Daily Voting News For July 24, 2006
One result of the exorbitant cost of purchasing and maintaining DRE voting machines is that counties must now find ways
to save money. Texas will have a pilot project in Lubbock Co. that will allow voters to vote in any of 35 super
precincts within the county in November. This is already being done in states across the nation and it may open up a new
set of, as yet unforeseen, problems. / "Most computer scientists have long viewed Diebold as the poster child for all
that is wrong with touch screen voting machines. But we never imagined that Diebold would be as irresponsible and
incompetent as they have turned out to be." From "The Diebold Bombshell"...
National: The Diebold Bombshell LINK
Alabama: Federal judge alters voting plan LINK
Alabama: Editorial - Voter act compliance train wreck looms over state elections LINK
Arkansas: Report On Primary Meltdown Rips ES LINK
Arizona: Pima County – Opinion - Touch-screen voting machine needs an OK (Diebold) LINK
California: San Diego County - Challenge to county procedures unfounded LINK
California: San Joaquin County - Work under way for November vote LINK
Iowa: Buena Vista County - BV precinct leaders among first in nation to be cerified LINK
Ohio: Blackwell's dual role criticized. As voter ID rule takes effect, candidate is also election chief LINK
Pennsylvania: Lawrence County - Storage units keep track of voting machines LINK
Tennessee: Bedford County - Last week for early voting LINK
Texas: Casting your vote may get easier with proposed election changes LINK
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