'Daily Voting News' For November 8, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org 'Hey! Let's take all of our polling sites and consolidate them into a few large, super poll sites. Then we have thousands of voters vote in the same location on the same machines. We will save all kinds of money.' That's Denver Colorado and everything worked great until the machines began to fail and the process to get voters in and out slowed to a crawl. Result: Lines 4 blocks long. Day After Result: "Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher today asked that Denver's two elected voting commissioners resign and that the mayor fire Clerk and Recorder Wayne Vaden as well as the entire senior staff of the election commission." / Over 18,000 under votes were recorded in the FL-13 CD. In a race that has less than 500 votes difference. Unfortunately most of the votes were cast on paperless ES&S voting machines. The software needs to be removed from the machines and closely inspected by experts. This race will not be decided for awhile....

NAtional: FBI probing reports of dirty tricks as poll workers struggle with machine problems LINK

NAtional: Lawmakers among those snagged by voting problems LINK

NAtional: Blogs Take Lead in Reporting Polling Problems, With Supporting Evidence on YouTube LINK

NAtional: Glitches made voting tough for some LINK

NAtional: Problems Lead 8 States to Extend Some Voting Hours LINK

NAtional: 'Vote flipping' emerges as continuing problem in e-voting LINK

NAtional: FBI probing complaints in 2 states Intimidating calls, misleading ballots among 'dirty tricks' reported. LINK

AR: Benton County - Printers Jam Some Voting Machines in Benton County LINK

AR: Clark County - Wieman: software 'not functioning as it should' LINK

CA: Polling Glitches Plague Voters Throughout California LINK

CA: Absentee ballots flood offices LINK

CA: Bay Area - Snafus, irregularities at Bay Area polling stations LINK

CA: Contra Costa County - Some East Bay voters might have used wrong ballots LINK

CA: San Bernardino County - Broken machines frustrate Barstow area voters LINK

CA: San Diego County - Polls Close; Voting Problems Reported LINK CA: San Diego County - Balky machines frustrated some county voters LINK

CA: San Mateo County - Ballot scanners jam at Bay Area polling places LINK

CO: Denver - Voting computers overwhelmed early, late LINK

CO: Denver - Voters face long wait as polls close LINK

CO: Denver - Voters wait in the dark for a chance to vote in Denver, suburbs LINK

CO: Denver - Common Cause reports e-voting snafus nationwide Coast-to-coast problems involve flipped votes, machine failures LINK

CO: Denver - Inquiry into vote glitches LINK

CO: Douglas County - Shortage of voting machines blamed for Douglas County delays LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Dozens of voters complain about glitch LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Democrat disputes Republican win of Harris' seat; recount likely LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Jennings lawyer expects 'unprecedented' challenges in recount LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Dent planning for recount; Jennings exploring legal avenues LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota congressional race heads to recount LINK

IA: Voting snags are resolved quickly, Iowans report LINK

IL: Cook County has another rocky day at polls LINK

IL: Cook County - Stroger leads in Cook board president race LINK

IL: Kane County - Voting problems plague Kane LINK

IN: Machine problems, ballot probe mar voting in Indiana counties LINK

IN: Delaware County - County Leaders Must Decide on Provisional Ballots LINK

IN: Marion County - County searches for misplaced voting machine memory cards LINK

MD: TrueVoteMD Reports Problems on Election Day LINK

MI: Michigan GOP Sues Democrats Over Poll Watchers LINK

MO: Some voting problems reported in Missouri LINK

MO: St. Louis County fails to avoid ballot, voting machine problems LINK

MT: Software flub leads to county recount Problems delay results elsewhere in the state LINK

NJ: New Jersey Voters Have Trouble At The Polls LINK

NM: County results await hand count LINK

OH: Blackwell orders election results under wraps until 9 p.m. LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio embarrassed by Cuyahoga again LINK

OH: Delaware County ballots mistakenly include campaign slogan LINK

PA: GOP official reports glitches LINK

PA: Lancaster and Lebanon Counties - 2 Pa. counties extend voting due to machine glitches LINK

PA: Lancaster County - Human error blamed for eScan problems LINK

PA: Montgomery County - Some electronic voting machines not 'up to date' LINK

PA: Westmoreland County - E-voting not easy in Westmoreland County LINK

TN: Knox County - Technical glitch stalls count on more than 2,500 votes LINK

TX: Glitch forces manual tabulation for U.S. House race LINK

TX: Human error to blame for wrong vote tally in south Texas LINK

TX: Programming error miscounts votes in south Texas LINK

TX: East Texas county uses blank paper after ballots run out LINK

VA: ELECTION TROUBLES AND TURNOUT: Voter fraud complaints escalate In Maymont area, confusion the result of mistake by Democrats LINK

VA: Virginia Senate Recount -- Frequently Asked Questions LINK

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