'Daily Voting News' For July 19 and 20, 2008

 

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

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hawaii-Activists-Sue-to-Pr-by-Rady-Ananda-080720-946.html

 

National: Opinion - Weekend voting

Changing Election Day faces many obstacles

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080720/OPINION01/995885266/Weekend+voting

 

National: Debunking Pre-Election Testing Myths

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Debunking-Pre-Election-Tes-by-Rady-Ananda-080719-636.html

 

CA: Santa Clara County - County voter drive blocked

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_9931998?nclick_check=1

 

CT: State vows to sue VA over voter campaign

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19861228&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6

 

FL: Opinion - Understandable Drop In Voter Sign-ups

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/19/na-understandablein-voter-sign-ups/

 

FL: State law does not allow for precise recount

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20080720/NEWS/807200325

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Feds probe possible racial bias in Lake Park voting

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/19/m1a_justice_0720.html

 

NC: Instant Runoff Means Touch Screen Tricks in North Carolina

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Instant-Runoff-Means-Touch-by-ncvoter-080718-785.html

 

NY: Warning: This Product Is Hazardous To Your Freedom

http://www.opednews.com/articles/WarningThis-Product-Is-H-by-Rady-Ananda-080719-501.html

 

NY: New York faces voting challenge

Commissioners concerned about new machines

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/NEWS01/807190340

 

NY: New voting machines face a confidence gap

Some counties cite bugs, storage needs

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/NEWS01/807200333/1006

 

OH: Opinion - Election will make history

http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4103312

 

OR: Opinion - Allow VA voter drives

Nonpartisan groups barred from helping veterans

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=124637&sid=5&fid=1

 

WI: Wisconsin voter database kinks persist

State board delays setting rules on provisional ballots

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=774257

 

 

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