Thursday, 08 November 2012

November 8, 2012

National News: How faulty and outdated voting machines contributed to voter lines and frustration | Election Day lawsuits targeted voter ID confusion, ballots | Voters wait in long lines in key states in latest poll problem | U.S. battle over ballots averted, but not forever | High turnout, budget woes fuel Election Day snarls | 'I Voted': Election stickers from around the U.S.

Alabama: Hale County probate judge race unresolved

Arizona: More than 600K ballots in Arizona still uncounted | Election Day over, but 20K Pinal ballots to be counted

Arkansas: Paper ballots still yet to be counted in Benton County | Paper ballots are being sent to Washington County | Ballots run out in various precincts

California: San Bernardino registrar to study performance in wake of polling place complaints | Thousands of Riverside County ballots to be counted | Riverside County ranks No. 1 worst for votes counted so far in California | Busy day at the Alameda County registrar of voters office | A third of county ballots remain uncounted | 35K Sonoma ballots still to be counted | County has 45K more ballots to tally | More than 792K ballots uncounted in LA County | Thousands of uncounted SF ballots | Up to 140K ballots still to be counted in Alameda County | Thousands of ballots uncounted in Yuba, Sutter | Ventura County election officials see busy days ahead | Poll worker puts Glendale precinct's ballots on car, drives away

Colorado: Web Poll: Should Colorado implement all mail-in ballots for every election? | Smooth election sees big showing from Summit | Provisional ballots could come into play after wait period

Connecticut: Hand count slowed results

District of Columbia: Long voting lines blamed on high turnout, too-few poll workers and voting machines

Florida: Tabulating machines at the center of voting controversy | Poll worker frustrated with voting process | West seeks injunction to impound ballots, voting machines | Miami-Dade vote totals won't be tallied until today | Deborah Clark, Pinellas supervisor of elections still not talking about misleading robocall | Seminole elections chief lays down law for recount | Five Florida counties still tallying | Mayor orders review of Miami-Dade voting debacle | Several factors contributed to late votes being cast in Hernando | No time to blink as absentee ballot counting resumes by bleary PBC election workers | Computer 'glitch' stalled vote count in Santa Rosa County | Manatee County had a successful Election Day, officials say | Voters call for Lee County election supervisor's resignation after long lines | Not easy moving voting scanners | Florida elections official issues tearful apology | Long lines could lead to voting reform in Florida | Florida voting--what's the hang-up? | Absentee ballots, voting delays put harsh light on South Florida election

Georgia: Early voting adds work for Georgia officials but removes press at the polls, officials say | Fulton voting problems equal headaches for Buckhead voters | Many fed up with Fulton elections problems | Sec. of state investigates Fulton Co. election issues

Guam: Mayors calls for election reform after upsets in Tuesday's race | GEC will recount 5 precincts Friday

Hawaii: Officials: Poor plans led to Oahu ballot shortage

Illinois: Election officials still skeptical about online voting | Chicago election problems: Hurdles abound for many city voters | Chicago elections officials apologize for polling place confusion | East St. Louis voters reject initiative to disband board of elections | Early voting makes waves in Iowa, Illinois

Indiana: Voting machine issue delays final results | Lines, packed voting machines reported throughout county | Clark County wrestles with vote delays | St. Joseph County already planning election changes | Commissioner: Voting centers won't fix ballot confusion | County looks for solutions to voting logjams | Expanded early voting, quicker check-in seen as options | Election officials look for solutions after voters wait hours

Iowa: Linn County residents sound off on both sides of voter ID debate | Early voting makes waves in Iowa, Illinois | Official: Voters not properly vetted

Kansas: Authorities to investigate county's election woes | Election turnout surprises officials

Kentucky: Attorney General's election fraud hotline got 183 calls | Historic low turnout doesn't stop ballot shortages

Louisiana: Registrar: Voters should check their registration | Orleans Parish vote totals delay blamed on volume, computer trouble | Final tally on toll vote awaits mail-in ballots

Maine: Waterboro hand counting ballots after voting machine breaks | Long lines at registration tables

Maryland: Long voting lines blamed on high turnout, too-few poll workers and voting machines | Md. officials investigate complaints about long lines to vote

Massachusetts: Voting machines cause headaches in Taunton, Rehoboth | Spider web tangles up Rehoboth voting machine | Mansfield Town Clerk: Election a great example of town's ability to manage | Non-binding voter ID question passes

Minnesota: Some voting problems reported at Minneapolis polls | Three Minneapolis precincts must be hand counted | Aftermath of voter ID failure | Outdated voting machines lead to hand count in Minneapolis | Minneapolis election officials plan future improvements

Missouri: Kander claims narrow win for secretary of state | Lessons learned the hard way on Election Day | Voter says he was 'intimidated' by election judge | Election officials re-counting ballots, testing machines to verify results

Montana: Flathead County election results delayed | Ballot processing continues into Thursday morning | Voting lasted until late night | Big turnout leads to long lines on Election Day | Judge explains ruling on Indian voting; plaintiffs promise appeal | Local vote-counting goes into overtime | Ballot processing continues into Thursday morning | Jammed elections machinery delays Yellowstone County returns | Flathead election officials weathered delays

Nebraska: Community groups seek to investigate Phipps over polling place legislation

Nevada: Election snags include long lines, machine issues | Elections office: No voter fraud reports in Nev. | Few election problems reported in Nevada

