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Daily Voting News For November 30, 2007

Published: Mon 3 Dec 2007 12:21 AM
Daily Voting News For November 30, 2007
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Over 100 computer science and social sciences faculty from more than 20 colleges and universities across the state of New York have signed a letter to the governor, legislature and local election officials to urge them to replace the state’s lever machines with optical-scan machines.
Our friends in New Jersey have an urgent request for people from throughout the US to call the Governors office and ask Gov. Corzine to call off his Attorney General who wants to gut S-507 which many consider to be model legislation for post-election audits. Read about the bill and action HERE
The GOP in Wharton Co Texas has taken the step to tell the county election office that their primary will be done using paper ballots and not the counties vote switching Ivotronics....
NAtional: Moonshine America? Collapse of the 'Trust Me' elections model LINK
National: Voting Can Be a Real Battle For U.S. Troops and Others Overseas in the 2008 Primaries LINK
National: "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections" and the Power of One LINK
California: Columnist - Campaigns altered by mail voting LINK
California: Bay Area mail ballots to be big factor in February, poll indicates LINK
Florida: Seminole County - Touchscreen Ballots Out For Next Election LINK
Mississippi: Federal appeals court asked to delay Miss. party registration, ID mandate LINK
North Carolina: Electronic voting a decade away LINK
New Jersey: URGENT!!! New Jersey Election Audit Bill Needs OUR Help! LINK
New Jersey: New Jersey Voters Deserve Verifiable Elections LINK
New York: Faculty Speak Out on the Future of New York State’s Voting Technology An Open Letter to the Governor, Legislature and Local Boards of Elections LINK
New York: New York: Professors Call for Optical Scan Systems to Replace Lever Voting Machines LINK
New York: College professors come out against new voting technology LINK
New York: Editorial - Say No to Computerized Voting Machines LINK
New York: Editorial - Time to act on voting machines LINK
New York: Opinion - Will Your Vote Be Counted? LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Former Franklin County elections official charged Prosecutors allege illegal conflicts of interest, lying LINK
Texas: Texas legislation targeting non-citizen voting planned LINK
Texas: Wharton County - GOP in Wharton County back to old ballots They'll use paper in primary after complaints on vote machines 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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