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Silence of the Lambs
February 19 (Dale A. Oesterle)With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against. [Read Comment]
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Information and Analysis
2006 Ohio Primary Problems
General Updates
- Another report blasts Cuyahoga County election, Akron Beacon Journal (8/15/06)
- DRE Analysis for May 2006 Primary - Cuyahoga County OH, Election Science Institute (August 2006)
- Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe, The Washington Post (08/15/06)
- Cuyahoga Election Review Panel Final Report, Cuyahoga County, OH
(7/20/06) - Summary of Forum on Problematic Primary in Cuyahoga County (6/15/06)
- Problematic Primary in Cuyahoga County Leaves Many Questions Unanswered (6/2/06)
News Articles
- Williams Expected to Endorse Strickland, The Youngstown Business Journal (09/01/06)
- Lawsuit filed over '04 ballots, The Cincinnati Enquirer (09/01/06
- Elections board to issue subpoenas on bogus registrations, signatures, The Columbus Dispatch (08/30/06)
- $1 million to go to train poll workers, voters, Cleveland Plain Dealer (08/30/06)
- Federal court lawsuit challenges Ohio Voting rules, Akron Beacon Journal (08/29/06)
- Ohio's largest county to improve poll worker training, Akron Beacon Journal (08/29/06)
- Count one more out of GOP field, The Times-Reporter (08/25/06)
- For TX GOP, Is Disaster Spelled S-H-E-L-L-E-Y S-E-K-U-L-A--G-I-B-B-S?, Muckraker.com (08/22/06)
- Officials say vote discrepancies resolved in Cuyahoga>, Akron Beacon Journal (08/23/06)
- Candidate seeks audit of voting machines, Tribune Chronicle (08/23/06)
- Court: Nader must pay for election suit, Associated Press (08/23/06)
- Chief Justices Sound Alarm on Judicial Elections, Legal Times (08/23/06)
- Dover mayor drops out of race to replace Ney, backs Padgett, Akron Beacon Journal (08/22/06)
- Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Washington's "Top Two" Primary (08/22/06)
- Voting details to go online, The Columbus Dispatch (08/21/06)
- GOP trio OK'd to run: Padgett, Applegate, Harris to be on September ballot, The Times-Reporter (08/21/06)
- 8 file in Republican primary for Ney's seat, The Columbus Dispatch (08/17/06)
- 18th District primary deadline today, The Marietta Times (08/17/06)
- Dems hope for strong contender, The Cincinnati Enquirer (08/17/06)
- Those hoping to win Ney's district must move quickly, Columbus Dispatch (08/16/06)
- Ney elects to force a special primary, The Columbus Dispatch (08/15/06)
- Rep. Ney Formally Withdraws From Ballot, Associated Press (08/14/06)
- Ney officially withdraws from race, triggering special election, The Columbus Dispatch (08/14/06)
- Petro OKs 2 avenues for Padgett candidacy, The Columbus Dispatch (08/11/06)
- Arrests Bolster G.O.P. Bid To Claim Security as Issue, The New York Times (08/11/06)
- Dems to contest Ney replacement, Associated Press (08/11/06)
- Lieberman loss: Any meaning for Ohio?, The Columbus Dispatch (08/10/06)
- Padgett prepares to move ahead, The Times-Reporter (08/10/06)
- McKinney alleges voting irregularities, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (08/08/06)
- After Ney exit, Padgett faces ballot hurdles, The Hill (8/09/06)
- Is Padgett Prohibited From Taking Ney's Spot?, Chris Geidner's Law Dork (8/07/06)
- As Ney Quits, 'Sore Loser' Law Crops Up, Washington Wire (8/06/06)
- Senate Democrats Ready $25M Ad Blitz, Associated Press (8/1/06)
- First Lady, Carville aid fundraising, Cincinnati Enquirer (7/31/06)
- Failed election oversight, Toledo Blade (7/25/06)
- Blackwell's dual role criticized, The Cincinnati Enquirer (7/24/06)
- Courts more involved in election spats, Associated Press (7/21/06)
- NAACP vows to fight vote suppression, People's Weekly World Newspaper (7/20/06)
- Recommendations of panel that reviewed Cuyahoga elections, Associated Press (7/21/06)
- Vote tied on whether to fire election chief after botched primary, Associated Press (7/21/06)
- Lawmakers Warned About Voting Problems, Associated Press (7/20/06)
- The Coming Ballot Meltdown, The Nation (6/28/06)
- Correction revives contest, Cleveland Plain Dealer (6/20/06)
- Panel looks for more accountability in review of botched primary, Akron Beacon Journal (6/19/06)
- Problem found in optical scan voting system, Akron Beacon Journal (6/19/06)
- Summit to probe election complaint, Akron Beacon Journal (6/7/06)
- Review panel consulting voters to improve Cuyahoga's elections, Akron Beacon Journal (5/31/06)
- How the vote got messed up, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/31/06)
- Electronic ballots:a tale of two counties, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/31/06)
- As Ohio goes, so goes the nation?, People's Weekly World (5/25/06)
- Election mix-up discussed in Benwood, WTOV9.com (5/24/06)
- 83 uncounted ballots still give Summit fits, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/23/06)
- Public forum asks what went wrong at polls, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/23/06)
- Election problems fuel dispute, Youngstown Vindicator (5/23/06)
- Summit analyzes primary ballots, Akron Beacon Journal (5/22/06)
- Voters, poll workers invited to forums to gauge experiences, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/19/06)
