NC: Vote investigations in Madison, Yancey*(miscount,conflict of interest, coercion)
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311160074
The challenges came after one-stop voting ballots from the Hot Springs and Beech Glen precincts were initially left out of the election-night totals. When those 1,100 ballots were later included, Harrison had apparently lost to Assistant District Attorney Gary Gavenus.
That miscount is the basis for Harrison's protest, though he also tried to get Jerry Wallin, the chairman of the county board of elections, to step aside from the canvass and certification because he says Wallin and his wife donated "at least $1,100 to the campaign of Gary Gavenus."
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Yancey County Board of Elections Chairman Charles McCurry said a state investigator had been in Burnsville after complaints from "individuals who say they were harassed or persuaded to vote in a particular way.
NC: Secret ballots -- a whisper with loud implications
http://www.mountainx.com/opinion/2010/111710secret-ballots-a-whisper-with-loud-implications ...I learned that although individual votes are secret, neighborhood (precinct) votes are not.
NC: ID push is partisan
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/17/807456/id-push-is-partisan.html
NC: Brief Filed in 4th Circuit in North Carolina Independent Candidate Ballot Access Case http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/11/16/brief-filed-in-4th-circuit-in-north-carolina-independent-candidate-ballot-access-case/#comments
NC: NC: Second and third choices by voters will determine winner between Thigpen, McColloughhttp://www.americanindependent.com/157072/nc-second-and-third-choices-by-voters-will-determine-winner-between-thigpen-mccollough
Winner of Court of Appeals race won't be known until end of November
NJ: No proof juror tainted in ongoing voter fraud trial, judge rules as case slowly moves onhttp://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_38687e40-f1c8-11df-842e-001cc4c002e0.html
NJ: FBI investigates New Brunswick primary election (messenger ballots)
http://www.dailytargum.com/news/fbi-investigates-new-brunswick-primary-election-1.2408506 FBI agents made a visit to downtown New Brunswick early yesterday to seize documents and electronic data from June's democratic primary election, in which Patricia Bombelyn challenged long-time incumbent candidate Mayor Jim Cahill.
NY: New Yorkers Pretty Much Sucked at Voting This Year
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/fewer_new_yorke.php New York ranked among the 10 lowest states for turnout in 2006 and 2008, but until this year it was not at the bottom.
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Bombelyn's campaign worker Gideon Weisberg observed a Cahill campaign aide, Kevin Jones, allegedly handling stacks of unsealed, undelivered mail-in ballots in Pine Street Park in June, according to a June 9 article on nj.com.
NY: Cuomo Seeks Expedited Senate Recount
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1726825
Governor -elect Andrew Cuomo has written a letter to the State's chief judge, asking for expedited court action in three disputed State Senate races that will determine the outcome of which party controls the State Senate.
NY: Dems call for hand count in 60th state senate race
http://tonawanda-news.com/top_stories/x1672070487/Dems-call-for-hand-count-in-60th-state-senate-race Democrats are strengthening calls for a hand count of every vote cast in the ongoing race for New York's 60th senate district after a reported glitch in some area voting machines failed to provide tallies Monday.
NY: New wrinkle in Senate recount
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/erie-county/article255921.ece
Ward said the problem was not the memory sticks, which contain the machine results, but rather the software that reads the sticks.
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The problem with the software, Ward said, was fixed by the software manufacturer, a remedy Senate Democrats were quick to criticize.
"What they're effectively doing is seeking a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants fix by the manufacturer," said Gianaris, a lawyer and assemblyman who won election to the Senate this month.
NY: In tight local races, focus is on absentee ballots
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/1126-in-tight-local-races-focus-is-on-absentee-ballots
A lawsuit promised last week by attorneys for Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) to secure a full hand recount of the paper ballots cast in the 1st Congressional District race on Election Day has not yet been filed, according to Bishop spokesman Jon Schneider.
A separate suit filed by Assemblyman Marc Alessi (D-Shoreham) Nov. 8, seeking to impound the voting machines and obtain a hand recount, has been adjourned on consent till the end of the month, according to Alessi attorney Steven Schlesinger of Garden City. The parties were due in court Nov. 15.
