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Daily Voting News For 30 January 2009

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:55 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For 30 January 2009


Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

The new Hillsborough Co Florida elections boss has saved the county $500,000 by going to Premier/Diebold and making them a deal they could not refuse. Of course with the problems the county had last Nov with uncounted ballots and memory card failures, Diebold should have returned all of the money the county has spent on their voting system and taken the machines back....

  • National: Psychosomatic voter ID fears cured LINK

  • Florida: Hillsborough County - County Elections Boss Saves Office $500,000 LINK

  • Minnesota: Virgil Swing: Pondering the merits of instant-runoff voting LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman's side counterattacks After being accused of shifting positions on absentee ballots, Franken did the same, it was argued. LINK
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  • Minnesota: Senate trial focuses on absentee processing A Ramsey County elections official said he believes numerous ballots that were mistakenly rejected remain uncounted. LINK

  • Minnesota: 'Slow-Motion Comedy Show': Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN LINK

  • New Jersey: Expert: Voting Machines Easily Altered LINK

  • New York: The Last Transparent Democratic Electoral System in the United States of America Cannot Be Allowed to Perish LINK

  • Ohio: Legacy of a Swindle Part I: How Ohio Lawsuits Sought to Bring Crimes to Light LINK

  • Oklahoma: Extend voter times but leave ID rule out LINK

  • Texas: Texas Republicans Still Carrying Torch for Contrived Vote Fraud Issue 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.**


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