meeting.
IL: Borrowing Space for a Correction on Military Voting
http://spectator.org/blog/2010/11/12/borrowing-space-for-a-correcti
When I repeated this line at the beginning of a larger segment on Illinois' problems with the military voting law, I misspoke. In Cook County, Illinois, it is not "felons" but not-yet-convicted inmates who are, quite legally, voting. And Cook County, unlike in 35 other Illinois counties that had failed to mail overseas military ballots on time, was indeed in full compliance with the military voting law.
KY: Watkins petitions for recount in Bullitt jailer race(overvotes & undervotes)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101112/ZONE10/311120097
"A recount is necessary because an undetermined number of voters were given incorrect instructions by poll workers regarding the proper method for marking of their ballots during the general election,"
MN: Recount part 2? Fewer absentee ballot rejections in 2010 vote (Carver County)
http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/election/recount-part-2-fewer-absentee-ballot-rejections-2010-vote-111 ..The razor thin margin of victory in the state's gubernatorial race is expected to extend this year's election at least into December.
...
In 2008, absentee voters needed to provide two items of proof of identity, as well as a signature on the absentee ballot application that matched the signature found on the ballot envelop. In 2010, if the two items of proof of identity were validated, there was no requirement to have matching signatures. In 2008, many of the absentee ballots were rejected because signatures didn't match.
MN: Brian McClung: Ballot ranking is a turnoff for voters
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/107585618.html
It means fewer people at the polls and a large potential for complications.
MN: Editorial: Ranked voting looks even better
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/107001918.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
MO: Voting advocates question students' removal from voters lists
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1724708/St..Louis.Public.Radio.News/Voting.advocates.question.students A voter's rights group is raising questions that could delay a recount in Missouri's 24th Senate district. The Advancement Project has asked the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners to investigate why many Washington University students were removed from the voter lists before last week's election.
Students who had voted as recently as two years ago were being turned away from the polling site on campus, according to Denise Lieberman, an attorney with the Advancement Project.
NC: Election survey finds some errors in ballots * (Canvas of close contest)
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/12/1047353?sac=Home
Cumberland County...
Election officials discovered four write-in ballots in the Cross Creek 13 precinct that had been counted twice, so the board voted to remove the duplicates, dropping the totals in that precinct from 419 on Election Day to 415 on Thursday.
NC: Provisional ballots widen lead for Glazier, Parfitt*(uses ES&S iVotronic early voting, M100 on Election day. Possible recount ahead)
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/10/1046985?sac=Home
Cumberland Co...But Terri Robertson, director for the county elections office, said her staff members auditing the results this week have found minor voting discrepancies in some of the precincts from Election Day. Basically, the number of ballots cast and the number of voters who signed in when they voted are off by one or two votes at some of the precincts, she said.
As a result, Robertson said, she would recount the votes in those precincts when the board meets at 9 a.m. today. It is not known yet how many precincts will be recounted...
NC: Madison County voting irregularities investigated
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311120054
The district attorney for the 24th Judicial District has asked state and federal authorities to investigate allegations of irregularities in the recent election in Madison County.
NC: Madison told to stop canvass of votes (ES&S iVotronic with VVPAT)
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311120080
Long argued that the "manner in which the votes were counted and results tabulated" caused Harrison to receive the lowest number of votes after earlier, unofficial tallies suggested he was one of the two winners for a seat on the Superior Court.
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The challenges came after election staff at the Hot Springs and Beech Glen precincts inadvertently failed to include one-stop early voting numbers in their totals. When those 1,100 ballots were later included, Harrison had apparently lost to Assistant District Attorney Gary Gavenus.
NY: A lot of action, but no changes in undecided race between Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/a_lot_of_action_but_no_changes.html
ayne County temporarily stopped its audit and recanvassing of voting machines today, adding a new delay in the undecided election in the 25th Congressional District.
...
Clark said the board's four workers are now spending all of their time pulling out applications for the 1,683 absentee ballots distributed in the county. A state Supreme Court justice has ordered that those applications must be provided to the Maffei and Buerkle campaigns for inspection.
NY: Letter-writers comment on voting machine problems
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/11/letter-writers_comment_on_voti.html
TN: Motion to Dismiss Election Count Suit Filed
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=54195
Attorneys for the Tennessee attorney general, the Tennessee secretary of state and the Shelby County Election Commission have followed through on their earlier pledge to seek dismissal of the federal lawsuit challenging the way votes were counted in the Nov. 2 consolidation referendum.
WA: Spokane County Ballot Copying -- Problem?
http://www.trustthevote.org/spokane-county-ballot-copying-problem
Here is some interesting news from Spokane WA, where ballot counting has been seriously delayed because election officials are hand copying tens of thousands of ballots. It's an interesting lesson in how vote-by-mail (Spokane is an all-VBM county in WA) creates higher operational requirements for accountability, transparency, and election integrity.
http://www.courant.com/community/bridgeport/hc-ap-ct-notenoughballotsnov11,0,4989336.story
A panel set up by Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch to look into voting problems in the Nov. 2 election has scheduled its first public meeting.
