Daily Voting News For April 12, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Yesterday the New York Times reported, “Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the
Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to
court records and interviews. Although Republican activists have repeatedly said fraud is so widespread that it has
corrupted the political process and, possibly, cost the party election victories, about 120 people have been charged and
86 convicted as of last year.” Why is it that the main-stream media can report this yet the supposedly bi-partisan
Election Assistance Commission refuses to release a report that says the same thing?
Also late yesterday San Diego Co, CA announced that they had hired Michael Vu to be their assistant registrar of voters.
Vu, resigned under fire from his last job as the election director of Cuyahoga Co, OH where two of his employees were
convicted of election fraud for pre-counting precincts in a scheme to cherry-pick precincts to be recounted with no
problems. Vu still refuses to believe that the employees did anything wrong. Perhaps Michael Brown will be the next
county emergency preparedness director?
And today voters in Pennsylvania won a suit brought by the state who attempted to stop a suit brought by 26 voters. The
original suit challenges the use of electronic voting machines “that provide no way for Electors to know whether their
votes will be recognized” through voter verification or independent audit....
NAtional: In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud LINK
National: Howard Dean: Stop Playing Politics with Voting Rights LINK
National: Hinchey, Serrano Urge Non-Partisanship, Greater Transparency at Election Assistance Commission LINK
National: When the Government Is Watching the Voters, Shouldn't the Voters Be Closely Watching the Government? LINK
National: End secret vote counts - a story for everyone LINK
California: Editorial - Editorial: California knows how to vote LINK
California: San Diego County hires Vu as assistant registrar LINK
Colorado: Douglas County - What's the best way to improve voting procedures? LINK
Florida: Insider Emails Reveal Florida's Voter Registration Database Was Plagued With Problems in 2006 New Computerized
System was Rife with Bugs, Unexplained Errors and Party-Flipping According to Newly Revealed Documents... LINK
Georgia: Secretary of State Karen Handel Issues Report on Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail 2006 Pilot LINK
Georgia: 75,000 voter registration cards found in trash bin in Atlanta LINK
Indiana: Johnson County - The results are in: County voting system passes test LINK
Maryland: Columnist - Legislators act to keep vote count accurate LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Chairman agrees to resign from Cuyahoga Co. elections board LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Bennett quits elections panel LINK
Ohio: Cuyahoga County - Brunner moves to fill board seats LINK
Pennsylvania: Court Recognizes Pennsylvania Voters' Right to Reliable, Secure Voting Machines LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org and
Member www.votetrustusa.org