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Daily Voting News For March 23, 2007

Published: Mon 26 Mar 2007 03:16 PM
Daily Voting News For March 23, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In what may be the first local action to HR-811, Westmoreland Co. Pennsylvania is asking for more state or federal funds to allow them to change voting systems if their present system is affected by federal legislation. Meanwhile Florida’s Governor, Charlie Crist, has announced that he wants to use new ballot on demand technology for early voting thus allowing the state of Florida to go to 99% paper ballots in any election. In Ohio newly elected SOS Jennifer Brunner warned members of the Cuyahoga Co. Board of Elections that they all need to resign. The two Democrat members of the board have taken this advice but the two Republican members have decided to ignore Brunner’s warning that she will air their dirty laundry if they don’t resign. True to her word Brunner has sent an 18 page document to each of the hangers-on that spells out their failures and makes those failures public. The failures include numerous instances of misfeasance, nonfeasance and violations of state election law in five distinct areas. The big question now is who is going to conduct elections in this county? The Board is gone, the election director was fired, one manager is now going to prison for 18 months along with one employee, and there have been many resignations. And all of this is on top of yet another criminal investigation to find out whether vote counts from early and absentee voters were totaled before Election Day. ...
NAtional: An Opposing View on the Progressive Voting Machines Debate LINK
National: Return to paper ballots could be on horizon LINK
National: House Administration Hearings on Rush Holt's Election Reform Bill (HR811) Today... LINK
National: House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on HR 811 LINK
National: Rep. Susan Davis Introduces Bill to Track Mail-In Ballots LINK
National: Explosive new vote fraud developments continue to rock Ohio and Florida LINK
National: Paper-records debate hits Hill Florida governor among those testifying before House panel on voting measure LINK
California: CA SoS Debra Bowen Releases 'Top to Bottom Review' Criteria for E-Voting Machine Certification in California LINK
California: California Secretary of State Releases Draft Criteria for Top-to-Bottom Voting Machine Review LINK
California: Secretary of state to review e-voting LINK
California: CA50: Appellate Court Dismisses Busby/Bilbray Election Contest as Now 'Moot' LINK
Colorado: Denver - Denver Election Commission Tests Voting Machines LINK
Florida: Crist calls for use of paper ballots in early voting LINK
Florida: Crist tells Congress state moving toward paper trail LINK
Florida: Crist updates Congress on plans to eliminate touch-screen voting LINK
Florida: Task force convened over D-13 LINK
Florida: Task Force Formed to Investigate Florida 13th Election LINK
Florida: GOP withholds member to protest FL-13 task force LINK
Florida: Sarasota County - Jennings claims coverup of damaging memo LINK
New York: Recount in Sleepy Hollow election halted LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - New criminal investigation into Ohio elections LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County – Editorial - Brunner made right move in Cuyahoga LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Elections board ouster move begins LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - OH SOS Brunner Slams Remaining Cuyahoga County, OH Election Board Members LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County – Opinion - Get out of the way Board of Elections members should drop their fight, quit their posts and let the critical task of rebuilding begin LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Secretary of State tightens screws on Elections Board LINK
Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County - Westmoreland officials want aid if voting system nixed LINK
Wisconsin: ES MELTDOWN '07: Trainwreck Begins Anew as Voting Machine Company Fails in Wisconsin LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org

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