August, 2008
Below are stories from August, 2008 related to election law developments from across the country. The links below will open in a new window and will direct you to sites that are not affiliated with Election Law @ Moritz or the Moritz College of Law. They are subject to change, and some may expire or require registration as time passes. (See Archives | Recent Headlines)
August 1, 2008
- Alabama - Voter Fraud Spreading in Alabama, Cradle of Civil Rights Movement
- Florida - Candidate claims almost two decades she spent as a Democrat was really a clerical error
- Georgia - Runoff and primary advance voting draws similar turnout
- Kentucky - Voting machines ready
- Michigan - Federal law upsets township elections in Gratiot County
- Minnesota - Group won't sue St. Paul Council over voting system
- New Mexico - Editorial: Voting Rules Create Land of Disenchantment
- National - Senate Bill Aimed at Making Absentee Ballots from Overseas Count
- Tennessee - Apathy Typical in Early Voting
- Tennessee - Appeals court sides with Gatlinburg in election contest
August 2, 2008
- Arizona - Officials take steps to facilitate voting process
- California - Voting machine gets LinuxWorld tryout
- New Jersey - Clerk Issues Alert About Online Voter Registration Service
- Virginia - Registrars: Voter fraud not that easy
August 3, 2008
- Kansas - Advance voting in primary tops county's record
- Virginia - State officials encouraging absentee voting
- Washington - Man accused of voting twice pleads not guilty to felony charges
- National - Editorial: A Bad Electronic Voting Bill
- National - Voting can be chore for military
August 4, 2008
- Michigan - Novi Tests Electronic Voter System
- Missouri - Voting tips
- New Jersey - State Election Commission director to take early retirement
- Tennessee - Tenn. early voting turnout 25 percent higher than 2004
- Washington - Secretary of state predicts high turnout for primary election
- National, Colorado - As elections near, voter numbers take flight
- National - Large voter turnout during primaries causes problems at the polls, survey says
- Massachusetts - Voter registration idea put off for now
- Colorado - Suit against eSlate machine maker withdrawn
- National - Expert cites dangers of electronic voting
- Tennessee - Editorial: Ruling by judge should put a end to groundless election contest
August 5, 2008
- Hawaii - Elections chief: Ballots are accurate
- Michigan - Machines help prevent cross balloting in primary
- Missouri - St. Louis group questions security, function of electronic voting machines
- Missouri - Blind Voter Encounters Difficulting Casting Ballot
- North Carolina - Voter Registration Scam
- North Carolina - New Hanover expands early voting to cut Election Day lines
- Tennessee - Few cast ballots in early voting
- National - Pressure Grows to Overturn VA Voter Registration Ban
- National - Letter to the Editor: Electronic Ballots and Paper Records
- Indiana - Newspaper: Students got free lunches in primary voting
- New York - Rensselaer County receives 90 new voting machines
- Pennsylvania - Contributions raise questions about 'pay-to-play' in Evesham
- Michigan - Higher turnout projected for today’s primary
August 6, 2008
- Florida - Broward County tests new voting machines
- Ohio - Brunner seeks damages for voting-machine malfunctions
- Washington - Election officials predict strong primary turnout
- Wisconsin - Fake names get voter registration workers investigated
- Ohio - Commission to Buy More Electronic Voting Machines
- New York - Law was ruled invalid in 2006
- Florida - Indian River voters to use Optech Insight voting machines
- California - Chula Vista woman's doubled-up voter registration gets straightened out
- National - Editorial: The Integrity and Security of Voter Registration Drives
- National - Open-source e-voting gets LinuxWorld test run
- National - NAACP Legal Defense Fund Unveils New Strategy to Protect Voter Rights This November
- National - Record number of US voters may cast paper ballots
- Ohio - Four election boards part of lawsuit against voting machine maker
August 7, 2008
- Florida - Voting Machines Tested and Ready For Election
- Missouri - Voter Arrested After Not Showing Photo ID
- Nevada - Early voting turnout unlikely to match '06 numbers
- National - Could open source be the solution to the e-voting debacle?
