Daily Voting News For November 15, 2007
Monday, 19 November 2007, 10:50 am
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For November 15,
2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon
of VotersUnite.orgOfficials
in Belmont Co Ohio tested the use of paper ballots and
optical-scan at one precinct. The test was an attempt to see
if elections could be held with less expense using paper
ballots than using the county’s DREs. The test was a
success so the county is now thinking about spreading the
experiment to the whole county. One result of the test was
that there were no lines because many voters can mark paper
ballots all at the same time. Hopefully Belmont will tell
their neighboring counties and they will experiment and
tell their neighbors and we will suddenly have a paper
ballot movement that will spread across the whole country
and more and more counties will join in the “Rage against
the Machines”....
NAtional: VOTER
ACTION CALLS FOR A FULL CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF
VOTING SYSTEMS COMPANIES LINKNational:
Swarthmore College Political Scientist Calls Voter ID Laws
'Democratic Emergency,' Joins Amicus Brief to Challenge
Proposed Legislation LINKCalifornia:
Ballot Petition Fraud Occuring in Support of California's
Republican Electoral College Initiative? LINK
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California: San
Francisco - Supervisors moving ahead on buying new voting
machines LINKCalifornia:
Tehama County - County urges absentee vote Long lines
expected at polls LINKColorado: Boulder
County - Mail in 2008? LINKConnecticut: From
the Crow's Nest: An election reflection LINKConnecticut:
Secretary of the state launches random audits; EHartford,
EWindsor, Somers, WLocks selected LINKHawaii: New vote
system could be delayed The next setup’s cost might go
over budget, an election official says LINKNew Hampshire:
Candidates go for recounts despite the cost LINKNew Jersey:
Voters still traveling on a paperless trail LINKNew Mexico: San
Juan County - County stuck with outdated voting machines LINKNew York: How Two
Million Bucks Could Derail Open-Source Voting Machines in
New York Elections LINKNew York: Ulster
County - Paper ballots next year? State election official
says they'd be impractical LINKOhio: Belmont
County - More Paper At ’08 Polls LINKOhio: Putnam
County - Election troubles abound LINKPennsylvania:
Lancaster County - Official: Elections office didn't
prepare public for vote LINKTexas: Harris
County - Why did it take a week for press to learn of
eSlate "adjustments?" LINKCanada: Ontario -
Embattled Vaughan clerk fired 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 Co-Director and Information
Manager VotersUnite.Org http://www.votersunite.org
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