Daily Voting News For February 19, 2008
Daily Voting News For February 19, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Yesterday, in a closed meeting of the Fort Bend County Elections Commission commissioners accepted the resignation of
the county Election Administrator, J.R. Perez. According to a member of the commission Perez was going to be asked to
tender his resignation anyway. Perez is another hero election administrator who has lost his job because he has taken a
position against the use of paperless voting machines. In this case Perez has argued that the continued use of the
county’s Hart Intercivic ESlate Direct Recording Electronic voting machines would cause long lines and disenfranchise
voters during the states March 4 primary. Perez, instead, argued for paper ballots. Thank you J.R. Perez....
NAtional: When the Nominating System is a Whole Lot Better than the Argument Against It…. LINK
National: 10.0 on the Richter Scale... LINK
National: Premier Names First Board of Directors LINK
California: Los Angeles County - Bowen to the Rescue: CA's SoS Calls on L.A. County Registrar to Count Thousands of
Still-Uncounted Super Tuesday Ballots LINK
Colorado: New tests clear some voting devices LINK
Colorado: Mesa County - Report: Voting machines not 100% usable LINK
Florida: Sarasota County – Sarasota Soda – A Brief Sip LINK
New Jersey: Trenton must merge various election days LINK
New Mexico: Vote 2008: Party to study caucus woes State chairman aims to determine why voters rolls incomplete LINK
New Mexico: Handwritten Ballots Mark Tight N.M. Vote LINK
New York: New York City - Elections Board Could Face Grilling Over Primary Numbers LINK
New York: New York City - Civic Group Calls for Voting Investigation LINK
Ohio: Union County - Paper-ballot lawsuit dismissed Judge nixes Union County's challenge to Brunner's order LINK
Pennsylvania: Editorial - State officials need to ensure that voting machines produce a paper trail LINK
Pennsylvania: Centre County - Study: Touch screen voting systems may be unreliable LINK
Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County - Commissioners favor e-vote machines, despite protest LINK
Texas: Dallas County - Polling places are ready for Dallas-Fort Worth's early-voting stampede LINK
Texas: El Paso County - Voters urged to cast ballot early LINK
Texas: Fort Bend County - Texas Election Official Pushed Out of Job After Warning of Concerns With County E-Voting
System LINK
Virginia: 'American Flag Waved, Vote Recorded Accurately!,' Says Charlottesville, VA Election Website LINK
Virginia: Bottlenecks At The Polls A historic turnout creates long waits for many Arlington voters. LINK
Virginia: Fairfax County - To Avoid Jams, More Voting Machines Sought LINK
Virginia: Fairfax County - Officials request new election equipment in Fairfax LINK
Wisconsin: DREs Lose Round Two LINK
Wisconsin: Senator Kohl Calls for Audit of Polling Places LINK
Wisconsin: Polling Place Problems During Wisconsin Primary LINK
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voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News"
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org