Daily Voting News For June 13, 2006
Compiled by John Gideon
A must read is an "Opinion" piece from a Miami Herald columnist, Fred Grimm. "Florida['s] first priority is to protect
the vendors. We'll let California worry about the damn voters" says Grimm. / VotersUnite would like to applaud the
decision by the National League of Women Voters who have now come out in support of a voter verified paper audit trail /
EAC Commissioner Ray Martinez has agreed to stay in his position until a suitable replacement can be named and confirmed
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Alabama: Barbour County – Train Wreck - Votes counted six days after election LINK
California: Orange County – Train Wreck - Orange County Registrar of Voters Asked to Respond to Complaints of Widespread
Problems at Over 100 Sites in Orange County LINK
South Carolina: Barnwell County – Train Wreck - At least one SC county uses paper ballots in primary LINK
National: Reid Announces Extension of Commissioner Martinez's Tenure On Election Assistance Commission LINK
National: Verified Voting Applauds League of Women Voters Passage of Resolution in Support of Voter-Verified Paper
Records, Audits LINK
National: How Can You Be Sure? LINK
National: LTTE - Holes found in e-voting LINK
National: Paper Is the New Silicon LINK
National: CNN's Lou Dobbs Reports On The Need For Voter Verified Paper Ballots LINK
Alabama: Houston County - Co. Sheriff's Race Recount LINK
Arkansas: White County - Voters to decide candidates in runoff LINK
California: Alameda County - Vote tally may take awhile LINK
Florida: Opinion - Elections hacks don't guard us against hackers LINK
Florida: Sancho says state can't dictate tests LINK
Florida: Voting system battle flares LINK
Kansas: Douglas County - New voting machines improve poll position LINK
Kansas: Shawnee County - Touch-screen voting machines come to Shawnee County LINK
Maryland: 500,000 Hispanic voters sought LINK
North Dakota: Primary is debut for voting machines designed for disabled (AutoMark) LINK
New Jersey: Mercer County - GOP bashes county clerk over mistakes LINK
New York: Queens County - Protesters say GOP keeping voting machine choice out of reach LINK
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County - Allegheny County elections board ratifies vote totals LINK
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County - 17 votes from primary discovered LINK
Texas: In high-tech e-voting age, glitches usually low-tech LINK
Texas: Jefferson County - Commissioners React To Election System Woes LINK
Utah: User errors could hold up line at polls LINK
Washington: King County - County elections director resigns; takes position as Conny McCormack's #2 in LA County LINK
Wisconsin: Winnebago County - Officials: time of the essence on voting machine 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.**
John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org