'Daily Voting News' For November 05, 2007

 

Today is a bit of housekeeping chores so please bear with me. First, tomorrow is election day for state and local positions and issues across most of the nation. As is normal the news for the next few days will be filled with machine failures and election officials and vendors blaming those failures on the voters or poll workers. Of course they neglect to say that if they had didn’t have the unreliable voting systems they have the voters and poll workers would not have problems. Also, I will be attending the “Claim Democracy” Conference in DC this coming weekend. I will do all I can to keep the flow of news going out to you but I may miss a day or two. I will do all I can to combine days or otherwise get the news out.

 

NAtional: Editorial - Making every vote count

Our position: Nelson's bill to require paper ballots in elections makes good sense.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed05207nov05,0,4204552.story

 

NAtional: Editorial - In Defense of Voting Rights

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/opinion/05mon2.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

NAtional: Futurist: A Vote for Better Design

http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=weeklyreport-000002621197

 

NAtional: Risks of e-voting

http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/1300000/1297827/p120-bishop.html?key1=1297827&key2=0210924911&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618

 

NAtional: Political Scientists Examine Voter Confidence in Electoral Administration, Make Recommendations

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,215691.shtml

 

AR: Clark County - County budget committee looks at election funding

http://www.siftingsherald.com/articles/2007/11/05/news/news1.txt

 

CT: Voters will test new optical-scan system

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18986931&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=590581&rfi=6

 

CT: Many Voters Tuesday To Use Paper Ballots For First Time

http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=62554e84-2e9a-4791-a3de-0e1737be3e61

 

CT: Bridgeport Election Will Go Forward

http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hcu-bridgeport-elex-1105,0,4034797.story

 

IL: East St. Louis Rehires Workers Convicted of Vote Fraud

http://www.kmox.com/East-StLouis-Rehires-Workers-Convicted-of-Vote-F/1162689

 

IN: Boone County - One more time

County will squeeze another election out of VTI machines

http://www.dailysun.org/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=69&ArticleID=875&TM=11287.62

 

MS: Officials predict smooth sailing for election

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/SPECIAL02/711050346

 

NC: Fair-election advocates battle for turf

http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/349531.html

 

OH: Editorial - Restore secrecy of the election ballot

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18989114&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=220548&rfi=6

 

OH: Ohio Election Justice Campaign, Justified

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_victoria_071105_ohio_election_justic.htm

 

OH: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to test new voting process to make voting move faster

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77414&provider=gnews

 

PA: Lackawanna County - Vote tally to run late

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18989327&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=8

 

PA: Northampton County voters to pull levers again

Officials switched back because new devices aren't fully tested.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_3lever.6121499nov05,0,6446642.story

 

PA: York County - Write-in votes could delay naming winners in commissioners race

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_7375744

 

WA: Kittitas County - No more going to the polls in Kittitas County

http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/11/05/news/doc472f74cd30043644247353.txt

 

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