Article: 'Daily Voting News' For February 15, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org It has been a very slow day today. Secretary of State Bowen has now sent a letter to the Los Angeles Registrar asking him to provide information back to the state with regards to the tens of thousands of uncounted "Double Bubble" ballots. She has also suggested that the county actually count many of those ballots where they know the voter intent. When "Decline To State" voters went to the polls and asked for a ballot to vote either American Independent or Democratic the poll workers were supposed to annotate the party (AI or DEM) in the poll book. If all of the DTS voters at a polling site asked to vote DEM then all of those ballots can be counted because the voter intent is clearly known. Only when an AI voter is thrown into the mix does the count become more difficult....

NAtional: The Magic Of America LINK

CA: Los Angeles County - Letter From Bowen To Logan Re: Uncounted DTS Ballots LINK

CA: Solano County - Backlog of ballots in Solano LINK

CO: Mesa County - Both sides agree to disagree in voting machine debacle LINK

GA: More than 400 voters lacked photo IDs in Feb. 5 primary LINK

MA: Gloucester - City clerk ponders ways to hold elections more cheaply, easily LINK

MD: Fewer than 10,000 voted in extra 90 minutes LINK

NY: NY court adds new voting machine, but counties aren't buying LINK

OH: Judge Rules Ohio Curbs on Voter Registration Drives Unenforceable LINK

OH: Coshocton County - State: Paper ballots must be available LINK

OH: Lucas County to reprint, remail 6,500 faulty absentee ballots LINK

OH: Union County - County argues it should not have to provide paper ballots LINK

OH: Wood County - Weighing the options State election officials deem new Wood County voting machines vulnerable to tampering, suggest purchasing new optical scanning systems LINK

TN: Tennessee one step closer to voter verifiable voting machines LINK

TX: Waller County - Opinion - Fighting Voter Suppression in Texas LINK

Washington DC: D.C. Council Member Scolds Elections Chief for Primary Voting Problems LINK

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