New Hampshire: Long lines a headache at city polls | Big issue of voter ID proved not to be an issue on Election Day | Voter ID law not a major issue, election officials say | Some find fault with voter ID law in general election

New Jersey: County seeks court order for two Middletown voting machine results | New Jersey voters turn out despite obstacles and irregularities | Election watchdogs praise NJ for post-storm voting | Record number of mail-in, email votes mean a few Morris County races still too close to call | NJ election officials have no answers yet on how emergency voting plans worked

New Mexico: No answers yet about Rio Ranch voting fiasco | Long lines, shortage of machines plagued NM voting | Silver City man detained after attempting to test voting system | Sandoval County, secretary of state's office trade blame for Rio Rancho vote mess

New York: Nassau to probe voting machine failures | Voting machine malfunctions delay results | Rye awaits vote results after polling machines impounded | Long alleges bad behavior by poll worker | Frontier continuing with plan for one polling place | NYC BOE 'succeeded at failing beyond my wildest expectations,' says council member

North Carolina: Voter registration causes confusion

Pennsylvania: Lebanon County had a few touch-screen voting problems | One day after election, voter integrity issues are hot topic | Naturalized citizens get fulfillment from voting in their first election | Poll disputes: An election day fit for Philly | Voter ID law causes confusion at polls | What went wrong with Monroe polls? | Names missing from voter rolls cause Election Day chaos | Cranberry man says glitch in system left him unable to vote | Even with glitches, both parties praise county elections office | Singer toppled as city elections chief

Ohio: Voter finds maiden name in poll book | Judge demands Ohio provisional ballot answers | Medina County BOE explains election results delay | Why were Trumbull County election results so late? | Assault charge in Ohio polling place argument | Man assaulted at polling location | Polling locations cause confusion for some Ohio State voters | Lucas County BOE has slow start counting votes

Oklahoma: Provisional ballots key to race

Rhode Island: Mollis: Time to change RI elections board

South Carolina: Richland voting mess 'violated law' | What happened with the polls in Richland County? | Voting harder than expected in areas of Horry County | Clarendon precincts turned voters away

Tennessee: Long lines frustrate TN voters | Rutherford County faced multiple ballot-counting issues | Montgomery County election commission flooded with phone calls on Election Day

Texas: Election procedures scrutinized after late ballot box in Nueces County | Post-election fallout over voter ID | Cameron County reports smooth election | GC voting problems draw national attention | Election day ran smoothly, administrator says | Voting delays, problems in Carrollton prompt calls for change | Cameron looks toward electronic vote | Election went well, despite a few glitches | Problems plagued county polling places

U.S. Virgin Islands: Hundreds of paper ballots still to be counted after vote

Utah: Utah counties count absentee, provisional ballots

Virginia: Spotsy voting problems called 'total fiasco' | In Staunton, checking the count | Long voting lines blamed on high turnout, too-few poll workers and voting machines | Scattered glitches, long lines afflict voting | Voting lines were clogged at swamped voter ID points | New details emerge about voting in Lynchburg area | Local registrars report no problems with voter ID laws | The morning after: Registrars evaluate Election Day | Roanoke voting precincts see 'bottleneck' effect | Polling place problems in Pittsylvania Co.

West Virginia: Problematic voting machine holds up ballot counting in Brooke County | Machine error slows voting results error in Harrison County

Wisconsin: Machine malfunction trips up Lafayette | Milwaukee department heads spent the night counting absentee ballots | Ballot quirk throws some for a loop | Attorney general wants voter ID appeals on a fast track | Local poll workers get high marks

electionlineWeekly

May 16, 2013

First Person Singular: Gary Bartlett
KISS for a better today and tomorrow

By Gary Bartlett
North Carolina State Board of Elections

This article is going to be about my thoughts on effectively managing the elections process. I’ll tell you that from the start in case you had other ideas. As I sat down to write this article, I started kicking around some thoughts on what was going to be my hook. How do I capture your attention in order to get my points across?

My first thought was to entitle this article: Weathering the Tides of Political Influence and Change. And while the weather presents great opportunities to present analogies about the ebb and flow of the elections process or managing political storms, I felt that this was too cliché.

So how about comparing the elections process to a playground? On a playground, there are swings and slides and see saws, monkey bars and of course, the sandbox. A playground analogy could offer up nice realisms like “take turns” or “let everyone have a turn”, “stay in line,” “play nice,” and of course, “don’t touch the metal when it’s hot.” Effective messages, but again, it’s been done before.

Instead, I want your attention; so I’m going to use the hook that always works –KISSing. Sorry, no juicy or salacious stuff will be forthcoming from me. Remember, I warned you from the beginning? I’m going to hook you by speaking plain simple truths. In essence, I will be keeping it simple –because I’m not stupid. Read More…

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electionlineToday

May 21, 2013

Dutchess college students win voting rights settlement in federal court
Dutchess County’s Republican elections commissioner has agreed to stop demanding college students provide the name of their dorms and their room number in order to register to vote. Patricia Doxsey, Daily Freeman.

Ohio Senate puts brakes on plan to link in-state tuition to voting
A House-passed budget provision that would have cost Ohio universities about $370 million a year in tuition payments is likely to be removed by the Senate, but that doesn’t mean the issue of out-of-state students voting in Ohio is dead. Jim Siegel, The Columbus Dispatch.

Also in electionlineToday news: California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and national news (7:30 a.m. 05/21/13).