Daily Voting News For October 22, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"Thirty states now allow no-excuse absentee voting, and most of them also allow voters to cast early ballots in person
at county clerks’ offices or satellite polling places." / I love this opening to an article: "On a warm Friday afternoon
last May, Alex Halderman double-parked his Cadillac STS near a New York hotel, left the motor idling and ducked into an
alley for a secret rendezvous. Moments later, the Princeton University grad student emerged with a black attaché case
containing what he feared was a grave threat to the United States: A Diebold AccuVote-TS electronic voting machine." ...
National: Growing Absentee Voting Is Reshaping Campaigns LINK
National: The sleuths who showed how to steal your e-vote. Princeton team's find intensifies concerns LINK
National: Electroshock. You don't need to believe in a vast vote-rigging conspiracy to be worried about the use of
e-voting machines in November. LINK
National: Polling Sites Often Neglect Disability, Language Minority Access Requirements LINK
National: Nine Countries Review Transparency in Elections LINK
National: Losing elections' paper trail: Crisis waiting to happen LINK
National: Electronic Voting Machines Could Skew Elections LINK
National: CNN – Jack Cafferty - American Democracy Threatened By E-Voting Machines LINK
National: Listen to the Voices Calling for Reform in America LINK
Arizona: The United States Supreme Court at the Polls, in Arizona: The More Things Change… LINK
California: Most voters likely to cast absentee ballots in November. 47 percent voted from home in June primary LINK
California: Mail-in voting changes campaign dynamics LINK
Colorado: Columnist - It's a must: hackerproof democracy LINK
Florida: Plastic and Paper? LINK
Florida: Volusia County - Supervisors, poll watchers brace for upcoming elections LINK
Maryland: Is voting all about the 'ker-chunk'? LINK
Maryland: Another Diebold Source Code Leak LINK
Maryland: Baltimore - Baltimore lagging in preparation for election LINK
Missouri: Election judge banned from polls for double voting LINK
Pennsylvania: Butler County - Suit over Butler County's touch-screen voting dropped LINK
Tennessee: Sumner County - Amendments stump some early voters LINK
Texas: Opinion - Rebeca Chapa: Electronic voting continues to raise questions LINK
Utah: Editorial - The Thumb LINK
Washington: Wash loves vote-by-mail; is online voting next? LINK
Washington: King County - Registration forms sent via UPS make 1,100 ineligible to vote LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org