Article: 'Daily Voting News' For November 11, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Faced with election results that show over 18,000 voters were disenfranchised by her voting machines, Sarasota Co. Florida Elections Director Kathy Dent has changed her mind about DREs. Dent has now come out in favor of a referendum that was on the ballot, and that she fought hard against, that would require the county to change to a paper based voting system. The referendum won overwhelmingly. ...

NAtional: Opinion - Keeping the Voting Clean LINK

AR: Benton County - Election Results Continue To Puzzle LINK

AR: Benton County - Questions surround election results LINK

AZ: Pima County - Ballot audit takes time, will be used in all future voting LINK

CA: San Francisco - Smooth election reported despite equipment problems LINK

CO: Denver - Editorial - Mail ballots not the answer Why junk voting machines? LINK

FL: State audit targets vote in Sarasota LINK

FL: Palm Beach County - Machines passed random testing on Election Day LINK

FL: Sarasota County - How do you recount electronic votes? LINK

FL: Commentary - DeFede: Sarasota Voting Problems Hit Close To Home LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Florida county's recount focuses on voting machines LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Pattern at polls spelled trouble Poll workers tell of the problems that produced nearly 18,400 nonvotes in the Sarasota congressional race. LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Voting machines lose ally Sarasota elections supervisor, in reversal, endorses switch to a paper ballot system LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Political Staffs Head to Sarasota National operatives, watchdog groups gearing up to contest improbable election. LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Florida Recount, 2006-Style Large 'Undervote' In Hot House Race Raises Voting Machine Concerns LINK

FL: Sumter County - Sumter ballot design called into question LINK

IN: 3 Indiana House races could result in recounts LINK

IN: Marion County - Votes Still Being Counted in Marion County LINK

MA: Boston - Boston's ballot policy violates state law, Galvin says LINK

NM: San Juan County - County's election results remain unofficial LINK

NV: Nye County - Programming error delays vote count LINK

UT: Paper ballots cause confusion Official takes blame for a lapse in poll training LINK

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