Daily Voting News For January 28, 2007

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
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• 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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