Daily Voting News For July 19 and 20, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Voters in the state of Hawaii filed a lawsuit on July 14, 2008, asking the Court to order the Hawaii Chief Elections
Officer to stop using telephone lines or the internet for transmitting ballot counts and election results for final
tabulation until such time as administrative rules can be legally promulgated in accordance with Hawaii Administrative
Law, Chapter 91, HRS, and all other laws can also be legally followed. Also note in today’s featured article that at the
end election day all memory cards are taken to the Maui County central location and given directly to an employee of
Hart Intercivic. This employee, not election officials, then downloads the information from the cards to a laptop and
then sends those votes over the internet to Honolulu. ...
Featured Article - HI: Hawaii Activists Sue to Protect the Vote LINK
National: Opinion - Weekend voting
Changing Election Day faces many obstacles LINK
National: Debunking Pre-Election Testing Myths LINK
California: Santa Clara County - County voter drive blocked LINK
Connecticut: State vows to sue VA over voter campaign LINK
Florida: Opinion - Understandable Drop In Voter Sign-ups LINK
Florida: State law does not allow for precise recount LINK
Florida: Palm Beach County - Feds probe possible racial bias in Lake Park voting LINK
North Carolina: Instant Runoff Means Touch Screen Tricks in North Carolina LINK
New York: Warning: This Product Is Hazardous To Your Freedom LINK
New York: New York faces voting challenge
Commissioners concerned about new machines LINK
New York: New voting machines face a confidence gap
Some counties cite bugs, storage needs LINK
Ohio: Opinion - Election will make history LINK
Oregon: Opinion - Allow VA voter drives
Nonpartisan groups barred from helping veterans LINK
Wisconsin: Wisconsin voter database kinks persist
State board delays setting rules on provisional ballots 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"
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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