'Daily Voting News' For August 07, 2008

 

Today we have two “Featured” articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter education. Let’s hope this is a small hole that will finally cause the wall between the DVA and veteran’s rights to vote to crumble into dust. &&& More good news from the US Election Assistance Commission where computer scientist and election integrity advocate Dr Barbara Simons has been ed to fill a seat on the EAC Board of Advisors. This is a good addition as Dr. Simons will add a voice of reason to combat the voices of the vendor’s surrogates who are on that committee.

 

Featured - National: Patients at West Haven Veterans' Hospital registered to vote

http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Patients_at_West_Haven_Veterans_Hospital_now_registered3027.shtml

 

Featured - National: ACM Electronic Voting Expert Named to Key Federal Advisory Committee; Dr. Barbara Simons Fills Position for Technology Professionals

http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080807.074451&time=10%2029%20PDT&year=2008&public=0

 

National: “Democracy Victory” At VA

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/08/vetsvote.php

 

National: The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/94040/the_youth_vote:_a_matter_of_access,_not_apathy/

 

National: Who Here Thinks We Have the Right to Vote?

Think Again. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Continues His Fight for a Constitutional Amendment...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6249

 

National: Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Strain Polls

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-07-voa40.cfm

 

KS: Shawnee County - Vote count – oops

4,446 went untallied, but winners remain same

http://cjonline.com/stories/080708/loc_315085890.shtml

 

MD: Electing to Prepare for a Record

Voting Officials Boost Purchases

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601100.html

 

MO: Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6252

 

MO: Cole County - Wrong ballots may prompt revote in Cole County's Eastern District

http://newstribune.com/articles/2008/08/07/news_local/146local02error.txt

 

MO: Last votes being tallied in St. Louis County

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/politics/story/48ecdedc85b3f75a8625749d00586d37?OpenDocument

 

NC: Catawba County – Editorial - $3 billion solution: Paper ballots

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/aug/07/3-billion-solution-paper-ballots/

 

NY: Editorial - Safe ballots

http://www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19898827&BRD=1706&PAG=461&dept_id=613310&rfi=6

 

OH: Missing votes spark lawsuit

Brunner: Touch-screen machines defective, company should pay

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/07/state_sues.ART_ART_08-07-08_A1_OLAV6VF.html?sid=101

 

OH: Local counties join vote machine suit

http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/06/ddn080608votingweb.html

 

OH: Ashland County - County board says state's mandate 'seems excessive'

http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/4203422

 

SC: Greenville County - Gibson complains about voting machines

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/NEWS01/80807027/1004/NEWS01

 

VA: Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=8518

 

WI: Human error mars Allendale vote totals, officials say

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-43/1218114916131030.xml&coll=6

 

WI: Milwaukee -  Fake names get voter registration workers investigated

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=780716

 

WV: Belmont County - Paper Ballots Getting the Vote

http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/512624.html

 

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