Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
This is a typical post-election day DVN. Lot's of reports of failures and problems. Part of the problem with today's technical elections is that they are "high tech" and probably too "high". Voters don't understand it all and election workers don't understand even when they are supposed to have been trained. Most Election officials clearly don't understand what is happening so they blindly take the word of the vendors. The single county with the most problems last year seems to have repeated its poor record. Marion Co (Indianapolis) Indiana has a real problem with elections administration and the machines. Atlantic Co New Jersey had machine problems and they are still not sure what happened though Sequoia did what they do well and immediately pointed the finger at the county as being the problem. Cuyahoga Co Ohio had far fewer problems than in the past but there is still an unexplained problem with their voting system. And Denver Colorado had to call in the Police Dept and SWAT members to help count a late deluge of mail-in ballots. Also of extreme importance today is the DoJ decision to step in and attempt to usurp New York State's right to select a voting system that meets their standards.
And late today the city of San Francisco announced that they are filing a breach of contract lawsuit against ES&S
Tomorrow's DVN will be sent earlier in the day due to your correspondent flying out to DC to attend a conference. DVN will go on hiatus for the weekend to be started up again on Tuesday....
NAtional: What's So Special About Tuesday? LINK
NAtional: Election Day 'Glitches' 'Hiccups' 'Snags' and 'Snafus' Return LINK
NAtional: Election Day 2007: New ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters LINK
NAtional: The Truth About Voter Fraud LINK
NAtional: Scholar Traces Voting Technology Controversy to the 1890s LINK
CA: Humboldt County - Procedural changes lead to long night for county elections officials LINK
CA: San Francisco - S.F. mayoral vote count may lag LINK
CA: San Francisco - And the winners are ...
Waiting -- and waiting -- for the election results LINK
CA: San Francisco - Counting S.F. ballots will take a record amount of time LINK
CA: San Francisco - San Francisco Voting Machines Vendor In Breach of Contract allege City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Elections Department Diector John Arntz LINK
CO: Denver vote count not over yet
Sorting plagued by volume of ballots dropped off Tuesday LINK
CO: Denver Calls In SWAT Officers To Help Count Votes LINK
CO: Denver - SWAT team helped tally votes LINK
CO: Denver still counting votes LINK
CO: Weld County - As expected, turnout low at the polls LINK
CT: Damp Ballots Cause Minor Problems LINK
CT: Recounts To Be Conducted In At Least 14 Towns LINK
FL: Fla. asked to detail balloting procedures LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Experts say PBC voting machines must be upgraded soon LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Voting machines could still change LINK
FL: Sarasota County notes some voting glitches LINK
ID: Lawsuit Brought Over Electronic Voting Machines LINK
IN: Marion County - Some Polling Problems Continue to Haunt Clerk's Office LINK
IN: Marion County - At the polls: 'So much better than in May'
Issues at 83 sites didn't keep anyone from casting vote LINK
IN: Marion County - Thousands of votes still uncounted in Marion Co. LINK
IN: Tippecanoe County - Some voting glitches noted LINK
IN: Wayne County - Centers' convenience receives 'yea' votes
27% of registered voters, 7,438, vote in Richmond, LINK
MD: Maryland Voters' Council Member Choices Show Trends
Errors Are Reported at the Rockville Polls LINK
MI: Voter photo ID rule sparks complaints
Detroiters had problems, NAACP says; state and city officials deny that LINK
MS: Hinds County - Election glitches could result in challenges LINK
MS: Hinds County - Voters in some split precincts get wrong ballots LINK
MT: Mail balloting generally a success, official says LINK
NJ: Atlantic County - Not again: Vote glitch latest AC debacle LINK
NJ: Atlantic County - Countywide vote results unavailable due to problems transferring data LINK
NJ: Atlantic County - Cause Sought For Atlantic County, N.J., Vote Delay LINK
NJ: Atlantic County - Vote Machine Maker: Not Our Fault LINK
NJ: Mercer County - Faulty voting machines delay final Election Day tally LINK
NY: Feds seek to fast-track N.Y.'s voting-machine replacement LINK
NY: Civic Groups Blast Department of Justice Proposal to Gut Standards
for New Voting Systems
A Federal Takeover for Selecting New Voting Systems Not in Best Interest
of New York Voters, Groups say LINK
NY: Feds demand voting overhaul
Agency says state violating mandate to update machines LINK
NY: Feds weigh takeover of NY voting machine selection LINK
OH: Delayed vote counting in Seneca, Putnam counties completed LINK
OH: Ashtabula County - Coding error delays school board results LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County again part of voting delays around Ohio LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Ballot Counting Problems in Cuyahoga County LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - We The People... still wait for Ohio Election Justice for 2004... and there is none in sight. Cuyahoga trial continued November 5, 2007 LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga officials can't explain election delays LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga's electronic system falters even in low-key poll LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County - Cause Of Election Computer Glitch Not Yet Determined LINK
OH: Hamilton County - Slow vote count meant long night for Hamilton County LINK
PA: Blair County Reports Voting Machine Problems LINK
PA: Paper Ballots Delay Vote County in Lackawanna County LINK
PA: Lackawanna County - Paper Wait LINK
VA: Sluggish Reporting of Election Results Blamed on New Wireless Equipment Ban LINK
VA: Fairfax County - Election Results May Be Delayed in Fairfax LINK
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