The Voting News Daily: Garland Arkansas election debacle.Problem reports for CA, NV, NJ, NV, SC
The Arkansas Times headline today? Garland County cluster#@%* Instead of 40 polling places, voters had a measly 2. The lots were so crowded police had to direct parking. The traffic caused 2 wrecks (so far)…Some GOP ballots wouldn’t scan in Sacramento CA…Polls open late in San Jose CA..Some problems with eSlate voting machines in Orange Co CA but paper ballots saved the day…Some Venice CA voters disenfrachised when precinct was without poll books, voting machines, ballots…NJ Voting Machines Left Unattended, Despite Court Order…Some delays in Greeneville SC…
All this and more in today’s voting news below…
Correction: Monday’s article “Electoral Reforms In Victoria Will Increase Voter Participation” occurred in Australia, not Canada. (We apologize, see Intl section) http://www.thegovmonitor.com/civil_society_and_democratic_renewal/electoral-reforms-in-victoria-will-increase-voter-participation-32811.html
AR: Garland County cluster#@%*
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2010/06/08/
garland-county-cluster http://is.gd/cHJEq
The mess that Garland County Election Commission made has come to full flower. A voting rights activist reports long lines and parking problems at the two — count ’em, two — polling places that the Commission decided to open for runoff voting. It closed 40 other polls to save money despite the fact that every voter in the county, where some 12,000 voted in the first primary, has three statewide races to consider.
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Tapp made the poll decisions unilaterally, without a vote from the two other members of the Election Commission. I was also told he was informed in time Friday to call back the dogs on a special day of early voting Saturday meant as a makeup for the reduction in polls
AR: Polling Place Fiasco in Garland County, AR
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7881
…the bizarre decision/behavior by the Garland County Election Commissioner Charles Tapp could come into play tomorrow, depending on the reported results of the hotly contested Democratic U.S. Senate primary run-off election between incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter
AR: Garland County, Arkansas…Democracy on a Dime causes Wrecks! (youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvc0IZF-eb0 (2 polling places instead of 40)
June 08, 2010 — Well as of this report I am told there have already been two wrecks in the parking lot, tickets issued to voters that forgot to put money in the meters and the cops are now directing the voters in and out of the parking lot..
AR: Garland County, Arkansas, Illegal Election makes Democracy on a
Dime Repression! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IszvA0gAP1Q
At 8 AM parking lot congested already
AR: Halter, Lincoln in war of words to the finish
http://arkansasnews.com/2010/06/07/lincoln-halter-make-final-push-before-runoff/
“We certainly are concerned that Garland County, which has over 80,000 Arkansas citizens and had approximately 40 polling sites for the primary, has now been reduced down to two polling sites,” Halter told reporters today during a campaign stop in Little Rock’s River Market district.
Garland County was the most populous county Halter won on May 18. He received 44 percent of the county’s vote to Lincoln’s 40 percent.
AR: Lincoln expects her voting to go smoothly this time
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/jun/07/lincoln-expects-her-voting-go-smoothly-time/
AZ: US Supreme Court blocks Ariz. campaign finance law
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSQxLpyw
AsUfJyd5LkaBoCRCDCQAD9G777BG1 http://is.gd/cHCdA PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court derailed a key part of Arizona’s campaign finance system on Tuesday by at least temporarily blocking extra money for publicly funded candidates outspent by privately financed rivals or targeted by independent groups’ spending.