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Daily Voting News For January 11, 2008

Published: Sun 13 Jan 2008 10:39 AM
Daily Voting News For January 11, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
New Hampshire will now conduct a full recount of all ballots cast in the primary. This, after formal requests were made by Dennis Kucinich and Republican candidate Albert Howard.
Solano Co California Supervisor Barbara Kondylis has requested that the rest of the Board of Supervisors discuss the fact that in last November's election in the county 1,321 more votes were counted on their ES voting machines than voters who voted. The Chair and immediate past-vice Chair, who set the boards meeting agenda, have refused to allow the Supervisor's concerns to be heard. She has now sent an open-letter to the citizens of the county in hopes they will pressure the Chairman to put this issue on the boards next meeting agenda.
According to reports from Colorado, the state legislature has "A bill to be introduced today would offer greater latitude in recertifying machines deemed subpar". So, the machines are deemed to be "subpar" when being certified by present standards. In an upside down world, it only makes sense to lower the standards to accept those "subpar" systems. Simply unbelievable. The Secretary of State and all complicit state legislators need to be recalled and replaced with people who will protect the voters of the state....
National: We need to eliminate secret vote counting, not a recount LINK
National: Columnist - Making an e-voting fuss when it counts LINK
National: The High-Tech Tide is Turning Towards Voter Empowerment LINK
National: Why New York Times e-voting story fell short LINK
Arizona: Pima County - Voting Databases Released Friday? LINK
California: Solano County - County Supervisor Demands Answers Of Miscount LINK
California: Solano County - Election activists join in criticism of Solano voting LINK
Colorado: Coffman still trying for voting machine fix LINK
Colorado: State voting machines may be fixable But lawmakers wonder if voters will trust them LINK
Colorado: Columnist - CARROLL: Making votes count LINK
Colorado: 2008 vote solution in the works A bill to be introduced today would offer greater latitude in recertifying machines deemed subpar. LINK
Colorado: Coffman wants more time, flexibility to fix voting machines LINK
Colorado: Larimer County - Rocking the Vote LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - Electronic Voting Machines: Demo Election 100% Confirmed LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - Votes count, officials decide LINK
Colorado: Park County - Voting machine trouble spells mail-in ballot? LINK
Georgia: Official: No Voter ID Expansion LINK
New Hampshire: Press Release - Statewide Recount of the Republican and Democratic Presidential Primaries LINK
New Hampshire: Kucinich Calls For 'Recount" of New Hampshire Ballots LINK
New Hampshire: The Cat Behind the Primary Polls LINK
New Hampshire: Kucinich Seeks NH Dem Vote Recount LINK
New Hampshire: Dennis Kucinich Calls for Statewide Recount in New Hampshire LINK
New Hampshire: New Hampshire to Recount Ballots in Light of Controversy LINK
New Hampshire: Exeter - Exeter area sees large turnout for 2008 Primary LINK
New Jersey: Editorial - Plaudits for audits LINK
Ohio: Changes stir doubt in voting process LINK
Ohio: Let's all just vote in Columbus LINK
Ohio: Fairfield County - Paper ballots to make comeback March 4 Official says electronic voting has raised security concerns LINK
Ohio: Lake County - Alert: Lake Elections Board still working on optical-scan plan LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Eich Wants Committee To Review Voting Machines LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Voting machines under review Eich seeks to form committee to look at issue LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Panel to choose voting system LINK
Pennsylvania: Northampton County - Newcomers grapple with voting issues County election panel has just days to pick new machine vendor. LINK
South Carolina: South Carolina Says Voting Machines Will Work LINK
Tennessee: Computer skills urged for election workers LINK
Tennessee: Report: Replace voting machines LINK
VoterID: Outcomes and Rationalization in Voter ID LINK
VoterID: Editorial - Unnecessary law As the Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of voter ID laws, a study documents their harm 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
Executive Director www.votersunite.org

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