IL: Borrowing Space for a Correction on Military Voting
http://spectator.org/blog/2010/11/12/borrowing-space-for-a-correcti
When I repeated this line at the beginning of a larger segment on Illinois' problems with the military voting law, I misspoke. In Cook County, Illinois, it is not "felons" but not-yet-convicted inmates who are, quite legally, voting. And Cook County, unlike in 35 other Illinois counties that had failed to mail overseas military ballots on time, was indeed in full compliance with the military voting law.
KY: Watkins petitions for recount in Bullitt jailer race(overvotes & undervotes)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101112/ZONE10/311120097
"A recount is necessary because an undetermined number of voters were given incorrect instructions by poll workers regarding the proper method for marking of their ballots during the general election,"
MN: Recount part 2? Fewer absentee ballot rejections in 2010 vote (Carver County)
http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/election/recount-part-2-fewer-absentee-ballot-rejections-2010-vote-111 ..The razor thin margin of victory in the state's gubernatorial race is expected to extend this year's election at least into December.
...
In 2008, absentee voters needed to provide two items of proof of identity, as well as a signature on the absentee ballot application that matched the signature found on the ballot envelop. In 2010, if the two items of proof of identity were validated, there was no requirement to have matching signatures. In 2008, many of the absentee ballots were rejected because signatures didn't match.
MN: Brian McClung: Ballot ranking is a turnoff for voters
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/107585618.html
It means fewer people at the polls and a large potential for complications.
MN: Editorial: Ranked voting looks even better
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/107001918.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
MO: Voting advocates question students' removal from voters lists
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1724708/St..Louis.Public.Radio.News/Voting.advocates.question.students A voter's rights group is raising questions that could delay a recount in Missouri's 24th Senate district. The Advancement Project has asked the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners to investigate why many Washington University students were removed from the voter lists before last week's election.
Students who had voted as recently as two years ago were being turned away from the polling site on campus, according to Denise Lieberman, an attorney with the Advancement Project.
NC: Election survey finds some errors in ballots * (Canvas of close contest)
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/12/1047353?sac=Home
Cumberland County...
Election officials discovered four write-in ballots in the Cross Creek 13 precinct that had been counted twice, so the board voted to remove the duplicates, dropping the totals in that precinct from 419 on Election Day to 415 on Thursday.
NC: Provisional ballots widen lead for Glazier, Parfitt*(uses ES&S iVotronic early voting, M100 on Election day. Possible recount ahead)
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/10/1046985?sac=Home
Cumberland Co...But Terri Robertson, director for the county elections office, said her staff members auditing the results this week have found minor voting discrepancies in some of the precincts from Election Day. Basically, the number of ballots cast and the number of voters who signed in when they voted are off by one or two votes at some of the precincts, she said.
As a result, Robertson said, she would recount the votes in those precincts when the board meets at 9 a.m. today. It is not known yet how many precincts will be recounted...
NC: Madison County voting irregularities investigated
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311120054
The district attorney for the 24th Judicial District has asked state and federal authorities to investigate allegations of irregularities in the recent election in Madison County.
NC: Madison told to stop canvass of votes (ES&S iVotronic with VVPAT)
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311120080
Long argued that the "manner in which the votes were counted and results tabulated" caused Harrison to receive the lowest number of votes after earlier, unofficial tallies suggested he was one of the two winners for a seat on the Superior Court.
...
The challenges came after election staff at the Hot Springs and Beech Glen precincts inadvertently failed to include one-stop early voting numbers in their totals. When those 1,100 ballots were later included, Harrison had apparently lost to Assistant District Attorney Gary Gavenus.
NY: A lot of action, but no changes in undecided race between Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/a_lot_of_action_but_no_changes.html
ayne County temporarily stopped its audit and recanvassing of voting machines today, adding a new delay in the undecided election in the 25th Congressional District.
...
Clark said the board's four workers are now spending all of their time pulling out applications for the 1,683 absentee ballots distributed in the county. A state Supreme Court justice has ordered that those applications must be provided to the Maffei and Buerkle campaigns for inspection.
NY: Letter-writers comment on voting machine problems
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/11/letter-writers_comment_on_voti.html
TN: Motion to Dismiss Election Count Suit Filed
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=54195
Attorneys for the Tennessee attorney general, the Tennessee secretary of state and the Shelby County Election Commission have followed through on their earlier pledge to seek dismissal of the federal lawsuit challenging the way votes were counted in the Nov. 2 consolidation referendum.
WA: Spokane County Ballot Copying -- Problem?
http://www.trustthevote.org/spokane-county-ballot-copying-problem
Here is some interesting news from Spokane WA, where ballot counting has been seriously delayed because election officials are hand copying tens of thousands of ballots. It's an interesting lesson in how vote-by-mail (Spokane is an all-VBM county in WA) creates higher operational requirements for accountability, transparency, and election integrity.
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