Today’s news finds a scathing review of the Senate’s answer to the Holt Bill, HR-811. Senator Feinstein’s S-1487 was supposed to be the repository for fixes to the Holt bill; or that’s what the Election Integrity community was being told all along. However, S-1487 is a terrible response to problems the voters have been facing. Also in the news, Sarasota Co. has formally announced their plans to scrap their ES&S iVotronic DREs in favor of Diebold optical-scan machines and AutoMark ballot marking devices.

 

NAtional: The Usability of Electronic Voting Machines and How Votes Can Be Changed Without Detection

http://chil.rice.edu/research/pdf/EverettDissertation.pdf

 

NAtional: Senator Feinstein's Election Reform Bill: A Constitutional Heresy

An Anaylsis by a Leading Election Integrity Advocate Charges That Where Rep. Rush Holt's House Bill on Election Reform Poses Dangers to Democracy, A New Bill Introduced in the Senate is Even Far Worse...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4678

 

NAtional: Pam Smith of Verified Voting, The Latest of Many Election Integrity Advocates to Mislead Americans About the Holt Election Reform Bill

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4677

 

NAtional: Kucinich to Withdraw Co-Sponsorship of Holt Election Reform Bill

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4674

 

NAtional: Coalition of Election and Computer Experts Ask Congress to Vote No on H.R. 811

http://www.prweb.com/releases/electronic_voting/voter_security/prweb532695.htm

 

NAtional: Slow down verifiable-ballot legislation

Election officials need time, resources to make changes

http://www.mlive.com/columns/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1181659369243710.xml&coll=2

 

FL: FL-13 - Florida 13th Investigation Could Extend to 2008 According to GAO

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2481&Itemid=113

 

FL: Miami-Dade County - Paper-trail vote machines closer in Dade

http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/137012.html

 

FL: Sarasota County – Press Release - Sarasota County, Florida, To Replace Touch Screen Voting Machines With Diebold Election Systems' Optical Scan and AutoMARK(TM) Voting Solutions

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,121106.shtml

 

FL: Sarasota County - Sarasota goes with paper vote trail

http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/06/11/daily26.html

 

GA: Approachable Handel may go even higher

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/06/11/0612methandel.html

 

GA: Picture ID now required at Georgia polls

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/jun/11/picture-id-now-required-georgia-polls/

 

MN: Township officials discuss voting machine issue

http://www.kxmc.com/News/132799.asp

 

MN: Austin - Board mulls election changes

http://www.austindailyherald.com/articles/2007/06/12/news/news3.txt

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Interim election director stays

New Board of Elections votes, 3-1, for Jane Platten

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1181637753195360.xml&coll=2

 

TX: Roger Williams stepping down as secretary of state

http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/homepage/local_story_163095631.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

 

Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico voting ban lands USA in international court: 6th in a 21st Century American Colonies series

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_michael__070612_puerto_rico_voting_b.htm

 

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