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Daily Voting News For November 4, 2008

Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 9:58 am
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For November 4, 2008
Morning Edition

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

This is it. The day we have been waiting for.

Problems began first thing this morning with machine failures in New Jersey. There were also reports of memory cards failing on AVS Winvote machines in Fairfax Co Virginia. The wet weather in some states has caused problems with paper ballots that have swollen enough to not work in optical scan machines. The ballots are being put in ballot boxes until they dry enough to be run. Voting machines in 8 Philadelphia precincts have failed and emergency paper ballots are being passed out.

Voting machines supplied for voters with disabilities have been removed from use by order of a court. The counties Hart Intercivic eSlates failed to register straight-party votes properly. ...

National: Election Night (Popcorn Included) LINK

National: E-Voting machines fail Michigan tests and others can be mis-calibrated LINK

National: E-Voting's Biggest Test In Several Key States, Electronic Voting Machines Have Already Flipped Votes From One Candidate to Another LINK

National: Nov. 4, 2008: What could possibly go wrong? LINK

National: Voting machine problems reported on East Coast, in Midwest LINK

National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states Issues arose in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia LINK

National: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states LINK

Arizona: Pima County - County challenged over vote-counting for disabled Center: Pima can't count votes by disabled last LINK

Colorado: Boulder County - ‘Paper dust’ could create Election Day hassle Election workers inspect ballots to guard against inaccurate results LINK

Florida: Palm Beach County - Ballot Crease-Vote Counting Controversy Grows LINK

Florida: Palm Beach County - Board rejects crease request LINK

Kentucky: Kenton County - Kenton halts handicapped accessible voting LINK

Kentucky: Kenton County - Kenton County Problem with Electronic Voting Machine LINK

Louisiana: Voting Rights Watch: Louisiana Democrats question massive voter purge LINK

New Jersey: Voting-machine malfunctions crop up at some polling places LINK

New Jersey: Burlington County - Willingboro voting glitch fixed LINK

Nevada: Obama/DNC Incident Report Database Reveals Startling, Wide-Spread Voting Machine Problems Across Nevada During Early Voting LINK

New York: New voting machine already has two votes LINK

Ohio: Ohio Election Day Watch Report: Further election problems in Ohio LINK

Ohio: Franklin County - Voting machine complaints trickle in LINK

Ohio: Knox County - Obama, McCain missing from some ballots LINK

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - Some machine problems reported in Philly LINK

Virginia: Election monitors call for extension of VA voting hours LINK

Virginia: Fairfax County - VA/Fairfax County Machine Problems LINK

**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**

-- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org

"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy."
The Creekside Declaration
March 22, 2008

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