Daily Voting News For January 24, 2009
Monday, 26 January 2009, 9:54 am
Opinion: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For January 24,
2009
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.orgNow
that the recent general election is completed some counties
are now in the process of determining how much that
election cost the taxpayers. One Colorado county reports a
cost of $36.57 per vote cast. That is an amazing amount
especially when much of that cost can be directly
attributed to the type of voting system a county is using
and the amount of “assistance” the county buys from the
vendors....
CO: Counties struggle on
election costs LINKMinnesota: Senate
recount: Coleman loses bid to check at least 4,500 ballots
LINKMinnesota:
Ritchie wants to improve Minnesota's election system LINKOhio: It's time
to set record straight on the results of Ohio vote Number of
people at the polls, votes for Obama beat records LINKPennsylvania:
Franklin County - Election cycle cost $400,000 LINK
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Texas: Did GOP
shoot itself in foot on voter ID bill vote? LINK **"Daily
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