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Daily Voting News For November 15, 2007

Published: Mon 19 Nov 2007 10:50 AM
Daily Voting News For November 15, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Officials in Belmont Co Ohio tested the use of paper ballots and optical-scan at one precinct. The test was an attempt to see if elections could be held with less expense using paper ballots than using the county’s DREs. The test was a success so the county is now thinking about spreading the experiment to the whole county. One result of the test was that there were no lines because many voters can mark paper ballots all at the same time. Hopefully Belmont will tell their neighboring counties and they will experiment and tell their neighbors and we will suddenly have a paper ballot movement that will spread across the whole country and more and more counties will join in the “Rage against the Machines”....
NAtional: VOTER ACTION CALLS FOR A FULL CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF VOTING SYSTEMS COMPANIES LINK
National: Swarthmore College Political Scientist Calls Voter ID Laws 'Democratic Emergency,' Joins Amicus Brief to Challenge Proposed Legislation LINK
California: Ballot Petition Fraud Occuring in Support of California's Republican Electoral College Initiative? LINK
California: San Francisco - Supervisors moving ahead on buying new voting machines LINK
California: Tehama County - County urges absentee vote Long lines expected at polls LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - Mail in 2008? LINK
Connecticut: From the Crow's Nest: An election reflection LINK
Connecticut: Secretary of the state launches random audits; EHartford, EWindsor, Somers, WLocks selected LINK
Hawaii: New vote system could be delayed The next setup’s cost might go over budget, an election official says LINK
New Hampshire: Candidates go for recounts despite the cost LINK
New Jersey: Voters still traveling on a paperless trail LINK
New Mexico: San Juan County - County stuck with outdated voting machines LINK
New York: How Two Million Bucks Could Derail Open-Source Voting Machines in New York Elections LINK
New York: Ulster County - Paper ballots next year? State election official says they'd be impractical LINK
Ohio: Belmont County - More Paper At ’08 Polls LINK
Ohio: Putnam County - Election troubles abound LINK
Pennsylvania: Lancaster County - Official: Elections office didn't prepare public for vote LINK
Texas: Harris County - Why did it take a week for press to learn of eSlate "adjustments?" LINK
Canada: Ontario - Embattled Vaughan clerk fired LINK
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John Gideon Co-Director and Information Manager VotersUnite.Org http://www.votersunite.org

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