'Daily Voting News' For May 05, 2008

 

Governor John Corzine of New Jersey has signed yet another extension of the electronic voting paper verification requirement for his state. Now citizens of New Jersey will again vote in an election without any paper. What the state needs to do is to get rid of their Sequoia Advantage voting system and get an actual paper ballot system that really works. Events in the state’s primary election prove that the Advantage system may have actually violated federal accuracy law (HAVA Section 301(a)(5)). No vvpat printer would have fixed that problem.

 

According to BlackBoxVoting.Org, while 4.3 million voters are registered to vote in Indiana the state has recently purged 1.1 million voters from the voter rolls with one quarter of that total coming from two counties. Those and other stories are below.

 

NAtional: Short Take: Voter ID ruling one of court's worst ... in history

http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/288492.html

 

NAtional: Opinion - Let the troops vote

http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/story/533887.html

 

NAtional: ACCURATE Comments on the VVSG

http://accurate-voting.org/2008/05/05/accurate-vvsg2-comments/

 

NAtional: Video Interview: Missouri Congressional Candidate Byron DeLear Speaks to The BRAD BLOG About 'Securing the Vote'

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5953

 

CA: Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California’s Front Line of Democracy

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/05/bowen_poll_work.html

 

CA: Press Release - As Vote-By-Mail Ballots Become Available For June Primary, Secretary of State Encourages California Voters to Check Their Voter Registration

http://www.sos.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2008/DB08_054.pdf

 

CT: Secretary of the State says voter privacy at stake

http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Secretary_of_the_State_says_voter_privacy_at_stake2282.shtml

 

IN: One million purged - The Incredible Disappearing Indiana Voter Rolls

http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/73758.html

 

IN: 1.1 Million Purged from Indiana Voter Registration Rolls According to State Data, Says BBV

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5955

 

IN: ID law could depress black turnout in Ind.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10057.html

 

IN: Vanderburgh County - Prepared to tame primary, Officials brace for turnout, zeal

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/may/05/prepared-to-tame-primary/

 

KS: Opinion - Pro-Con: Did the Supreme Court make a positive decision on voter IDs? YES

http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/605365.html

 

NC: They are Army for a day

http://www.newbernsj.com/news/workers_39327___article.html/poll_county.html

 

NC: Mecklenburg County - Elections officials ready for high voter turnout

http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-050508-krg-elections.cefcaa1c.html

 

NJ: NJ extends deadline for verification of electronic votes

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-njvotingmachines0505may05,0,5678830.story

 

WA: Yakima County – Editorial - Supreme Court is correct; voter-ID law is prudent

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/3741

 

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