Daily Voting News For August 7, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today we have two “Featured” articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has
allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do
voter education. Let’s hope this is a small hole that will finally cause the wall between the DVA and veteran’s rights
to vote to crumble into dust.
More good news from the US Election Assistance Commission where computer scientist and election integrity advocate Dr
Barbara Simons has been selected to fill a seat on the EAC Board of Advisors. This is a good addition as Dr. Simons will
add a voice of reason to combat the voices of the vendor’s surrogates who are on that committee....
Featured - National: Patients at West Haven Veterans' Hospital registered to vote LINK
Featured - National: ACM Electronic Voting Expert Named to Key Federal Advisory Committee; Dr. Barbara Simons Fills
Position for Technology Professionals LINK
National: “Democracy Victory” At VA LINK
National: The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy LINK
National: Who Here Thinks We Have the Right to Vote?
Think Again. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Continues His Fight for a Constitutional Amendment... LINK
National: Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Strain Polls LINK
Kansas: Shawnee County - Vote count – oops
4,446 went untallied, but winners remain same LINK
Maryland: Electing to Prepare for a Record
Voting Officials Boost Purchases LINK
Missouri: Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail LINK
Missouri: Cole County - Wrong ballots may prompt revote in Cole County's Eastern District LINK
Missouri: Last votes being tallied in St. Louis County LINK
North Carolina: Catawba County – Editorial - $3 billion solution: Paper ballots LINK
New York: Editorial - Safe ballots LINK
Ohio: Missing votes spark lawsuit
Brunner: Touch-screen machines defective, company should pay LINK
Ohio: Local counties join vote machine suit LINK
Ohio: Ashland County - County board says state's mandate 'seems excessive' LINK
South Carolina: Greenville County - Gibson complains about voting machines LINK
Virginia: Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia LINK
Wisconsin: Human error mars Allendale vote totals, officials say LINK
Wisconsin: Milwaukee - Fake names get voter registration workers investigated LINK
West Virginia: Belmont County - Paper Ballots Getting the Vote 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
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