'Daily Voting News' For August 08, 2008

 

Today we are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today’s word is “obscurantism”. What does obscurantism have to do with voting issues you ask? Obscurantism (‘tist) is defined as the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. There are two common senses of this: (1)opposition to the spread of knowledge—a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public; and (2) a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. It seems to me that the voting machine vendors are an excellent example of both definitions of obscurantist.

 

National: Some Homeless Citizens Face ‘Roadblocks’ When Registering

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2929&Itemid=26

 

National: Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/08/greens-launch-effort-against-electoral-college-manipulation-of-presidential-elections/

 

National: Questions to Ponder as We Hurl Toward November

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Questions-to-Ponder-as-Weby-Susan-Guest-080806-202.html

 

CT: VA, state reach deal on voter sign-ups

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19899952&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6

 

FL: Broward County - Goodbye touch screens, hello paper as Florida changes how we vote

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/08/goodbye_touch_screens_hello_pa.html

 

FL: Indian River County - Race for Indian River Supervisor of Elections crowded

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/08/race-for-elections-supervisor-crowded/

 

HI: Akaka pushes for more voter assistance at VA medical sites and homes

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/BREAKING01/308080017/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT

 

KS: Shawnee Co. mistake doesn't alter outcome; No big problems in Riley

http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=cd278f85e2384871a7b133ddcda00c4b

 

MO: Voter Arrested After Not Showing Photo ID

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7160121&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

 

OH: More on Those Voting Machines in Ohio

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/07/more_on_those_voting_machines.html

 

OH: Ohio Sues Over Trouble With Voting Machines

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703083.html

 

OH: Ohio official sues e-voting vendor for ped votes

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/080808-ohio-official-sues-e-voting-vendor.html?hpg1=bn

 

OH: Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits

http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/legal/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000402

 

PA: Schuylkill County - Commissioners move to pay bill for 20 touch-screen voting machines

http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2008/08/08/news/local_news/pr_republican.20080808.a.pg6.pr08commissioners_s1.1863917_loc.txt

 

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