'Daily Voting News' For June 4, 2008

 

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.

http://seattleweekly.com/2008-06-04/music/voters-want-choices-and-they-want-to-be-heard/

 

AZ: Pima County - County gives in on Democrats' voting-database suit

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/242129.php

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Voter suppression! Voter suppression!

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/06/voter-suppressi.html

 

CO: Man denied access to clerks meeting in Glenwood Springs

http://www.postindependent.com/article/20080604/VALLEYNEWS/279585826

 

GA: Here we go again photo ID law challenge

http://www.fayettedailynews.com/article.php?id_news=1491

 

IL: Kane County - Clerk's office looks at vote centers

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/stcharlessun/news/983362,2_6_2_TC04_CLERK_S1.article

 

IN: Randolph County - State doesn't want to pay for Randolph voting machines

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/NEWS01/806040325/1002

 

NM: State-wide Computer Crash Cripples Voting in New Mexico Primary

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6039

 

NM: Bernalillo Co. suffers few glitches on Election Day

http://kob.com/article/stories/S465001.shtml?cat=520

 

OH: Diebold unit Premier Election Solutions sues Cuyahoga County in voting-machine dispute

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1212568477316000.xml&coll=2

 

TX: Fort Bend County - Former Software Sales Manager Named County Elections Administrator

http://www.fortbendnow.com/pages/full_story?article-Former-Software-Sales-Manager-Named-County-Elections-Administrator%20=&page_label=home&id=80119&widget=push&instance=home_news_bullets&open=&

 

VA: Fairfax County - County to buy new voting machines

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/news/2008/jun/04/county-buy-new-voting-machines/

 

WV: Tyler County - Election Results Raise Questions

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/510302.html?nav=510

 

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