Daily Voting News 18 June 2007
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 12:32 am
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News 18 June
2007
Guest Blogged by John
Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Ohio’s
Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, has announced a plan
to hire a firm to determine whether her state’s voting
machines work, are secure, and can function under heavy
volume. This is pretty much the same thing being done in
California. Why don’t the two states join forces and save
the taxpayer some money by sharing the costs? Also, in a
decision that I’m sure pleased Sen. Diane Feinstein and
other protectors of corporate secrets over voters, an
appellate court in Florida found that Christine Jennings
has no right to examine programming source code that ran
the machines that undervoted in her race last Nov....
NAtional: Redistricting Reform: Tanner,
Lofgren, Wamp Call for Judiciary Hearings LINKNational:
Separating Truth From Fiction in E-voting Reform LINKCalifornia:
Riverside County – Columnist - Boycott may be the only
answer LINKFlorida: Sarasota
County - Appellate court denies access to electronic voting
code LINK
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Montana: Opinion
- Let’s give mail-in voting a try LINKOhio: Elections
chief seeks experts to test voting machine security LINKPennsylvania:
Bucks County - Glitches worry voting advocates LINKPennsylvania:
York County - Congress could hand York County bill for
paper ballots LINKTennessee:
Sullivan County - Legislation may turn into local election
officials' 'worst nightmare' LINKTexas: Harris
County - Why your vote isn't secure Study, experts call for
tests, paper trail, yet our local leaders ignore them LINKWest Virginia:
Orange County - Orange to buy voting machines Orange
Electoral Board makes successful pitch for new voting
machines in county LINK **"Daily
Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports
each day concerning issues related to election and voting
news around the country regardless of quality or political
slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may
not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
************* John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org
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