NY: Voters Found Faults With Ballot, Council Says
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2010-11-17/Features/Voters_Found_Faults_With_Ballot_Council_Says.html A City Council survey of people who voted in the recent elections reveals that they cited issues such as ballot design, the size of type used to print instructions and lack of privacy among the problems encountered on Election Day, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/2010311160074
The challenges came after one-stop voting ballots from the Hot Springs and Beech Glen precincts were initially left out of the election-night totals. When those 1,100 ballots were later included, Harrison had apparently lost to Assistant District Attorney Gary Gavenus.
That miscount is the basis for Harrison's protest, though he also tried to get Jerry Wallin, the chairman of the county board of elections, to step aside from the canvass and certification because he says Wallin and his wife donated "at least $1,100 to the campaign of Gary Gavenus."
...
Yancey County Board of Elections Chairman Charles McCurry said a state investigator had been in Burnsville after complaints from "individuals who say they were harassed or persuaded to vote in a particular way.
NC: Secret ballots -- a whisper with loud implications
http://www.mountainx.com/opinion/2010/111710secret-ballots-a-whisper-with-loud-implications ...I learned that although individual votes are secret, neighborhood (precinct) votes are not.
NC: ID push is partisan
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/17/807456/id-push-is-partisan.html
NC: NC: Second and third choices by voters will determine winner between Thigpen, McColloughhttp://www.americanindependent.com/157072/nc-second-and-third-choices-by-voters-will-determine-winner-between-thigpen-mccollough
Winner of Court of Appeals race won't be known until end of November
NJ: No proof juror tainted in ongoing voter fraud trial, judge rules as case slowly moves onhttp://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_38687e40-f1c8-11df-842e-001cc4c002e0.html
NJ: FBI investigates New Brunswick primary election (messenger ballots)
http://www.dailytargum.com/news/fbi-investigates-new-brunswick-primary-election-1.2408506 FBI agents made a visit to downtown New Brunswick early yesterday to seize documents and electronic data from June's democratic primary election, in which Patricia Bombelyn challenged long-time incumbent candidate Mayor Jim Cahill.
NY: New Yorkers Pretty Much Sucked at Voting This Year
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/fewer_new_yorke.php New York ranked among the 10 lowest states for turnout in 2006 and 2008, but until this year it was not at the bottom.
...
Bombelyn's campaign worker Gideon Weisberg observed a Cahill campaign aide, Kevin Jones, allegedly handling stacks of unsealed, undelivered mail-in ballots in Pine Street Park in June, according to a June 9 article on nj.com.
NY: Cuomo Seeks Expedited Senate Recount
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1726825
Governor -elect Andrew Cuomo has written a letter to the State's chief judge, asking for expedited court action in three disputed State Senate races that will determine the outcome of which party controls the State Senate.
NY: Dems call for hand count in 60th state senate race
http://tonawanda-news.com/top_stories/x1672070487/Dems-call-for-hand-count-in-60th-state-senate-race Democrats are strengthening calls for a hand count of every vote cast in the ongoing race for New York's 60th senate district after a reported glitch in some area voting machines failed to provide tallies Monday.
NY: New wrinkle in Senate recount
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/erie-county/article255921.ece
Ward said the problem was not the memory sticks, which contain the machine results, but rather the software that reads the sticks.
...
The problem with the software, Ward said, was fixed by the software manufacturer, a remedy Senate Democrats were quick to criticize.
"What they're effectively doing is seeking a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants fix by the manufacturer," said Gianaris, a lawyer and assemblyman who won election to the Senate this month.
NY: In tight local races, focus is on absentee ballots
http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-news-content/1126-in-tight-local-races-focus-is-on-absentee-ballots
A lawsuit promised last week by attorneys for Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) to secure a full hand recount of the paper ballots cast in the 1st Congressional District race on Election Day has not yet been filed, according to Bishop spokesman Jon Schneider.
A separate suit filed by Assemblyman Marc Alessi (D-Shoreham) Nov. 8, seeking to impound the voting machines and obtain a hand recount, has been adjourned on consent till the end of the month, according to Alessi attorney Steven Schlesinger of Garden City. The parties were due in court Nov. 15.
NY: Voters Found Faults With Ballot, Council Says
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2010-11-17/Features/Voters_Found_Faults_With_Ballot_Council_Says.html A City Council survey of people who voted in the recent elections reveals that they cited issues such as ballot design, the size of type used to print instructions and lack of privacy among the problems encountered on Election Day, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced.
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