September 7, 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
Late this afternoon a US District Court judge ordered all Ohio counties to preserve all 2004 ballots. / Poll watchers on Guam report that ballot boxes have two doors on them. One has a padlock installed and the other has 'twist-ties'. Poll watchers were kicked out of at least one polling place by Election Commission staff for 30-minutes with no explanation. / Voters who chose to vote on paper ballots in some predominately African-American and Democrat precincts in Duval Co Florida found that the precincts ran out of paper ballots early in the day. The county blames the mistake on human error. / State required vote-sorting software seems to have failed all over Florida on Tuesday night....
NAtional: How Many Elections Will Congress Seize Before We Stop Them? LINK
NAtional: Black caucus urges big vote to advance equality LINK
AR: Daniels proposes state-funded county election coordinators; Lagrone clarifies son's voting status LINK
AZ: Maricopa County - Maricopa Community Colleges to Assist Maricopa County Election Boards for Primary and General Elections LINK
AZ: Pinal County - Election poll workers trained; ID now required to vote LINK
CT: Voting machine switch delayed LINK
FL: Paper or Touch Screen? LINK
FL: Touch-screen machines cause confusion with voting results LINK
FL: Still some snags in voting process LINK
FL: New screens spark delays, confusion LINK
FL: Voting Booth '06 Is Dark And Deep LINK
FL: Alachua County - Supervisor works overtime to smooth election kinks LINK
FL: Broward County - Computer glitches delay final vote tally in 17 Broward precincts LINK
FL: Duval County - Leaders Discuss Ballot Shortage At Duval Precincts LINK
FL: Martin County - Martin battles to tally votes LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Two days after small primary, Palm Beach County one of last in state to report LINK
FL: Palm Beach County – Opinion - 'Incomplete' grade kind for Anderson's first test LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Primary: Precinct-by-precinct totals face wait LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - PBC election supervisor vows quicker results LINK
FL: Sarasota County - Elections chief defends touch-screen system LINK
FL: Volusia County - Voting chief sees few glitches -- but some see potential for more LINK
GA: Outgoing congresswoman hints at challenging Georgia voting laws LINK
MD: Anne Arundel County - Arundel seeks poll judges LINK
MD: Baltimore - Touching a screen to vote Diebold machines get mixed review LINK
MD: Montgomery County - Montgomery vows quick turnaround on election results LINK
NC: Chatham County - Chatham voting turmoil continues LINK
OH: Judge orders 2004 ballots preserved LINK
OH: Mahoning County - Fighting escalates over money for voting machines LINK
UT: Salt Lake County - Electronic voting increases demand for poll volunteers LINK
VT: Secretary of State Deb Markowitz responds to security problems found with state's voting system LINK
Guam: 176 more votes uncounted. Electronic ballots from Yona Precinct 10B left out LINK
Guam: Complaints filed as residents demand reelection LINK
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