Daily Voting News For January 07, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today is another busy day with news. The "Supremes" are about to hear the Voter-ID case and The New Yorker actually
printed an article on the lack of voter fraud.
There is also a new report put out by Common Cause that addresses Vote-By-Mail.
Also be sure to read the "The Kudzu Effect: The Voting-Industrial Complex Chokes Our Democracy" from Cleveland Free
Press. It gives a lot of background about how we got where we are now and who is behind it.
And I have to mention that there is an editorial for a state that I think I may have mentioned only once or twice before
in the four-year history of "Daily Voting News"; Oklahoma and any previous mention was not due to problems with their
machines. You see, in 1992 Oklahoma bought ES Optech III-P Eagle optical-scan machines then immediately kicked ES out of the state. Since then Oklahoma has done all ballot printing, software updates, ballot definitions, and
maintenance themselves. They don't have problems. ...
National: Voter ID case could affect election laws LINK
National: Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test LINK
National: Columnist - Fraud Alert LINK
National: Opinion - A Paper Trail for Voting Machines LINK
National: Response to NY Times Magazine cover story:"Can you count on voting machines?" LINK
National: Getting it Straight for 2008: What We Know About Vote by Mail Elections, and How to Conduct Them Well LINK
National: The Kudzu Effect: The Voting-Industrial Complex chokes our democracy LINK
National: Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections LINK
National: The Establishment's Voting Machines LINK
National: Voter I.D. requirements reduce political participation, study finds LINK
National: Vote Hope 2008 :3: Mark Ritchie LINK
California: Solano County - Cloutier to contest manual recount of Vallejo mayor's race LINK
Colorado: 54 Colorado Counties Not Prepared For Election LINK
Colorado: Ouray County - State Decertifies Electronic Voting Machines LINK
Georgia: Cobb County - Kennesaw's election do-over LINK
Iowa: The Iowa Un-Caucus LINK
Indiana: Voter ID law going before high court State says it prevents fraud; critics call law an unnecessary burden LINK
Kentucky: Legislators likely to debate election changes LINK
Minnesota: One citizen, one vote, one form of ID? LINK
North Dakota: Supreme Court voter ID case unlikely to affect N.D. rules LINK
New Hampshire: "First in the nation" (with corporate controlled secret vote counting) LINK
New Jersey: New Jersey lawmakers consider ballot safeguards LINK
New Jersey: Giblin Bill Moving Division of Elections to Department of State Signed Into Law LINK
New Jersey: NJ Secretary of State taking over elections from AG LINK
Ohio: Editorial - Ohio election 'quick fix' is dicey LINK
Ohio: Opinion - Wrong message In the name of fixing things, Ohio's secretary of state is undermining voter confidence LINK
Ohio: Opinion - Ohio's system works well for voters LINK
Ohio: Van Wert County - Election ballot will be change of pace LINK
Oklahoma: Editorial - Iron eagle: State voting system keeps on performing LINK
Pennsylvania: Opinion - Electronic voting LINK
Tennessee: Commission guards voters IDs Election official believes personal information safe LINK
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org