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Daily Voting News For August 20, 2006

Published: Tue 22 Aug 2006 10:44 AM
Daily Voting News For June 1, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Franklin Co. Ohio is planning on putting the results from each of their voting machines on-line for anyone to see. This will happen after all vote counting takes place and after the final canvass. They are also asking the County BoE for funds to do an independent hand-count of the paper ballots. Is this another attempt to discredit the vvpat and will Election Sciences Institute (ESI) do that hand-count? / ...
National: Web site compiles nationwide voter resources and information LINK
National: Election Machine Security LINK
Arkansas: White County - Leader for elections selected LINK
Alaska: My turn: Will every vote be counted correctly? LINK
Florida: On your mark, get set -- vote early LINK
Florida: Like it or not, early voting gets going on Monday LINK
Missouri: Missouri voter ID law latest in national test cases LINK
New Hampshire: Court’s ballot ruling improves elections LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County – Editorial - Make it electronic, and reliable LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Voting details to go online. Tallies from machines in Franklin County will be on Internet, allowing skeptics to tabulate own results LINK
Texas: Editorial - Ballot backstop. Texas should join the states mandating a paper trail to verify the accuracy of electronic voting machines LINK
Texas: Harris County - Paper trails and tribulations. Electronic voting backups no panacea 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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