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Daily Voting News For October 1, 2007

Daily Voting News For October 1, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

As reported by a Dutch outlet in their English translation; “We do not trust voting computers' demanded that every single vote would be retained on its own piece of paper in the polling station. And that is what will happen from now on. On September 27, 2007 the Korthals Altes Committee issued its 'Voting with confidence' report. The state secretary for the interior immediately announced that 'Regulation for approval of voting machines 1997' will be withdrawn. As a result all Dutch voting computers will be decertified. Elections in the Netherlands will be held using paper ballots and red pencil for a while. After that, likely using 'vote printers' and optical scan counting computers.” The machines that will no longer be used are made by NEDAP and marketed in English speaking countries as “Liberty”. Ireland spent millions of Euros to buy the machines, then they were found to be insecure so Ireland is spending millions of Euros annually to store the machines that have never been used. Liberty is being marketed in New York....

  • CA: OpEd - Back to the future — with balloting by mail LINK
  • California: Opinion - Election machines are no friend of democracy LINK
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  • California: Bowen cast bold vote Furor still boils over secretary of state's touch-screen edict LINK
  • Connecticut: Council approves raises for poll workers using new technology LINK
  • Florida: Broward County - New Broward County voting machines arrive for use in 2008 elections LINK
  • North Carolina: State Fights Back Against Hackers LINK
  • New Jersey: Mercer County - Paper votes wanted Group asks freeholders for new voting machines LINK
  • New Jersey: Monmouth County - Low bid rejected; a donor gets job LINK
  • Pennsylvania: Bucks County - Election decision won’t be appealed LINK
  • Tennessee: Early Voting Ends -- and So Does the Early-Voting Reality Show LINK
  • Virginia: Montgomery County - The registrar has a secret lair LINK
  • Netherlands: Dutch voting computers will be decertified shortly LINK
  • Netherlands: Dutch voting computers will be decertified shortly 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 Co-Director and Information Manager VotersUnite.Org http://www.votersunite.org

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