Daily Voting News - 22 December 2004

In Ohio everyone is stonewalling. Counties have failed to follow election recount laws. Most of the media is ignoring the evidence of problems so they can paint a rosy picture. Now, the company that prepared the exit polls for the media giants has refused to give exit poll information to the Conyers Committee.

In Washington, the court found that all ballots should be counted so King Co. will count up to 700 more ballots. The GOP has now threatened to challenge the whole election.

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

Mess-Up Du Jour - Bernalillo County. November, 2004. Sequoia. Touch screens register votes incorrectly.

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1316&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Ohio – A crime against Democracy

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_122104ELBrecount.3166a799.html

Washington – Everyone but the state GOP agrees that all votes should be counted. We’ll find out what the courts have to say but the GOP has already begun sending subpoenas to people to begin a new round of court hearings.

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D874D8GO1.html

Washington - Governor's race goes to Supreme Court, but the saga will continue

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/204699_govoted.html

Washington – Editorial demanding that all votes be counted

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/204695_reform22.html

Washington – New governor’s first job: Election review and reform

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/opinion/10470938.htm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002127098_recount22m.html

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/204800_gregoire22.html

Washington - King County recount puts Gregoire on top, Democrats say

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/204795_governor22.html

Washington – Tight race and recounts have led to a lot of talk about elections reform

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/204758_joel22.html

Washington – Columnist: In the Northwest: A governor's race full of partisan sound and fury

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/12/22/100loc_recount001.cfm

Snohomish Co., WA – The county is concerned that the state Supreme Court will decide today that 224 ballots they counted my have to be removed from their count

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002127177_recountside22m.html

Washington – GOP hacks invoke the words of Nixon and deeds of Daley in an amicus brief to the state Supremes

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1015

Ohio electoral fight becomes 'biggest deal since Selma' as GOP stonewalls

http://www..indystar.com/articles/7/203868-4947-021.html

Opinion - Make sure voters can count on system

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/news/stories/20041222/localnews/1774145.html

Fairfield Co., OH – Recount numbers did not match the machine count so they tried another machine which did not work so they brought in another machine. And, in this article, a SoS spokesman claims elections laws are being rewritten by outside influences.

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4848

Bev Harris named woman of the year by TVNewsLies.com

http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/12-22-04_z1_news_12.html

East Chicago, IN – Special election to take place on 28 December

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1103711646253230.xml

Cuyahoga Co., OH – Open records requests are a hot item in the county. VoteWatch has given the county a ‘thumbs-up’ for their good work

http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/353/14750_.html

Russia – Voting machine problems bring up the question of a recount but their law says that the machines cannot be recounted.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13605906&BRD=1918&PAG=461&dept_id=506414&rfi=6

Bedminster Twp, NJ - Claiming improper voting procedures may have affected the outcome of the Nov. 2 Township Committee election, the Democratic Party is asking the state Superior Court to overturn the election.

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MISCOUNT-FINAL-12-22-04&cat=AN

2004 vote count smoother, still some problems

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MISCOUNT-OHIO-12-22-04&cat=AN

In Ohio, almost 1 in 50 votes for president don't count

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MISCOUNT-NM-12-22-04&cat=AN

In 2004, New Mexico worst at counting votes

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-bc-ct--votingmachines1222dec22,0,3174707.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut

Connecticut – State will poll voters as to what they would like in a voting system. Any system must include a paper ballot provision

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002127516_webcourt22.html

Washington – Supreme Court hears arguments in recount dispute

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1326&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Ohio - Rallies Will Demand Accurate Ohio Recount

http://www.bentoncourier.com/articles/2004/12/22/news/46tnews.txt

Saline Co., AR – The county is looking into new voting machines. ES&S says DREs will never replace paper voting systems

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2004/12/21/ap/headlines/d874usm81.txt

Washington Court: New Ballots Can Be Counted

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Governor%20Recount%20Decision

King Co., WA – Text of the Supremes findings

http://radio.ksl.com/index.php?sid=140498&nid=19

Utah – The state has the money and now they are looking at either ES&S or Diebold machines

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2004/12/23/57535.html

Washington - Democrats: Tremendous victory for the disenfranchised voters

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_122204ELBrecount_gregoire_2EL.36796f6b.html

Washington – Gregoire is ahead by 10 with the 700+ votes still uncounted. The GOP vows to go back to court

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10478401.htm

Ohio - Expert: Fraud possible but no evidence it threw election

John Gideon

Information Manager