'Daily Voting News' For August 22, 2008

 

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National: EAC Commissioner Hillman Recommends More Diebold Blues

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6304

 

National: Diebold/Premier Actually Admits Its Machines Are Faulty! And That It Lied About Antivirus Software...

from the wonders-never-cease dept

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080822/0352532064.shtml

 

National: E-voting vendor: Programming errors caused ped votes

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082208-e-voting-vendor-programming-errors-caused.html

 

National: Vote-Dropping Software Bug Could Gum Up Elections

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Vote-Dropping-Software-Bug-Could-Gum-Up-Elections-64259.html

 

National: How Voter ID Laws Unfairly Burden Voters And Skew The Electorate

http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Voter-ID-Laws-Unfairly-by-Project-Vote-080821-237.html

 

National: Outspoken advocate of photo IDs gets civil rights job

Hans von Spakovsky, Fulton’s former GOP leader, was blocked from seat on elections commission

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/08/22/civil_rights_spakovsky.html

 

National: Company admits voting machine error

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-21-voting-machine_N.htm

 

National: Machines may have vote-ping glitch

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/22/Machines_may_have_vote-ping_glitch/UPI-88811219407988/

 

National: Editorial - 2008 Voting Challenges

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10989

 

National: Your Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/95974/your_own_private_ohio:_seven_ways_your_vote_might_not_count_this_november/

 

AL: Selma - Last-minute preparation on for election

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2008/aug/22/last-minute-preparation-election/

 

CA: San Diego County - State Officials Taking Aim at Fair Ballot Practices

http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=61316493.8225626.1672346.22712302.5432993.907&aID2=128633

 

CO: Morgan County - Editorial - Election system needs our help

http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/aug/22/editorial-election-system-needs-our-help/

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota told of new voting machine glitch

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080822/ARTICLE/310358&title=Sarasota_told_of_new_voting_machine_glitch

 

GA: Voting machine company warns of program flaw

Georgia one of 34 states notified

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/08/22/diebold_machine_flaws.html

 

HI: Hawaii Redesigns Primary Voting System

http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/21/hawaii-redesigns-primary-voting-system/

 

OH: Voting machine glitch admitted

Instructions being issued to avoid problems in election

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/22/voting_machines.ART_ART_08-22-08_A1_U8B3ORU.html?sid=101

 

OH: Voting machine maker discloses program error

Firm says mistake may cause votes to be missed

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/NEWS09/808220363

 

OH: Lorain County - Mandates to raise cost of election

http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/08/22/mandates-to-raise-cost-of-election_122/

 

OH: Brunner decision has no effect on Meigs election policy

http://www.mydailysentinel.com/articles/2008/08/21/news/news00.txt

 

PA: Voting Rights Groups Call For Equal Rights In PA Election Administration, Uniform Standards For Emergency Paper Ballots

http://www.voteraction.org/node/583

 

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