Daily Voting News For September 23, 2006
Most of today's news is on the Colorado court decision. This was a resounding win for the voters of the state. The
state's DREs will be used in Nov. but they will be decertified immediately after and may not be re-certified. Great job
by the legal team including VoterAction. / Mississippi will be disenfranchising absentee and overseas/military voters by
not allowing them to vote in a special legislative election that will be held on Nov. 7 along with the general election.
/ Two excellent articles in today's NYTimes. ...
National: Officials Wary of Electronic Voting Machines LINK
National: The Big Gamble on Electronic Voting LINK
National: CNN's Lou Dobbs:Problems With E-Voting Machines Are Now Nationwide LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Supervisors certify election results LINK
California: Gov Signs Some Election Reform Bills, Bowen Measures Still Await Action LINK
Colorado: Judge approves voting machines LINK
Colorado: Colo. judge warily OKs voting machines LINK
Colorado: Vote machines a go. Judge rips security testing, but says it's too late to switch LINK
Colorado: Vote won't be on paper LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - Election decision saves county roughly $1 million LINK
Connecticut: Opinion - New Voting Machines, New Levels Of Reliability LINK
Maryland: Paper or Diebold? LINK
Mississippi: Legislative qualifying date extended LINK
Mississippi: Vote affects absentee ballots LINK
Mississippi: Leflore County - Voters will be watched closely on Tuesday LINK
Pennsylvania: Luzerne County - Privacy curtains would cost Luzerne County $156G LINK
Pennsylvania: Luzerne County - Voting curtains to cost $146,000 LINK
Washington: Snohomish County - Judge restores right to vote. The county erred in removing a man from the voting rolls
because he wasn't living in his Maltby house, a judge rules. LINK
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