Daily Voting News For January 28, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The Election Assistance Commission and Commissioner Paul DeGregorio make every attempt to convince the voter that 98% of
them had confidence in the last election, even pointing to a fictitious exit poll as evidence. The Fort Worth Star
Telegram [see below] correctly reports, “After a year in which voters across the state expressed a lack of confidence in
election returns, several lawmakers are pushing measures including a backup system for electronic voting machines,
last-minute registration and required proof of citizenship.”...
NAtional: EAC Response: The Facts About Voting System Test Labs LINK
National: Response to "The Facts About Voting System Test Labs" LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Deal frees 800 machines for March election LINK
Illinois: Chicago - Chicago Elections Board sued over data breach It released 1.3M Social Security numbers on 100
computer disks LINK
New York: New York Won’t Replace Voting Machines by the Fall LINK
New York: State unlikely to use new voting machines before '09 LINK
New York: Saratoga County - County dusts off old voting machines LINK
Ohio: Official Proposes ‘Drafting’ Poll Workers to Ease Problems LINK
Ohio: Brunner outlines goals; mail-in only for issue-only elections LINK
Ohio: Make staffing polls like jury duty, secretary of state will propose LINK
Texas: Election tuneup is called priority LINK
Texas: Washington County - Commissioners to look at standardized charges for voting machine rental LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org