Daily Voting News For October 15, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
You have probably noticed that as we get closer to the general election the amount of voting related news is growing. I
expect that very soon the amount of news will force me to make a modification to the way 'Daily Voting News' is sent
out. I could cut the new in half and send some in the late morning and the rest in the evening. Rather than send it out
twice a day I will send out a condensed version to the email subscribers. That version will have what I consider to be
the top 15 or so stories. The complete 'DVN' will be posted at the normal locations; VoteTrustUSA, The BradBlog,
OpEdNews, and ScoopNZ. VotersUnite will also be posting the complete list of articles and we have removed the dust
bunnies from our "Voting News" database and many of the articles and the complete DVN can be found there. You will be
notified when the change needs to be made. Thank you for reading and taking part in democracy....
National: Vendor Applies For Certification With Open Voting Consortium LINK
Arizona: Arizona asks U.S. high court to continue voter ID rule LINK
California: Electronic Voting Machines Factor in Race Between McPherson, Bowen LINK
California: San Bernardino County pushing early voting. Officials hope move will get more people to cast ballots LINK
Colorado: Early votes blunt Oct. "surprises" LINK
Florida: Editorial - Where's the paper trail? LINK
Florida: Alachua County - Election hiccups prompt hearing LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Some Sarasota residents fight for paper trails on voting machines LINK
Illinois: DuPage County - Fidlar Fired? DuPage Watchdog Group Says "No" LINK
Maryland: Diebold E-Poll Book Modifications Come Into Question LINK
Maryland: Editorial - Party Games. Democrats and Republicans need to stop playing with voter fears. LINK
Mississippi: Hinds County - Editorial - Judge makes voting much more difficult LINK
New Jersey: Department of Justice Reaches Agreement With New Jersey Over Voter Database LINK
New Mexico: NM balloting system call attention to lingering issue of election reform LINK
New York: Opinion - Optical scan machines are preferable to expensive touch-screen systems LINK
New York: Ulster County - County lawmakers may have no say over new voting machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Montgomery County - 'Fleeing voters' might be no voters. State says incomplete ballots shouldn't count;
Montco says otherwise. LINK
Tennessee: Vote early to enjoy shorter ballot, lines LINK
Texas: Editorial - Critical vote. People should take advantage of chance to shape our future 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