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Daily Voting News For July 13, 2006

Published: Fri 14 Jul 2006 12:33 AM
Daily Voting News For July 13, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Tennessee law says "no voter who is voting without assistance may remain in a voting machine booth or occupy a voting compartment for more than five (5) minutes if other voters are waiting or more than ten (10) minutes in any event." Voters with disabilities now get to vote (supposedly) without assistance. The Tennessee ballot will be very long this year. 5 min.? 10 min.? / Utah continues to brag about how their recounts are proving their DREs are accurate. Of course the recount only compares the machines results against the machines results. / Voters in Georgia have filed a lawsuit to stop unverifiable voting / A federal "qui tam" lawsuit has been filed by RFK Jr. and others / "The designers of video games have built far more sophisticated security into their systems than have the manufacturers of voting machines," said Lowell Finley, co-director of Voter Action...
National: A Chronology of Vote Theft and Corruption Post 2004; Post Script to "Invisible Ballots" documentary LINK
National: Activists Sue to Block Electronic Voting LINK
National: Common Cause Joins Gov. Richardson in Urging the Nation's Elections Administrators to Assure Voting Machines Produce Auditable, Voter-Verifiable Paper Records LINK
National: The Most Important Investigative News Story in America: Voting Machines LINK
National: First RFK Jr. Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed In Federal Court LINK
Alabama: Opinion - Minorities are at the voting table, but is that enough? (VRA) LINK
Alabama: Mobile County – Opinion - Get ballots straightened out LINK
Alabama: Tuscaloosa County - GOP OK'd wrong number for Republican primary; off by 30,000 votes LINK
California: San Diego County – San Diego County Registrar Stymies Hand Count LINK
Colorado: Moffat County - Opening new doors. New machines allow people with disabilities to vote more easily LINK
Colorado: Morgan County - Election testing planned (Hart Intercivic) LINK
Florida: Opinion - Voting paper trails should be offered in all counties LINK
Florida: Marion County - Vote of confidence. Machines let blind cast ballots independently (iVotronic) LINK
Georgia: Lawsuit targets accuracy of electronic voting machines LINK
Georgia: Groups file lawsuit challenging Georgia electronic voting LINK
Georgia: Ga. Electronic Voting Machines Challenged LINK
Georgia: Georgia Election Integrity Groups Call For Decertification Of Diebold Voting Systems LINK
Georgia: Electronic rosters should mean shorter lines at the polls Tuesday LINK
Georgia: Habersham County - Poll workers prepping for Tuesday LINK
Kansas: Thornburgh says reduction in polling sites won't hurt access LINK
Kansas: Sedgwick County - County makes it easier to vote early LINK
Kentucky: Bath County - Candidate indicted in alleged vote-buying scheme LINK
Kentucky: Madison County - County to wait on new voting machines LINK
Michigan: Macomb County - Warren devices to aid disabled voters (AutoMark) LINK
New Mexico: Richardson touts paper ballot system LINK
New York: First in Election Integrity, or Muddled Like Everybody Else? LINK
New York: Dutchess County - Cash approved for elections switch LINK
New York: Tompkins County – Opinion - New voting machine selection is imminent LINK
South Carolina: Lenoir County - More hearings planned in voting brouhaha LINK
Tennessee: Shelby County - State election law pushed to limit in August vote LINK
Utah: Recount policy to be developed LINK
Utah: Vote recount confirms Wallace lost in primary 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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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org

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