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Daily Voting News For January 11, 2008

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 10:39 am
Article: John Gideon

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&S 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

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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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