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Daily Voting News For June 4, 2008

Published: Thu 5 Jun 2008 01:05 PM
Daily Voting News For June 4, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Fort Bend Co Texas has just hired a new elections director. To prove that the revolving door goes in as well as out the county hired the regional sales manager, account manager and Illinois state manager for Election Systems & Software.
Pima Co Arizona has given in and will be releasing all elections data bases from their Diebold machines going back to 1998. The county has also agreed to pay the opposing attorney for his time and expenses ($228,000)....
NAtional: Voters Want Choices. And They Want to Be Heard.
That's why Ranked Choice Voting makes so much sense. LINK
Arizona: Pima County - County gives in on Democrats' voting-database suit LINK
California: Los Angeles County - Voter suppression! Voter suppression! LINK
Colorado: Man denied access to clerks meeting in Glenwood Springs LINK
Georgia: Here we go again -- photo ID law challenge LINK
Illinois: Kane County - Clerk's office looks at vote centers LINK
Indiana: Randolph County - State doesn't want to pay for Randolph voting machines LINK
New Mexico: State-wide Computer Crash Cripples Voting in New Mexico Primary LINK
New Mexico: Bernalillo Co. suffers few glitches on Election Day LINK
Ohio: Diebold unit Premier Election Solutions sues Cuyahoga County in voting-machine dispute LINK
Texas: Fort Bend County - Former Software Sales Manager Named County Elections Administrator LINK
Virginia: Fairfax County - County to buy new voting machines LINK
West Virginia: Tyler County - Election Results Raise Questions 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
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
"To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008

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