While legislation that would essentially do away with DRE voting in Florida in favor of optical scan voting sailed through the House without problem a Senate bill has been amended 14 times with amendments that try to help some legislator’s agenda to make it harder for people to vote. Added to the bill were unheard amendments that would limit the ability of groups to register voters and that would prohibit unions from political activity. Support for the legislation was immediately withdrawn by the Democratic party, League of Women Voters, ACLU, AFL-CIO and many others. So why this change? Is it an act to put in a poison pill to kill the bill or is it a hope that there is enough strength in the bill that it can carry these restrictive, disenfranchising amendments?

 

NAtional: Introducing Psephos

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2560

 

CA: Riverside County - Riverside County elections panel beset by 'passionate differences of opinion'

http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_D_vote25.3baf600.html

 

CA: Riverside County - Elections chief pledges new security

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/04/25/news/californian/8_22_214_24_07.txt

 

CA: Riverside County - Open Letter To Debra Bowen, CA Secretary of State

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_paul_jac_070424_open_letter_to_debra.htm

 

FL: Addition of 14 amendments to election bills irks some

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2007/04/25/a6a_XGR_vote_0425.html

 

FL: Voting machine bill moves to the Florida House floor

http://www.bradenton.com/180/story/32146.html

 

NY: Troy - Critics wary of new voting devices

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=583822&category=REGION&newsdate=4/25/2007

 

RI: Panel to look at changing how we vote

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18256033&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=24491&rfi=6

 

TX: Texas House approves voter identification bill

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/local_news/article/0,1891,TRN_5784_5502133,00.html

 

TX: Potter County - Clerk sees elections come, go

County officials keep turning to their star for 31 years

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/042507/new_7331175.shtml

 

WA: Clark County - In our view: Efficient Elections

County to purchase modern machine

http://www.columbian.com/opinion/news/04252007news131613.cfm

 

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