Daily Voting News For May 05, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Governor John Corzine of New Jersey has signed yet another extension of the electronic voting paper verification
requirement for his state. Now citizens of New Jersey will again vote in an election without any paper. What the state
needs to do is to get rid of their Sequoia Advantage voting system and get an actual paper ballot system that really
works. Events in the state’s primary election prove that the Advantage system may have actually violated federal
accuracy law (HAVA Section 301(a)(5)). No vvpat printer would have fixed that problem.
According to BlackBoxVoting.Org, while 4.3 million voters are registered to vote in Indiana the state has recently
purged 1.1 million voters from the voter rolls with one quarter of that total coming from two counties. Those and other
stories are below....
NAtional: Short Take: Voter ID ruling one of court's worst ... in history LINK
National: Opinion - Let the troops vote LINK
National: ACCURATE Comments on the VVSG LINK
National: Video Interview: Missouri Congressional Candidate Byron DeLear Speaks to The BRAD BLOG About 'Securing the
Vote' LINK
California: Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California’s Front Line of Democracy LINK
California: Press Release - As Vote-By-Mail Ballots Become Available For June Primary, Secretary of State Encourages
California Voters to Check Their Voter Registration LINK
Connecticut: Secretary of the State says voter privacy at stake LINK
Indiana: One million purged - The Incredible Disappearing Indiana Voter Rolls LINK
Indiana: 1.1 Million Purged from Indiana Voter Registration Rolls According to State Data, Says BBV LINK
Indiana: ID law could depress black turnout in Ind. LINK
Indiana: Vanderburgh County - Prepared to tame primary, Officials brace for turnout, zeal LINK
Kansas: Opinion - Pro-Con: Did the Supreme Court make a positive decision on voter IDs? YES LINK
North Carolina: They are Army for a day LINK
North Carolina: Mecklenburg County - Elections officials ready for high voter turnout LINK
New Jersey: NJ extends deadline for verification of electronic votes LINK
Washington: Yakima County – Editorial - Supreme Court is correct; voter-ID law is prudent LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008