Thursday, May 20, 2010

PAST MISTAKES, MISCOUNTS ?

Wording on Hawaii ballot envelopes

may lead to uncounted ballots

From Ballotpedia

10/23/2008
The current ballot envelopes to be used in Hawaii contain a typo that could result in Ballots not being scanned. On the privacy envelopes for absentee ballots, a set of instructions is printed detailing how to use them. The wording on step 2 is "2. After you have finished voting, remove the ballot stub by folding along the perforation and tearing carefully. Place the voted ballot(s), and nothing else, into this Secret Ballot Envelope and seal the envelope." The (s) in this sentence may lead voters to place more than one ballot in a single envelope, In this scenario only one ballot would be counted. [1]
Hawaii GOP chairman Willes K. Lee would like for the office of elections to start an aggressive voter education campaign to let voters know about the typo, so they will not make this mistake. Rex Quidilla of the Office of Elections disagrees with Chairman Lee, stating "it is up to absentee voters to follow instructions and know better than to try to put more than one ballot in the envelopes. You have to follow instructions," [1]

Information For People who have Moved or Changed Addresses
Any registered voter, who changes residence from one precinct or county to another, shall notify the clerk and change the registration to the proper precinct or county by the appropriate registration deadline.


Electronic vote fraud
Electronic voting is a system in which computer touch screens are used to gather votes, but since it has been implemented in the late 1980's it has been prone to voting fraud and irregularities.


Although electronic voting can help make election administration more efficient, it has also presented challenges including software failures and a vulnerability to fraud.

Friday, May 7, 2010

LETTERS

Cynthia MillerCynthia K. Miller -  a former head of his district office and treasurer for his U.S. senatorial campaign. Miller currently runs a Chicago real estate firm.

Jennifer Mason, Director of Constituent Servics, Chicago Office of Senator Obama,  

Letter Sent To Senator Obama
 
From: yinsay@aol.com
To: Obama_Casework@obama.senate.gov
Sent: Wed, Jun 6 4:46 PM
Subject: Ms. Mason
Thank you for the assistance you have given. Please, do not contact Senator Akaka's office again, on my behalf. Unless there is some necessary secrecy to an investigation he is doing, all I have received from his offices is a letter in response to my inquiring about funds for the Hawaii State Library. My concerns extend much further than this. Hopefully, the light being shed on activities in the Justice Department will lend itself to some justice for me. Otherwise, it will be nothing but justice delayed and denied.