Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The power of the headline is amazing. What may be a fair and balanced article can be changed to be partisan and biased with the turn of the word in the headline. This is especially apparent when it is an Associated Press article that has been run across the country under the banner, "Congress asked to intervene in Fla. Race". That is until the biased North County Times, based in northern San Diego and Riverside Counties, gets the story. They deftly change the recommended headline to reflect their bias to, "State-declared loser in race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris asks Congress to investigate" and the same story reads differently. / A hand recount of over 264,000 ballots took 10 days in Vermont and overturned the original results in the race for state auditor. They had paper ballots to recount and not vapor-ware from the machines. / A state Representative in Pennsylvania is planning on asking Congress to allow the state to get rid of their electronic voting machines so they can return to lever-machines. He says, rightly, that electronic voting machines have been too problematic....
NAtional: Paper jams hamper electronic voting LINK
AL: Marshall County - County gets its money LINK
AL: Marshall County - Marshall to seek interest on repayment
County reimbursed for its electronic voting machines LINK
CA: Nevada County group studies voting options LINK
FL: Editorial - Question for Florida
Are 18,000 votes missing in Sarasota? LINK
FL: Two Florida Candidates File Election Contests in the U.S. House LINK
FL: FL-13 - Jennings Officially Contests Race in Florida's 13th District LINK
FL: FL-13 - Florida candidate disputes election results LINK
FL: FL-13 - Congress Asked To Probe Fla. House Race LINK
FL: FL-13 - Jennings' fight ropes in House
Early edition: If Florida fails her, she wants Congress to intervene. LINK
FL: FL-13 - Congress asked to intervene in Fla. race LINK
FL: FL-13 - Jennings seeks House's help LINK
FL: FL-13 - Disputed Sarasota race is appealed to Congress LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota voters likely confused, expert says LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Professor: Ballot confused voters LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Judge to decide if voting code is trade secret LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Computer code at heart of congressional election dispute LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Final phase begins in state audit of election LINK
KS: Sedgwick County - Landwehr still winner after recount LINK
NJ: Morris County - Calvanelli to take seat still disputed LINK
PA: State Official Wants To Eliminate Electronic Voting Machines LINK
PA: Northampton County - Voting machine headaches in Northampton County
Registrar foresees manual tabulation during 2007 primary as electronic machine complaints continue. LINK
VT: Judge rules on recount: Salmon unseats Brock LINK
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