- Cuyahoga aiming for better result in election, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/18/06)
- Panel pledges top-to-bottom review of Cuyahoga elections, Akron Beacon Journal (5/18/06)
- Voting machines a winner in poll, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/13/06)
- Ballots without enough postage arrive too late in Summit County, Akron Beacon Journal (5/11/06)
- Voter challenges: all over the map, The Other Paper (5/11/06)
- Elections board opens probe into voting fiasco, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/9/06)
- Democrats want Blackwell off Cuyahoga voting probe, Columbus Dispatch (5/9/06)
- State orders election review, Akron Beacon Journal (5/9/06)
- Election officials discuss Cleveland's voting problems, 13abc.com (5/8/06)
- Ohio county finishes tabulating votes, San Jose Mercury News (5/8/06)
- Finally: election results are final, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/8/06)
- Cleveland's election system gets another black eye, Akron Beacon Journal (5/6/06)
- Voting problems called par for the course, Dayton Daily News (5/5/06)
- Voting machines a case of 'touch and go' for most, Cleveland Jewish News (5/5/06)
- Voting machine verdicts range from 'really simple' to 'bunch of crap', Athens News (5/5/06)
- We still don't have all the winners, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/5/06)
- Ohio's largest county yet to wrap up election, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (5/5/06)
- New vote machines blamed in tie-ups, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/5/06)
- Ohio's election problems linger, Baltimore Sun (5/5/06)
- Work out election process problems, Wheeling Intelligencer (5/5/06)
- Ohio's largest county still counting votes, Guardian Unlimited (5/5/06)
- Ohio struggles to fix problems after primary without punch cards, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (5/4/06)
- In focus this week, primary coverage: Indiana and Ohio, Electionline Weekly (5/4/06)
- Ohio primary plagued by glitches, Lexington Hearld-Leader (5/4/06)
- Counties' preparations pay off on Election Day, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- Late results keep candidates in suspense, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- Ohio struggles to fix voting problems, Examiner (5/4/06)
- Voting total takes 6 1/2 hours, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/4/06)
- Elections: new system can't touch old punch cards for speed, Canton Repository (5/4/06)
- Phone woes stalled vote tally, Columbus Dispatch (5/4/06)
- Confusion, delayed results mark punch-card free vote, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/4/06)
- People, machines account for glitches in Cuyahoga voting, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- What Cuyahoga Count election officials had to say, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- Election disaster was not 1st time, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- If the election was held on Tuesday, why are we still counting?, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
- Problems plague new Ohio voting machines, Washington Times (5/4/06)
- First all-electronic election marred by problems, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/3/06)
- Glitches delay voting and reporting of results, Columbus Dispatch (5/3/06)
- Poll problems delay Ohio election results, Herald-Dispatch (5/3/06)
- More stay home than vote; glitches show, Dayton Daily News (5/3/06)
- Cuyahoga struggles with electronic voting while few problems reported in Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, News-Herald (5/3/06)
- Election scanners seem to be working; test will be final count, Akron Beacon Journal (5/3/06)
- A sampling of voting problems reported across Ohio, Akron Beacon Journal (5/3/06)
- Wednesday morning quarterback: focus on voting machine problems, Akron Beacon Journal (5/3/06)
- Confusion, delayed results mark first punch-card free election, Akron Beacon Journal (5/3/06)
- Glitches mar Ohio's first punch-card free election, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/3/06)
- Election results held until after 9:30 p.m., LimaOhio.com (5/2/06)
Opinions/Commentaries
- No excuses, Crain's Cleveland Business (6/6/06)
- Primary, post-mortem, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/10/06)
- Errors of the human kind, Akron Beacon Journal (5/10/06)
- Electoral laments in major and minor keys, Free and Fair (5/9/06)
- What went wrong and how to fix it, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/9/06)
- Calculating costs of voting error, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/9/06)
- Election lessons learned, Toledo Blade (5/8/06)
- Ohio enhances polls for voters with disabilities, Columbus Dispatch (5/7/06)
- E-vote train wreck 2006: another week, another wild - and unfortunate - ride, OpEd News (5/7/06)
- Untangling the snags, Columbus Dispatch (5/5/06)
- Ohio 2004 election thief grabs Gov nod while (surprise! surprise!) voting machines malfunction, Columbus Free Press (5/5/06)
- Human error again, Canton Repository (5/4/06)
- A touch off the mark, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/4/06)
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