- Ohio - Paper Ballots Getting the Vote
- South Carolina - ACLU sues SC for nixing Green Party nominee
- New York - Editorial: Safe ballots
- Michigan - Pinkney Could Face Election Problems
August 8, 2008
- California - Group seeks tighter ballot security in San Diego
- Illinois - Editorial: Paper makes a comeback
- New York - New Voting Machines Provide Access for Disabled Voters
- National - Editorial: The Right to Vote
- Ohio - Hamilton Co. Urges Early Absentee Voting For November
- Missouri - Editorial: Advance voting is a good thing
- Ohio - More on Those Voting Machines in Ohio
- Florida - Alleged Election Law Violation Is 'Common'
- Ohio - Franklin Co. countersues over voting machines
- Colorado - Some voters confused about Denver mail-in ballots
- Tennessee - Tennessee primary remains in limbo
August 9, 2008
- Georgia - Campaign bill's passage raises concern
- Missouri - Misunderstanding, scuffle at voting site lead to arrest
- South Carolina - Law Be Checked On Primary Voting
- National - Big turnout likely will be big headache
August 10, 2008
- Florida - Early voting reduces crowds but increases election costs; turnout unaffected
- Florida - Exercising the right to vote will cost them
- Florida - Editorial: New paper ballots make early voting even wiser
- Maryland - Letter to the Editor: Something Can Be Done About Lines at the Polls
- Massachusetts - Voter registration drive takes multilingual feel
- Ohio, National - '04 election critics still unmoved by evidence
August 11, 2008
- Arizona - Ballot woes: Mistakes adding up for early voters
- Colorado - Mail-ins up, but early voting down in today's primary
- Florida - Turnout, problems light in early voting
- Florida - No Complaints From Early Voters About New Machines
- Oklahoma - Election officials leaning toward scanning ballots over electronic voting
- Utah - Voter fraud: Right entails responsibility
- Washington - Kitsap County auditor admits disclosure errors
- National - For Those Once Behind Bars, A Nudge to the Voting Booth
August 12, 2008
- Florida - Fla. to begin enforcing voter registration law
- Missouri - Provisional ballots swap winner in House primary
- Nevada - Voting update: All machines now working at Jesse Beck
- Nevada - Voting update: Voters complain of problems at Sparks Middle School
- New Jersey - Corzine signs law expanding voting rights
- Pennsylvania - Centre Co. Voting Machine Cost Revealed
- Wisconsin - Voting machine company folds; towns, villages must pay price
- Florida - Computer problems frustrate some on first day of early voting
- Tennessee - Davis hires law firm, says outsiders may have influenced election
- Colorado - Election reform panel ready to get to work
- New York - Letter to the Editor: Voting Matters
August 13, 2008
- Ohio - Election Day could be 'snow day'
- Ohio - Ohio political party leaders spar over voting rule
- Ohio - Critics see voting loopholes in new rules
- Wisconsin - New statewide voter registration system ready in time for fall elections
- National - GOP seeks probe of military voting assistance programs
- Ohio - Ohio Secretary of State Opposes Opening Lawsuit Alleging Theft of 2004 Election
- North Carolina - Lines to vote may be long in November
- Ohio - Ohio voting law may be a boon for Obama supporters
- Wisconsin - New statewide voter registration system ready in time for fall elections
August 14, 2008
- Arizona - Even unintentional voter fraud will cost you
- Florida - State to begin enforcing voter registration law
- Ohio - GOP fear: Votes cast too soon
- Ohio - GOP crying foul over absentee-voting law it passed
- Tennessee - Two election losers challenge crossover voting
- National - Unions seek Wal-Mart probe over election law: report
- New Jersey - Coming election to test statewide voter registration databases
August 15, 2008
- Wisconsin - Officials call for voter registration card checks
- National - Pentagon using mail, fax, e-mail for overseas voter registration
- Ohio - Elections Board Told How To Reduce Lines At Polls
- Ohio - Weekend balloting decision left to Brunner
August 16, 2008
- Florida - 'Arrow' ballots require caution
- National - Opinion: When ballot access goes AWOL
- National - Editorial: Mixing Politics and Wal-Mart
- National - Voting Machine Doubts Linger
August 17, 2008
- Nevada - Column: 'Isolated problem' at the polls should serve as lesson
- National - Editorial: Grandmother worked hard for the right to vote
August 18, 2008
- Alabama - Groups to register homeless to vote
- Florida - Early Voting on Hold in Some Florida Counties
- Ohio - City Council special election to serve as test for voting equipment
- Tennessee - Letter to the Editor: Problems with elections here need correcting
- Virginia - Fairfax County Registrar Seeks 'Missing' Virginia Voters
- Ohio - Voting experiment might come to Oregon
- Texas - ACORN planting voter registrars in certain areas
- Pennsylvania - Report praises Luzerne for voting-machine finesse
- Wisconsin - Election to test statewide registration databases
August 19, 2008
- Hawaii - Voting machine vendor protests contract ruling
- Hawaii - Parties fear confusion with revised primary ballots
- North Carolina - Guilford to have enough voting machines
- Ohio - Ohio says no to voting machine 'sleepovers'
- Ohio - Mom, Can My Voting Machine Spend the Night?
