According to this story, an unnamed employee of the Clackamus County, Oregon elections office is being investigated for adding extra “votes” to ballots in which the voter left certain offices blank on their voted ballots. Oregon has all-mail balloting. Apparently the worker, assigned the task of opening up envelopes containing voted ballots, was marking “votes” for Republican nominees, on ballots in which the voter had left a partisan office blank. Thanks to Sal Peralta for the link.
On November 2, a Howey/DePauw Poll was released for the Indiana U.S. Senate race. The results: Democrat Joe Donnelly 47%, Republican Richard Mourdock 36%, Libertarian Andrew Horning 6%, undecided 11%.
According to this story, a poll worker in Williamson County, Texas, interpreted Texas law against electioneering at the polls to mean that a voter was not permitted in the polling place unless she covered up her shirt, which said, “Vote the Bible.” This incident is reminiscent of an incident in 2010 when a voter in Arizona was told she couldn’t wear a shirt that mentioned the Tea Party. She sued in federal court and won. There was no “Tea Party” on the ballot in Arizona in 2010.
The October 24 issue Honolulu Weekly has this story about the race for the State House, 20th district, in Oahu. The Green nominee, Keiko Bonk, is running against the long-time speaker of the House, Calvin Say. This more recent story, from the blog i lind says the Hotel Workers Union is giving substantial help to Bonk. Here is a third story about the race. Thanks to Mike for the links.
On November 1, CNN/ORC released a poll for the Colorado presidential race that includes five candidates. The results for likely voters are: Obama 48%, Romney 47%, Johnson 4%, Stein 1%, Goode under 1%. For registered voters, the results are: Obama 51%, Romney 41%, Johnson 5%, Stein 1%, Goode 1%, none-other-undecided 2%. Thanks to Mike for the link.
