In an article on BradBlog, Ellen Theisen of VotersUnite.Org challenges “anyone to put forward an actual disadvantage of amending Representative Rush Holt's bill (HR 811, "The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007") to ban electronic ballots. With a few moments' thought, I can list four "bad" things (which opponents might anticipate) that such an amendment would NOT do and thirteen good — actually, critical — things it WILL do.

 

“I claim that an amendment banning electronic ballots has LOTS of advantages and NO disadvantages — for our country and its democracy, anyway. And I challenge anyone to think of a democracy-serving reason why NOT to amend it. "The bill won't pass with the amendment" doesn't count. I'm looking for a genuine disadvantage (for democracy, not for the voting equipment vendors).”

 

NAtional: A Challenge to Opponents of a Ban on Electronic Ballots

Seeking Just One Democracy-Serving Reason to Keep DREs Allowable Under the Holt Bill

Any takers?

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4279

 

NAtional: Are Voting Machine Purists Standing the Way of Reform?

http://www.alternet.org/story/48967/

 

FL: Secretary of state gets marching orders from Crist: No election fiascos in Florida

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fstate19mar19,0,7488651.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

 

FL: Sarasota County - House forms task force on Florida’s 13th district

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/house-forms-task-force-on-floridas-13th-district-2007-03-19.html

 

IN: Absentee voting period shortened

http://www.thehj.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=32&ArticleID=19978&TM=21755.02

 

MN: Kandiyohi County Township Association to meet Wednesday on voting machine issues

http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=17873&section=news

 

NJ: Judge: Electronic voting machine advisors needed

http://blog.nj.com/ledgers/2007/03/judge_sees_need_for_electronic.html

 

NY: Oneida County - Voting machines at a glance

http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS/703190325/1001

 

NY: Oneida County - State behind on updating of voting technology

http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS/703190320/1001

 

OH: Ohio SOS Demands Immediate Resignation Of All Cuyahoga County Election Board Members

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4292

 

OH: Secretary of State Calls for Clean Slate in Cuyahoga County

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2333&Itemid=113

 

OH: Cuyahoga Board of Elections ordered to step down

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/03/cuyahoga_board_of_elections_or.html

 

OH: Brunner asks entire Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to quit

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=254275

 

OH: State seeks resignations of all Cuyahoga elections board members

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/16934476.htm

 

OK: Voting privileges taken away

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/local/local_story_078102255.html

 

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