Daily Voting News - 20 December 2004

I would like to point everyone to the article toward the bottom that was written by Thomas Hargrove of Scripps-Howard. It is another excellent piece of investigative reporting from Mr. Hargrove and his team.

The last article concerns Hocking County (remember them? The county that had Triad GSI fix their machine just prior to the recount) and the fact that they had a tech in to re-do what was done previously, this time in front of the Prosecutor and other investigators. The whole team, including observers from the Green Party, now seem to have given the actions by Triad their blessings. County after county, in Ohio, have reported differences between the hand and machine counts, yet no one is calling for a 100% recount as is required by law.

In New Mexico, the money that was required by law was put up for a complete recount but the Governor and SoS (both Democrats) do not want a recount so they have asked for 10 times more money to pay for it. Does no one follow the law anymore? Any information that we get from recounts will be of great assistance in the formulation of legislation in the future. We are getting nothing, it seems.

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

Mess-Up Du Jour - Mahoning County, Ohio. November, 2004. ES&S. Touch screens register votes incorrectly.

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8733LMG0.html

Washington – Protestors for both sides gather outside the GOP candidates headquarters

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4816

Electors across US break traditional pro forma ritual to use electoral college to protest election

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110006051

Washington – John Fund gives his opinion

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1006

The Greatest Story Never Told

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/204469_gov20.html

Washington - GOP chief accuses election office of misleading public on absentees at issue

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002124956_recount20m.html

Washington - In May, workers told how to verify ballots

http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7252~2608786,00.html

Alaska – Recount has proven the accuracy of the states voting machines and the inaccuracy of exit polls, according to this article

http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041220/OPINION/412200308/1048

Opinion - Top democracy deserves first-rate voting system

http://www.augustafreepress.com/stories/storyReader$29906

New Mexico recount effort stalled

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/203450-3413-021.html

Ohio – Recount necessary even if it will not change any results; according to this paper in Indiana

http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article505206.html

Irregularities in Ohio by the Harvard Crimson

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,66072,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3

Ohio Recount Stirs Trouble

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/opinion/20mon1.html?oref=login&oref=login

Opinion in the New York Times – Count Every Vote

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041220/topstories/52891.shtml

Washington – Counties vary in their means of verifying signatures

http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=19237

Ohio - Green Party official pleased with local recount of presidential vote

http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=19243

Ohio - Congressman calls for investigation of election in Hocking County

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041220/NEWS09/41220009/-1/NEWS

Ohio – Fulton Co. finds an extra vote. Henry Co., finds extra votes. Williams Co. finds no difference.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_122004_news_washington_ballots.2aff9628.html

Washington - Supreme Court to decide fate of King County disputed ballots on Wed.

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MISCOUNT-ELECT-12-20-04&cat=AN

Scripps Howard Study - Election study finds widespread ballot-counting problems

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10461553.htm

Hocking Co., OH - Prosecutor: No evidence of election tampering from computer repair

John Gideon

Information Manager