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'Daily Voting News' For May 14, 2009 Today we have post-election reports from Connecticut on the accuracy of the optical scanners. There's an interesting contrast of voting methods between Canada (voting on paper ballots) and India (hauling e-voting machines up the Himalayas). NAtional: The Supreme Court's Hostility to the Voting Rights Act http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/opinion/13wed4.html CT: UConn audit shows Conn. election machines accurate http://connpolitics.tv/index.php/2009/05/14/uconn-audit-shows-conn-election-machines-accurate CT: Bysiewicz releases final reports on independent audit of November Election UConn Post Election Audit Report http://voter.engr.uconn.edu/voter/wp-content/uploads/2008-Nov-Hand-V10.pdf UConn Memory Card Report http://voter.engr.uconn.edu/voter/wp-content/uploads/2008-nov-post-v10.pdf TX: Sure as clock's ticking, lawmakers wasting time http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Sure_as_clocks_ticking_lawmakers_wasting_time.html WA: Is Washington's elections record-keeping so bad it's illegal? http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/opinion/45004222.html Canada: Lessons from the voting poll http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/2009/05/lessons-from-the-voting-poll/ (A day in the life of a Canadian poll worker.) India: Jammed EVMs: parties not happy http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Jammed-EVMsparties-not-happy/458388/ India: Poll officials fail to reach Zanskar on time http://www.worldlatestnews.com/nation-india/politics/poll-officials-fail-to-reach-zanskar-on-time (Tribulations of taking electronic voting machines up the Himalayas.) Philippines: Comelec reconsiders 4 bidders Published by VotersUnite.Org Ellen Theisen (ellen@votersunite.org), Director and Managing Editor Dave Klein (Klein.David@VotersUnite.org), Editor John Washburn (Washburn.John@VotersUnite.org), Editor Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). To assist with Daily Voting News, please send links to news articles to dvn-tips@votersunite.org. To donate, click here: http://www.votersunite.org/donate.asp. "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008 **Articles and commentary included in “Daily Voting News” do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors of Daily Voting News, VotersUnite.Org, or its allied organizations. Articles are ed for inclusion to inform subscribers' ability to draw their own conclusions based on noteworthy and credible news, research, legislation, and debate bearing on the integrity of elections. ** |
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