Daily Voting News For November 5, 2007

Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 5:29 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For November 5, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today is a bit of housekeeping chores so please bear with me. First, tomorrow is election day for state and local positions and issues across most of the nation. As is normal the news for the next few days will be filled with machine failures and election officials and vendors blaming those failures on the voters or poll workers. Of course they neglect to say that if they had didn’t have the unreliable voting systems they have the voters and poll workers would not have problems. Also, I will be attending the “Claim Democracy” Conference in DC this coming weekend. I will do all I can to keep the flow of news going out to you but I may miss a day or two. I will do all I can to combine days or otherwise get the news out....

NAtional: Editorial - Making every vote count Our position: Nelson's bill to require paper ballots in elections makes good sense. LINK

National: Editorial - In Defense of Voting Rights LINK

National: Futurist: A Vote for Better Design LINK

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National: Risks of e-voting LINK

National: Political Scientists Examine Voter Confidence in Electoral Administration, Make Recommendations LINK

Arkansas: Clark County - County budget committee looks at election funding LINK

Connecticut: Voters will test new optical-scan system LINK

Connecticut: Many Voters Tuesday To Use Paper Ballots For First Time LINK

Connecticut: Bridgeport Election Will Go Forward LINK

Illinois: East St. Louis Rehires Workers Convicted of Vote Fraud LINK

Indiana: Boone County - One more time County will squeeze another election out of VTI machines LINK

Mississippi: Officials predict smooth sailing for election LINK

North Carolina: Fair-election advocates battle for turf LINK

Ohio: Editorial - Restore secrecy of the election ballot LINK

Ohio: Ohio Election Justice Campaign, Justified LINK

Ohio: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to test new voting process to make voting move faster LINK

Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - Vote tally to run late LINK

Pennsylvania: Northampton County voters to pull levers again Officials switched back because new devices aren't fully tested. LINK

Pennsylvania: York County - Write-in votes could delay naming winners in commissioners race LINK

Washington: Kittitas County - No more going to the polls in Kittitas County 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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