May 6, 2006
By JGideon
a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Five Missouri counties (all ES&S customers) have announced they will return to paper ballots or drag out their lever machines because ES&S cannot have them ready for the primary. They have now joined a majority of Arkansas counties who are also going to be in violation of federal law because they agreed to contract with ES&S. Cuyahoga County Ohio is still counting ballots as of this morning. ...
NAtional: Many died for nothing so blacks could vote LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Electronic machines in some 2nd District counties, not in others, ready for early voting (ES&S) LINK
AR: Train Wreck - Officials work to get ready for early voting LINK
IN: Train Wreck - Hearing is postponed on voting systems LINK
MO: Train Wreck - ES&S MELTDOWN: MO Counties Going Back to Paper, Lever Voting as Company Failures Continue to Pile Up Around the Country LINK
MO: Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton and Searcy Counties – Train Wreck - Paper ballots ordered. Counties were scrambling Wednesday to print paper ballots for early voting, which starts Monday for the upcoming primary elections (ES&S) LINK
NJ: Mercer County – Train Wreck – Voting glitch creates tension (Sequoia) LINK
OH: Train Wreck - Voting problems called par for the course LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Train Wreck - Cleveland's election system gets another black eye LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Train Wreck - Voting glitches will be probed in Cuyahoga Co. (Diebold) LINK
WV: Editorial – Train Wreck - Be Prepared For Election Problems (ES&S) LINK
WV: Editorial – Train Wreck - COMMENTARY: No, ES&S is Not a Division of FEMA: It Just Seems Like It in Wake of Foul-ups LINK
MS: Jackson County - Push comes to shove in Demo primary LINK
NY: Disabled say voting plan isn’t enough LINK
PA: Lackawanna County - E-voting machine consultant rips party leaders for no-show LINK
PA: Northampton County - Voting devices arrive in time for elections (AVS WinVote) LINK
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