Daily Voting News For May 05, 2008
Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 1:11 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For May 05,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon
of VotersUnite.org
Governor John Corzine of New Jersey has signed yet
another extension of the electronic voting paper
verification requirement for his state. Now citizens of New
Jersey will again vote in an election without any paper.
What the state needs to do is to get rid of their Sequoia
Advantage voting system and get an actual paper ballot
system that really works. Events in the state’s primary
election prove that the Advantage system may have actually
violated federal accuracy law (HAVA Section 301(a)(5)). No
vvpat printer would have fixed that problem.
According
to BlackBoxVoting.Org, while 4.3 million voters are
registered to vote in Indiana the state has recently purged
1.1 million voters from the voter rolls with one quarter of
that total coming from two counties. Those and other stories
are below....
NAtional: Short Take:
Voter ID ruling one of court's worst ... in history LINK National:
Opinion - Let the troops vote LINK National:
ACCURATE Comments on the VVSG LINK National: Video
Interview: Missouri Congressional Candidate Byron DeLear
Speaks to The BRAD BLOG About 'Securing the Vote' LINK
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California:
Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California’s Front Line of
Democracy LINK California:
Press Release - As Vote-By-Mail Ballots Become Available For
June Primary, Secretary of State Encourages California
Voters to Check Their Voter Registration LINK Connecticut:
Secretary of the State says voter privacy at stake LINK Indiana: One
million purged - The Incredible Disappearing Indiana Voter
Rolls LINK Indiana: 1.1
Million Purged from Indiana Voter Registration Rolls
According to State Data, Says BBV LINK Indiana: ID law
could depress black turnout in Ind. LINK Indiana:
Vanderburgh County - Prepared to tame primary, Officials
brace for turnout, zeal LINK Kansas: Opinion
- Pro-Con: Did the Supreme Court make a positive decision on
voter IDs? YES LINK North Carolina:
They are Army for a day LINK North Carolina:
Mecklenburg County - Elections officials ready for high
voter turnout LINK New Jersey: NJ
extends deadline for verification of electronic votes LINK Washington:
Yakima County – Editorial - Supreme Court is correct;
voter-ID law is prudent 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-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
"To encourage
citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22,
2008
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