- Ohio - Ohio Bans Home Storage of Voting Machines
- Washington - New voting system going smoothly, says election worker
- National - States throw out costly electronic voting machines
- National - Report: Vendor Control Undermines Elections
- Oregon - Voter registration sent to the deceased
- Ohio - GOP warns of suit over voting law
- Hawaii - Voting machine vendor protests contract ruling
August 20, 2008
- Massachusetts - States rush to dump touch-screen voting systems
- Michigan - Voting machines still a problem for some local clerks
- Wisconsin - More voter registration workers under scrutiny
- National - Election loser: touch-screen voting
- Arizona - Voting-database flap was last straw, Bronson challenger says
- Ohio - Voting machines can't go home, Brunner says
August 21, 2008
- Hawaii - Hawaii Redesigns Primary Voting System
- Ohio - Company acknowledges voting machine error
- Ohio - Editorial: Suppressing the vote
- Pennsylvania - As Voters Rise In Pa., So Do Challenges
- Tennessee - Clerk says she was unaware of election law change
- National - Letter to the Editor: Internet voting fatally flawed
- Ohio - Cuyahoga elections to present new voting system Nov. 4
- California - Unloved e-voting machines cluttering warehouses, losing value fast
- Connecticut - Editorial: Connecticut will audit local primary results
- Pennsylvania - County’s league of women voters seeks incidents of voting problems
- West Virginia - Editorial: Panic and haste make for waste
August 22, 2008
- Georgia - Voting machine company warns of program flaw
- Massachusetts - City looks to improve voting for disabled residents
- Ohio - Court says Ohio Democrat chief broke election law in 2006
- Ohio - Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes
- Texas, National - Voter ID theft in America
- Ohio - Mandates to raise cost of election
August 23, 2008
August 24, 2008
- Connecticut - State to audit primaries to determine voting machine accuracy
- Florida - Collier school chair to file election law violations
- Hawaii - Electronic voting machines get tested
- New York - Column: Casting doubt on a voting plan
- National - Warning on voting machines reveals oversight failure
August 25, 2008
- National - No chad, but questions still hang over voting
- National, Ohio - Editorial: No One Should Have to Stand in Line for 10 Hours to Vote
- California - State Officials Taking Aim at Fair Ballot Practices
- Colorado - Editorial: Election system needs our help
August 26, 2008
- Florida - Column: Election supervisor's name is everywhere at the polls - is it fair?
- Florida - Supervisor's name on rulers might violate election laws
- Florida - Paper trail may not matter in case of a vote recount
- Ohio - Voting law may favor youngest and oldest Ohio voters
- Texas - Local group against electronic voting machines
- Texas - Residents urge county to dump voting machines
- National - Column: In Campaign Ad Spat, Obama Lawyer Calls on AG’s Office
- National - Efforts made to break logjam on voting
- Florida - First and foremost: Will the optical scan machines work?
- Utah - Utah to cast electronic ballots
- Florida - Poll workers provide valuable service in a democratic society
- Maryland - Slots opponents drafting suit over ballot wording
- Ohio - Elections funding sought
August 27, 2008
- Ohio - Politics sully Ohio absentee ballot plans
- Ohio - Cuyahoga board probes ACORN voter registration drive
- Oregon - State finds election law violations
- National - Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico
- National - Editorial: Create a smart ballot and reduce mistakes
- Florida - Voting problems in Hillsborough?
- Florida - Few problems with South Florida's new voting machines
- Texas - BBB Warns Of Latest Voter Registration Scams
- Florida - State Will Recount Votes In Carey-Catlin Judicial Election
- Florida - Florida's largest counties make switch to paper ballots
- Florida - A Smooth Florida Election? Not Quite
- Wisconsin - Nearly a quarter of Wis. voters fail check
- Montana - 10K ask to vote absentee
- National - Online Political Sites Pushing Boundaries of Campaign Law
August 28, 2008
- Arizona - Judge blocks printing of Ariz. ballots over initiative dispute
- California - Calif. may allow online voter registration
- Florida, National - Voting machine maker accepts blame for glitch
- New York - New machines allow all an equal way to cast votes
- Ohio - Voter registration problems investigated in Cleveland
- Ohio - Butler Co. joins voting-machine suit
- Wisconsin - Darling goes after Wasserman on voter ID
- Ohio - Will voting machines work?
- Florida - Broward vote tally delays raise fears about Nov. 4 election
- Florida - Broward voting results: Boring day, troubling delays
August 29, 2008
- Wisconsin - 10 more voter registration workers face investigation
- Florida - Letter to the Editor: Voter turnout, poll workers disappointing
- Maryland - Editorial: No-confidence vote
- Ohio - No proof of black vote suppression in Y’town
- National - Legal Controversy Erupts Over TV Ads Linking Obama to '60s Radical
- National - E-Vote Vendor Admits Decade of Flaws
August 30, 2008
- Florida - Circuit Court race headed for manual recount
- National - It’s anybody’s guess: Will e-voting machines accurately tally votes?
August 31, 2008
- Arkansas - Nonmail sending of ballots no big hit
- New Jersey - Proposal would bar automated election calls in NJ
- New Jersey - South Plainfield mayor proposes new ethics rules
- New York - Some NY officials worry about voting access
- Ohio - Editorial: Ohio GOP in a needless lather over register-and-vote window
- National - Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
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.
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