Daily Voting News - 16 December 2004

Another very busy day with articles from all of the usual states. "Daily Voting News" now has over 90 subscribers and I know many of you forward it on to mailing lists or put it on your web pages so the readership is high. Tomorrow we may be a couple hours later than normal.

http://www.votersunite.org/info/mess-updujour.asp

Mess-Up Du Jour - Sandoval County, New Mexico. October, 2004. Sequoia. Touch screens register votes incorrectly.

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/1020

American democracy hangs by a thread in Ohio

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00230.htm

Statement From General Counsel In NM Recount Effort

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002120738_webreccount15.html

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/203999_governor16.html

King Co, WA – County decides to count the newly discovered 573 ballots while deciding to wait on the other 22 new ballots they just found. Reps likely to sue.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/10426549.htm

Summit Co., OH – Hand recount has same results as original count

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041215-112516-4569r.htm

Washington – Reps accuse Dems. of cheating

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/12/16/100loc_recount001.cfm

Washington – New ballots in King Co. and a report that some ballots were counted twice in Skagit Co. in Nov.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002121139_voterconfidence16m.html

King Co., WA – Errors and accusations have shaken voter confidence

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041216/topstories/50523.shtml

Washington – State law vague on a challenge and legislative actions to choose the governor, if necessary

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20041216/localnews/1749550.html

Richland Co., OH – County completes hand recount with no differences

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1246&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Conyers Requests Investigation of Fraud in Ohio Vote – A copy of the requesting letter

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_121604ELBgovernor_recountLJ.157e8bce.html

King Co., WA – Republicans ready to go to court over uncounted ballots

http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/273353elex12-16-04.htm

New Mexico - Recount Advocates Appeal Decision; $1.4 Million Is Due Today

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS09/412160433

Lucas Co., OH – Hand recount matches the machine count

http://www.citizen-times.com/cache/article/editorial/72343.shtml

Asheville, NC - Until voting problems are addressed, confidence in elections will be hazy

http://www.journal-news.com/news/content/news/stories/2004/12/16/HJN1216RECOUNTFOLLO.html

Butler Co., OH – Recount complete with the hand and machine counts matching

http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/news/story/1216202004_new01recount1216.asp

Seneca Co., OH – Recount complete with the hand and machine counts matching.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/ohio16e_20041216.htm

Ohio - Conyers wants probe of Ohio recount preparation

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=9&ID=198044&r=1

Stark Co., OH – Recount originally found differences but a new recount of the problem precincts found no differences and that count matched the hand recount

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS09/41216013

Hancock Co., OH – Recount complete with hand count NOT matching the machine

count.

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/kerry_ohio_suit_1215.php

Ohio - The lawyers for Green presidential candidate David Cobb and Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, along with Kerry-Edwards 2004 have added election tampering to a civil suit filed against the state of Ohio

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/news/stories/20041216/localnews/1749908.html

Muskingum Co., OH – County prepares for recount

http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/news/stories/20041216/localnews/1750962.html

Crawford Co., OH - Recount complete with the hand and machine counts matching

http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=498

Ohio - In interview, Green Party lays out hopes for recount-tampering civil lawsuit

http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2004_12_15.html

Ohio – Press Release - Affidavit Filed in Ohio on Voting Machine Tampering.

http://www.newarkadvocate.com/news/stories/20041216/localnews/1751464.html

Ohio - Libertarian observer questions recount policy

http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/121604/recount.html

Knox Co., OH – Recount on machines loses some votes

http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=3589&sID=3

Federal Standards Needed to Reduce Voter Fraud

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/news/stories/20041216/localnews/1752401.html

Sandusky Co., OH - Recount complete with the hand and machine counts matching

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/10427840.htm

Gaston Co., NC – What went wrong and what is being done

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/12-16-2004/0002636382&EDATE=

Press Release – New Populex voting machine that includes a voter verified paper ballot has been given federal certification

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D870T95G0.html

King Co., WA – GOP to sue over the 573 questioned ballots

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4002177/detail.html

Gaston Co., NC – Two elections officials resign

http://www.alpineavalanche.com/articles/2004/12/16/news/news03.txt

Brewster Co., TX – County looking at new voting systems for 2005

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10432291.htm

California - Secretary of State slammed in audit

http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com/articles/2004/12/16/news/news03.txt

Skagit Co., WA – Ballots were handcounted that had not been previously counted and some were found that had been counted twice

http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/1216-17.htm

U.S. Constitution Mandates Penalties for States Where Votes Are Obstructed, Say Greens

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5310-2004Dec16.html

Ohio – High court throws out challenge to the election. The case will be refilled tomorrow

http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/home/article/0,2403,BSUN_19081_3404801,00.html

Washington – Ex-SoS suggests a run-off election for governor.

John Gideon

Information Manager