Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution [see below] reported, “Some key components of one of Georgia's most sacred institutions — that had been discovered in discarded office furniture — were recently auctioned on eBay. About 40 voter access cards and three electronic ballot encoders belonging to DeKalb County were purchased earlier this month on the auction Web site, according to Secretary of State Karen Handel. Another seven supervisor's cards, used to activate the encoders, also were up for bid.” // The revolving door is in effect in Williamson Co. Texas where an ex-Hart Intercivic and Sequoia employee has just been named to be their county elections chief. // According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel [see below] the new Florida Gov. Crist will recommend that DRE voting systems be replaced by optical-scan voting systems throughout the state.

 

NAtional: Ciber downplays criticism of voting software testing

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/0,2777,DRMN_23910_5314317,00.html

 

NAtional: Olde Fashioned Legal Loopholes Allow Rigging of Hi-Tech Elections

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2226&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Thirty-Four [Now Forty-two] Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress to Require Paper Ballots

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-30-2007/0004516497&EDATE=

 

CA: Alameda County - County: Instant Run-Off Voting on Schedule

http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=01-30-07&storyID=26209

 

FL: Gov. Crist to recommend ditching touch-screen machines

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0130cristvoting,0,6954161.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

 

FL: Editorial - Paper trail is important

http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/editorials/article/0,2821,TCP_24460_5314045,00.html

 

FL: Opinion - Four steps toward precise voting

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070130/OPINION05/701300311/1006/OPINION

 

FL: Sarasota County - FL-13: It's the Machines, Not the 'Paper Trails', Stupid

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4097

 

GA: Sale on eBay exposes vote security flaw
Encoders, access cards auctioned

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/01/29/0130metvoter.html

 

KS: Lawmakers look to expand early-bird voting

http://www.hutchnews.com/news/regional/stories/voting013007.shtml

 

NM: House pulls for better poll turnout

http://cnjonline.com/engine.pl?station=clovis&template=fnmStoryFull.html&id=28999

 

OH: Blackwell’s Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00386.htm

 

OH: Editorial - Ohio Needs Basic Elections Reform

http://www.theintelligencer.net/editorials/articles.asp?articleID=15617

 

OH: Editorial - Drafting poll workers isn’t best solution

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=333158&Category=3

 

OR: Opinion - Reject paper-trail voting; support vote-by-mail

http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/01/reject_papertra.html

 

TX: Williamson County - New Williamson County elections chief hired

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/30/30election.html

 

VA: Election Security in Virginia One Step Closer

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2225&Itemid=113

 

VA: Lawmakers want to phase out electronic voting machines

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6006409&nav=S6aK

 

VA: Senate passes bill for wider absentee voting

http://www.potomacnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN%2FMGArticle%2FWPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192923281&path=

 

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