'Daily Voting News' For July 24, 2008

 

In today’s featured article Bo Lipari of New Yorkers For Verified Voting opens, “It’s become obvious that New York State’s new voting systems will not be able to complete New York State certification testing in time for the scheduled 2009 rollout. The state sets the highest bar in the nation for approval of voting machines, one that vendors have never been required to meet before. Their performance in New York demonstrates that they are a long, long way from understanding that the public will not stand for poorly designed, badly tested and outrageously overpriced equipment, and a business philosophy of let the customer be damned.”

 

Featured – NY: Schedule Slips and Slippery Slopes

Voting Machines Can’t Meet NY Standards in Time for 2009

http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/07/24/schedule-slips-and-slippery-slopes/

 

National: Editorial - A Lesson Not Learned

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/opinion/24thu1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

 

National: Columnist - They Fight but Can't Vote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072302905_pf.html

 

National: Lots of Bullets, Not Enough Ballots

http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/story.asp?STORY_ID=1525

 

National: EAC Chair Urges Recruitment of Two Million Poll Workers for Presidential Election

http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-chair-urges-recruitment-of-two-million-poll-workers-for-presidential-election-1/

 

National: VA of two minds when it comes to voting help for veterans

http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/07/24/va-of-two-minds-when-it-comes-to-voting-help-for-veterans.aspx

 

AL: Selma - Time to move forward

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/jul/23/time-move-forward/

 

AL: Selma - Visually impaired voters count, too.

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/jul/23/visually-impaired-voters-count-too/

 

AL: Selma - ES&S: There's nothing to hack in optical voting machine

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/jul/23/ess-theres-nothing-hack-optical-voting-machine/

 

CO: State no longer overseeing elections in Routt, Montrose counties

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/24/state-no-longer-overseeing-elections-routt-montros/

 

GA: Early numbers show low voter turnout for primaries

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/07/24/primary_turnout.html

 

MA: Same-day registration push on hold

http://www.wickedlocal.com/woburn/news/x1470910539/Same-day-registration-push-on-hold

 

MD: Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.votes24jul24,0,40253.story

 

MS: Jones forms committee to craft new voter ID bill

http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1216894515312761.xml

 

NY: Union County - Malfunctioning machines cause ire

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19869546&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=478677&rfi=6

 

OH: Ohio GOP criticizes Brunner's ruling

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/UPDATES01/80723027/1002/NEWS01

 

VA: Virginia edges towards backup for electronic votes

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/virginia-edges-towards-backup-electronic-votes

 

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