Today finds what amounts to three days worth of opinions, columns and editorials. Some voters in Georgia are using their state mandated voter ID cards for more than just voting. It seems that it has become a free piece of identification for cashing checks and some voters have more than one of the cards. Over half of the counties in Utah have passed resolutions against HR-811. They incorrectly state that the bill will cost the counties millions. In response to this at least one local activist incorrectly states that passage of HR-811 will save the county money by it’s use of a paper-based voting system. Nothing in the bill will force the county to use anything but voting machines with a different voter verified paper record printer.
NAtional: Opinion - Voting over there
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.votes25jun25,0,5092372.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines
AZ: Pima County – Opinion - Electronic-voting dispute requires prompt action
Our view: Integrity of election results, voters' trust in system are both at stake
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/188785
CA: Riverside County – Democracy Under Glass
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_paul_jac_070625_democracy_under_glas.htm
FL: Editorial - State and counties dawdling over replacing touch-screens
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN57062507.htm
FL: Columnist - State can fix U.S. election woes
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070625/COLUMNIST33/706250539
FL: Sarasota County - Court: Protecting trade secrets takes priority over election transparency
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070625-florida-appeals-court-says-trade-secret-protection-takes-priority-over-election-transparency.html
GA: Augusta residents using free voter IDs to cash checks
Some receiving several cards
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/062307/news_20070623034.shtml
NY: New York legislators keep e-voting software in public hands
Voter activists had fought changes to e-voting software escrow laws
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=legislation_regulation&articleId=9025618&taxonomyId=70&intsrc=kc_top
OH: Perspective: Testing of voting machines a never-ending pursuit
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/17416186.htm
TX: Wichita County - Runoff delay blamed on glitch
County Clerk Lori Bohannon says early shut down resulted in snag
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/local_news/article/0,1891,TRN_5784_5599476,00.html
UT: Salt Lake County - SLCO to Revisit Resolution Opposing Voting Machine Legislation
http://www.kcpw.org/article/3821
WA: Pierce County – Opinion - Time to abandon obsolete poll-voting
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/95342.html
Netherlands - Voting machines 5 kg too heavy
http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/06/voting_machine.htm
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