From John Gideon: The news has not been written yet but I am hearing from New Jersey that the bill that would have forced the state's voters to continue to use Sequoia Advantage DREs with no paper audit trail was defeated in one house of the state legislature and the bill in the other house never went to the floor for a vote. Now the state needs to decide whether to wait and hope Sequoia can get a vvpat printer certified or do the right thing and change over to a paper-based voting system.
["The right thing" would be to adopt "a paper-based voting system"--if the latter means hand-counted paper ballots, and not op-scans--MCM] National: Toward A Better Registration System Eliminating A Mountain Of Paperwork Is A Top Priority For Gathering Of Election Administrators http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/rg_20081211_4869.php National: Unstuffing the Ballot Box The right is working to change voting rules. Advocates and ordinary citizens are pushing back. http://www.utne.com/2006-07-01/UnstuffingtheBallotBox.aspx National: EAC Honors Poll Workers from Election Day 2008 http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-honors-poll-workers-from-election-day-2008/base_view GA: Lee County - Poll workers thanked http://www.albanyherald.com/stories/20081215n1.htm KS: Riley County Clerk: General election cost $77K http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=ae20382e4a8b45dbaee011d7fe5b56d9 MD: Md. election board seeks '09 touch-screen pact http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6165950.html MD: Md. election board seeks '09 touch-screen pact http://www.examiner.com/a-1745883~Md__election_board_seeks__09_touch_screen_pact.html MN: A nasty bug emerges in the state election system http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/36145339.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr MN: Coleman, Franken joust ahead of critical election board meeting http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/36179989.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUq9_b9b_jEkP:QUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU MN: Editorial: Recount reveals an election weak spot Changes needed to reduce absentee ballot error rate. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/36194339.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU MN: Senate recount update: Coleman camp takes separate objections to Supreme Court and Canvassing Board http://www.minnpost.com/ericblack/2008/12/15/5294/senate_recount_update_coleman_camp_takes_separate_objections_to_supreme_court_and_canvassing_board NJ: Editorial - A vote for optical scan http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/122934154096780.xml&coll=5 NY: Good News from Minnesota: New York State Has Selected the Right Voting System http://www.nyvv.org/newdoc/2008/GoodNewsFromMinnesota121408.pdf PA: 38,983 voters purged from rolls York County hadn't tossed deadwood voters in a decade. http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11232664 TX: Commentary - Republicans revive voter ID proposal http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/robison/6164918.html TX: Dewhurst trying to work out a deal to get voter ID bill passed http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/36148044.html TX: Johnson County - Editorial: Elections office must be efficient http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/opinion/local_story_350084258.html?keyword=secondarystory **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. The articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of "Daily Voting News" though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles or in the commentary** ******************************************************************* If you receive Daily Voting News directly from John Gideon and VotersUnite and wish to unsubscribe, please send an email to [email protected] requesting that you be removed from circulation. If you get the email forwarded from someone else you must contact them to be unsubscribed. ******************************************************************* -- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
