Daily Voting News For June 13, 2006

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 ...

• 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
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• 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

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