'Daily Voting News' For July 30, 2008

 

In today’s “Featured” article, Voter Action had this to say in opposition to S.3212, “The United States Congress should be investigating, not financing, the private companies that have sold the DRE systems to states and counties throughout the country. With more than 3 billion dollars at stake, the American people have the right to know whether these companies knowingly marketed a defective product, as some evidence now reveals. If, in fact, any of these companies engaged in deceptive practices in accessing public funds, they should be held accountable and states and counties should get their money back. Just as Congress needed to apply scrutiny to Big Tobacco, it is time for Congress to investigate the elections industry.” We agree with Voter Action and call on Congress to defeat S.3212 and any other legislation that “funds and encourages the continued use of this faulty voting equipment”.

 

Featured - National: Voter Action’s Statement In Opposition To Senate Bill 3212 Sanctioning Continued Use of Electronic Voting Machines

http://www.voteraction.org/node/557

 

National: New Novel 'Cassandra Chanting' Penned by an Anonymous Voting-World Insider Shows How Our 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Can be Stolen

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1144414.htm

 

National: The season for movies about voting

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12152.html

 

National: A Chat with Filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman on the eve of the release of "STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote"

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Chat-with-Filmmaker-Doro-by-Joan-Brunwasser-080730-516.html

 

National: One size doesn’t fit all voters

http://talkradionews.com/2008/07/one-size-doesnt-fit-all-voters/

 

National: States weigh return to paper ballots

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8761906&nav=menu188_2

 

CA: Online voter registration close to reality

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/30/BA1A121GMG.DTL

 

CA: Why California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Pulled the Plug on E-Voting

http://www.govtech.com/gt/380945

 

CA: Debra Bowen: A Politician Who Gets 'IT'

http://www.govtech.com/gt/381441?topic=117673

 

CA: Calif. official votes for optical scans, hand tallies

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10002665-83.html

 

FL: Voting machines to change next month to include paper trail

http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/5930

 

GA: Documents show Georgia's Secretary of State knew of Diebold patch

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Documents_reveal_Georgia_was_warned_of_0730.html

 

NH: Audit: NH Sect State office out of compliance

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/07/29/audit_sect_state_erred_in_election_spending/

 

NV: Dayton's early voting times called unfair for day shift workers

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/DAYTON/807300314/1042

 

NY: NYC Elections Board Hires Spin Doctors for $6.5 million

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/NYC-Elections-Board-Hiresby-Rady-Ananda-080729-158.html

 

OH: Controversial Voting Machine "Sleepovers" Still Legal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brien-jackson/controversial-voting-mach_b_114270.html

 

OH: Franklin County - Elections board has plan for long lines

250 more machines, new distribution strategy proposed

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/30/longlines.ART_ART_07-30-08_A1_CGASPC7.html?sid=101

 

PA: Centre County - Vote overhaul could cost $1.1 million

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/743770.html

 

PA: Centre County - Centre still unsure of cost of new voting system

http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=13509

 

VA: Goochland County - Long lines may await voters in November

http://www.goochlandcourier.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=47&idarticle=2073

 

WA: County works to make voting more accessible

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/2169/

 

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