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Daily Voting News For December 14, 2006

Published: Mon 18 Dec 2006 12:45 AM
Daily Voting News For December 14, 2006
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"Almost any system, including paperless touch-screen voting systems, can be jury-rigged to attach a printer and generate a hard copy of each voter's choices. That is a far more complicated, and potentially troublesome, process than one which generates a real, live, legally valid paper ballot; it does nothing, for example, to mitigate the security risks that so many researchers have exposed in a number of e-voting systems. In addition, I suspect that no matter what type of voting system is involved, paper ballots are likely to carry far more legal weight in a court challenge -- thus allowing a judge to rule on the matter as quickly and confidently as possible and to keep the process moving along."...
National: More Than 30 Election Integrity Orgs. Issue Open Letter Demanding 'A Paper Ballot For Every Vote Cast' LINK
National: E-Voting: Will A 'Paper Trail' Get Us Where We Want To Go? LINK
National: E-Voting Bill: Dead Trees And Democracy LINK
National: Editorial - Help America secure LINK
National: E-voting requires long-term strategy: IDC LINK
National: Thirty-Four Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress To Require Paper Ballots LINK
National: Column: American elections no longer the gold standard LINK
National: David Dill Unplugged: Computer glitch leaves electronic voting machine advocate without a script LINK
California: Napa County - Tuteur explains long lines at polls on Election Day LINK
California: Riverside County – Columnist - Hack Attack LINK
Colorado: Denver County - Denver holds back $52,160 from Sequoia LINK
Florida: Crist taps two top officials LINK
Florida: Pasco's Browning named secretary of state LINK
Florida: Columnist - Politics foul up election oversight LINK
Florida: Florida Voting System Standards: Commentary LINK
Florida: Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy LINK
Florida: FL-13 - Group petitions for District 13 revote LINK
Florida: FL-13 - State withdraws motion to dismiss lawsuit in contested race LINK
Michigan: Michigan's voting system a wise choice Officials consider requiring paper trail LINK
Minnesota: Minnesota Performs First Post-Election Review LINK
New Jersey: Ocean County - County gets more time on vote query 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
Member www.votetrustusa.org

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