Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Knox Co Ohio reports that they have successfully certified the votes from Nov. 6. However, in doing that certification they found that votes from three precincts (418 votes) were counted twice. The problem, as reported by the media, was that an ES&S contract employee forgot to clear one report before running another. ES&S contract employee? Why was the county not counting those ballots and doing the reports? It's bad enough that we have given over our elections to vendor's proprietary software but to actually invite the vendors in to do our work; i.e. counting the votes and doing the reporting; is inexcusable. And what does the county want to do about this problem? They are turning to the County Prosecutor for a decision on what action they should take with regards to ES&S in the future. My advice, for what it's worth, do the job you were hired for and count the people's votes. If you can't do that job then quit and put someone into the position who can do the job....
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NAtional: Pew's electionline.org Examines First Five Years of the Help America Vote Act LINK
AZ: Pima County - Voting Counts
Democrats' accusations of security breaches by the Pima County Elections Division go to trial next week LINK
AZ: Pima County - Voting GEMS
A lawsuit regarding election procedures has raised tensions at Pima County headquarters LINK
CT: Mayoral challenge faces uphill battle LINK
FL: CD-13 - Jennings withdraws her lawsuit in D-13 election controversy LINK
FL: Bradenton - Evers won 3 of 5 wards in losing election
Mayor Wayne Poston received 24 more votes overall as city begins mandatory recount today LINK
FL: Bradenton - Election and runoff cost taxpayers $5 per vote LINK
IA: Just How Do Those Wacky Iowa Caucuses Work? LINK
IN: Delaware County - Recount ordered in close Muncie mayor's race LINK
IN: Delaware County - Judge denies venue change for recount
Judge Robert Barnet Jr. on Wednesday denied a request by Republicans to transfer the recount to a court outside Delaware County. LINK
MI: Troops may miss vote
Earlier primary makes getting ballots overseas and back a challenge LINK
NY: Opinion - HAVA lawsuit: Sad ending to important process LINK
NY: Clinton County Plans For New Voting Machines LINK
NY: Professors Call for Optical Scan Systems to Replace Lever Voting Machines
Beware of Computerized Touch Screen Voting Machines say Computer and Social Science Faculty LINK
OH: Columbiana County - Surace captures wellsville mayor's race by four votes following recount
(The county paid $1350 for an ES&S 'technician' to feed ballots into the op-scan machine) LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Editorial: Under whichever voting system, Election Night mustn't be election nightmare LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio e-voting review makes a mockery of "recounts" LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County voting saga continues LINK
OH: Franklin County - Former election official charged with ethics crimes LINK
OH: Knox County - Election board verifies results LINK
PA: The End of Line for AVS in Pennsylvania? LINK
PA: Move may mean end for voting machines LINK
PA: Northampton County - County zaps electronic balloting
Commission decertifies machines for '08 election. Northampton County has five months to replace them. LINK
PA: Northampton County - Voting company's woes are county's challenge
Electronic machines fail to get federal OK; primary is in limbo. LINK
UT: Salt Lake - Salt Lake Officials Urging Voters to NOT Come to Polls in Wake of Disastrous Move to Touch-Screen Voting
Fear 'Train Wreck' in Upcoming Presidential Primary Election as Cost of Move to Electronic Voting Translates to 40% Fewer Voting Booths... LINK
WI: State voter registration software a 'disaster' LINK
WI: Audit: Voter system still can't track ineligibles LINK
WI: Audit finds voting issues
State driver, death, felony records won't be accessible by February's primary LINK
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