Daily Voting News For August 22, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

Unlike some California counties who have chosen to remove themselves from a law suit against the use of Diebold TSx voting machines by choosing to use optical-scan systems, Nevada Co. have decided, today, to go the opposite way. They are spending $250,000 to RENT machines for Nov. / ES&S has agreed to give Arkansas counties credit for $388,000 of the vendors mistakes in the state primary. / A new paper on Independent Verification has been released today. /...

• National: Independent Verification: Essential Action to Assure Integrity in the Voting Process LINK
• National: 92% of Americans Favor Public's Right To Know How Votes Are Counted LINK
• National: New Zogby Poll: It's Nearly Unanimous!! Americans Object To Secret Vote-Counting Software, Insist On Right To Watch Their Votes Being Counted!!! LINK
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• National: CNN's Lou Dobbs: Johns-Hopkins University's Avi Rubin On E-Voting LINK
• Arkansas: Voting machine vendor to offer credit (ES&S) LINK
• Arkansas: Voting-gear bills waived (ES&S) LINK
• Arkansas: ES&S to credit costs for election LINK
• Arkansas: Independence County - More voting machines to arrive LINK
• California: Nevada County - County looks at voting system (Diebold TSx) LINK
• California: Nevada County - Supervisors vote to lease Diebold voting machines LINK
• Florida: Miami-Dade County - Election Reform Advocates Say 'No' To Early Voting LINK
• Florida: Pinellas County - CNN's Lou Dobbs:Pinellas Co. Florida E-Voting Test Fails LINK
• Louisiana: Bossier Parish - Bossier looking forward to new voting machines (Sequoia Advantage) LINK
• Missouri: Voter ID law called a burden LINK
• Missouri: Hearing held in voter ID lawsuits LINK
• Mississippi: George County - County election commissioner faces charges LINK
• New York: Dutchess County - Taking on Steinhaus: Dutchess elections bosses file suit LINK
• New York: Onondaga County - 64,000 voters to change polling sites LINK
• Pennsylvania: Chester County – Opinion - Paper trail a must when it comes to electronic voting LINK
• Pennsylvania: Lancaster County - County may buy 200 more ESlates LINK
• Tennessee: Sullivan County - Venable seeks recount in GOP congressional primary LINK

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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Information Manager www.votetrustusa.org

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