'Daily Voting News' For January 30, 2009

 

The new Hillsborough Co Florida elections boss has saved the county $500,000 by going to Premier/Diebold and making them a deal they could not refuse. Of course with the problems the county had last Nov with uncounted ballots and memory card failures, Diebold should have returned all of the money the county has spent on their voting system and taken the machines back.

 

National: Psychosomatic voter ID fears cured

http://www.examiner.com/x-1818-Denver-Election-Reform-Examiner~y2009m1d29-Psychosomatic-voter-ID-fears-laid-to-rest

 

FL: Hillsborough County - County Elections Boss Saves Office $500,000

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/30/na-county-elections-boss-saves-office-500000/news-metro/

 

MN: Virgil Swing: Pondering the merits of instant-runoff voting

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/110837/

 

MN: Coleman's side counterattacks

After being accused of shifting positions on absentee ballots, Franken did the same, it was argued.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/38677737.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnc5PDiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MN: Senate trial focuses on absentee processing

A Ramsey County elections official said he believes numerous ballots that were mistakenly rejected remain uncounted.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/38701592.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUl

 

MN: 'Slow-Motion Comedy Show': Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6870

 

NJ: Expert: Voting Machines Easily Altered

http://www.truthout.org/012909VA

 

NY: The Last Transparent Democratic Electoral System in the United States of America Cannot Be Allowed to Perish

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Last-Transparent-Democ-by-andi-novick-090130-838.html

 

OH: Legacy of a Swindle

Part I:  How Ohio Lawsuits Sought to Bring Crimes to Light

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/the_facilitatrix/2009/01/legacy-of-a-swindle.php

 

OK: Extend voter times but leave ID rule out

http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_030010731

 

TX: Texas Republicans Still Carrying Torch for Contrived Vote Fraud Issue

http://www.sacurrent.com/blog/queblog.asp?perm=69438

 

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