Prior to election day we, VotersUnite.Org, counseled
voters to not use straight-party voting. We put it on our
website and I wrote about it in these spaces. Straight-party
voting as it is used in Texas is rife for misunderstanding
and mistakes by the voters. When someone votes a
straight-party ticket but then also selects the name of a
candidate within that party in a particular race, electronic
machines "deselect" that candidate. If no other candidate is
chosen, no vote is counted in that race. The best solution,
in our minds, was to NOT use straight-party voting but we
got a lot of push back from some party officials in the
state. Now Dallas Co. Democrats have been in court in an
attempt to get the county to count all deselected or
emphasis votes. The Secretary of State and the county both
say no. The court, after two days of hearings and the
promise of a decision, has, at the last minute, decided that
they may have no jurisdiction. There would be no problem at
all if straight-party voting had not been pushed by party
officials....
Colorado:
Boulder County - Election results get partial sign-off LINK
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Florida: Broward
County - Rep. Rivera had tough time against 'ringer' - even
after she quit LINK
Georgia:
'Document Hold' Served by OH Attorney to GA SoS in Advance
of State's U.S. Senate Run-off Election LINK
Iowa: Voter
Dissatisfaction Over Polling Places Comes Before Supervisors
LINK
Michigan: Bay
County - Two losing candidates file for vote recounts LINK
Minnesota:
Ballots Missing in Coleman-Franken Recount, Attorney Says
LINK
Minnesota:
Franken losing ground to Coleman on DFL turf - Minneapolis
LINK
Minnesota: MN
U.S. Senate Hand-Count: A Vote for McCain Must be a Vote for
Coleman, Says Coleman Camp LINK
Minnesota:
Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
With 3,000-plus votes disputed, it's hard to know who is
really gaining. LINK
Minnesota:
Opinion - Nick Coleman: Elections with less acrimony? That's
the true beauty of IRV LINK
Minnesota:
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Only Down By 84 Votes LINK
Minnesota: The
Twin Cities Throwdown Weekly Standard: The
Coleman-Franken Recount May End Up Like A Replay Of Florida
2000 LINK
Minnesota: Every
Vote Matters in MN's U.S. Senate Hand-Count. Every. Single.
One. LINK
North Carolina:
Cumberland County - Voter fraud appeal delays oath of office
LINK
New Jersey:
Editorial - New Jersey Still Needs to Fix Its Electronic
Voting LINK
New York:
Westchester County, White Plains spar over bill for
elections LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga
County - Brunner sets Cuyahoga board free LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga
vote board rejects 25% of provisional ballots from
presidential election LINK
Ohio: Franklin
County - Ohio high court to decide 15th District votes LINK
Ohio: Franklin
County - Ballot case tossed back to Ohio Supreme Court LINK
Ohio: Hamilton
County - Despite uproar, just 2 votes questioned Ballots
from out-of-stater, inmate flagged by Hamilton County LINK
Texas: Dallas
County - Texas House District 105 battle lands in court LINK
Texas: Dallas
County - Democrats go to court over e-votes in Irving race
LINK
Texas: Dallas
County - Judge says he has no jurisdiction in Texas House
105 recount LINK
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