'Daily Voting News' For August 09 and 10, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
For over two years Election Integrity attorneys have been urging the state of Ohio to file suit against Diebold/Premier,
ES and Hart for failure to meet their contractual obligations with the state. The Secretary of State ignored that urging.
It was only after Diebold/Premier filed suit against the state that the state took action in a countersuit. Rather than
being courageous plaintiffs in this case, the state is a defendant and Diebold/Premier chose the most favorable court to
hear the case. If the state had done the right thing two years ago they very well may have had the funds to have gotten
rid of all Diebold DREs in the state for this November. Instead counties are still at the mercy of Diebold and their
flawed voting systems. And remember it may be Diebold/Premier in this case but the other vendors play the same game in a
different ball park. They are all complicit....
National: Editorial - The Right to Vote LINK
National: Big turnout likely will be big headache
States could face challenge ensuring all voters' ballots will be counted LINK
California: Electronic Voting Machine Security Measure Signed into Law LINK
California: San Diego County - Group seeks tighter ballot security in San Diego LINK
California: San Diego County - Lawsuit against county claims ballots weren't secure LINK
Florida: Early voting reduces crowds but increases election costs; turnout unaffected LINK
Florida: Time for voters to make their marks on new paper ballots LINK
Florida: Lee County - The Paper Chase: Touchscreen voting is replaced with paper ballots LINK
Hawaii: Voting-machine deal in jeopardy LINK
Illinois: Editorial - Paper makes a comeback LINK
Illinois: Cook County - Belief in the ballot
Despite hardships, homeless people strive to make a difference with their votes LINK
New York: Overview: Why New York's Legislature's Plan to Computerize Our Electoral System Is Unconstitutional LINK
Ohio: '04 election critics still unmoved by evidence LINK
Pennsylvania: Fayette County - Purge of inactive Fayette voters delayed LINK
South Carolina: Greenville County - Gibson wants voting machine backup LINK
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John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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