'Daily Voting News' For July 21, 2008

 

“I’m concerned about the weak spots,” said Rosemary E. Rodriguez, the chairwoman of the United States Election Assistance Commission, which oversees voting. “So much depends on whether there will be enough poll workers, whether they are trained enough and whether their state and county election directors give them contingency plans and resources to handle the unexpected.” That is, in our opinion, an understatement. Today’s featured article goes on to tell a bit more of the story. Eleven states will use new voting systems this year, as compared to 2004, moving from DREs to paper based systems. One more item can be added to what are most certainly concerns of the EAC and that is discussed in our second featured article. The Brennan Center has produced another excellent paper. This time it is about ballot design; the issue that gave us the infamous “butterfly ballot” and the recent “Double Bubble Trouble” from Los Angeles Co. By all reports voter registration is way up this year. Turnout will be huge and problems are going to be rampant unless election officials are prepared and they have plenty of volunteers.

 

Featured - National: Influx of Voters Likely to Test New Machines

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/us/21voting.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

 

Featured - National: Better Ballots

http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/better_ballots/

 

National: VA Secretary Peake Urged to Stop Blocking Voter Registration

http://newsblaze.com/story/2008072104030600021.pnw/topstory.html

 

National: Study: Poor Ballot Designs Still Affect U.S. Election

Ballot Design Could Create Mistakes at the Polls with New Voters in the Mix

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5414755&page=1

 

National: Officials highlight voting concerns

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzsmVnBH3-EsZrWrLMmXpz1BWQxg

 

National: House defeats paper ballot funding

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153178-1.html

 

National: Flawed ballots cited in study

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080721/NEWS19/807210329/1232

 

National: Press Release - Bad Ballot Design Results in Staggering Numbers of Lost Votes

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0721-06.htm

 

National: Bad ballot design problems

A reply to the Brennan Center & USA Today

http://www.nolanchart.com/article4304.html

 

National: How About Starting the Voters' Rights Conversation Before November 3rd?

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/election08/255

 

AL: Selma - Candidates call for storing machines at neutral site

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/jul/21/candidates-call-storing-machines-neutral-site/

 

AZ: 'Fixed' AZ Election Detailed in Letter to State AG

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6198

 

FL: Manual recounts remain elusive

Debate continues on need for a paper trail

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080720/ARTICLE/807200355/2055&title=Manual_recounts_remain_elusive

 

FL: Get Ready For Optical-Scan Voting

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/21/me-yes-i-scan-voting-is-safer-on-paper/

 

GA: Photo ID hassle puts one mom's vote on ice

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/07/21/votinged_0721_2DOT.html

 

HI: Hawaii Activists Sue to Protect the Vote

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?d14e8357-cf00-4d60-9aa1-13460f23de0a

 

NC: Voter registration jumps in NC

http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/1149050.html

 

NC: Are we ready for Election 2008?

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/07/are-we-ready-for-election-2008.asp

 

NC: NC voting group says expanded early voting needed

http://www.charlotte.com/205/story/722558.html

 

PA: Centre County - Voting machines need to be replaced

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/07/21/voting_machines_need_to_be_rep.aspx

 

UT: Voter drives verboten at V.A. hospital

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9944785

 

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