Daily Voting News For July 16-17, 2006

It appears that the ballot format was changed in Tennessee in order to accommodate the voting system vendors. In changing the format officials may now be violating state law. / In a next step, after winning against the state of Georgia and their Voter ID law, the ACLU has now announced they are taking action in Missouri / The NEA, one of the nation's largest unions, has come out in support of a voter verified paper ballot and audits ...

• National: Federal Committee To Investigate Sequoia Ownership LINK
• National: NEA To Write State Election Officials In Support Of Paper Ballots And Audits LINK
• National: House Passes Reauthorization Of The Voting Rights Act LINK
• National: Blowing the Whistle on Diebold LINK
• National: NEDA Releases New Vote Count Audit Calculator LINK
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• National: Reforming American politics: A `one-stop' guide LINK
• California: Riverside County – Opinion - Throwing good money after bad LINK
• California: San Diego County – Opinion - Electile dysfunction in the 50th LINK
• California: San Diego County - Dean, activists target evoting honesty in California LINK
• Florida: Opinion - Goodman: We should vote non, nein, nyet on multilingual ballots LINK
• Iowa: Editorial - Glitches LINK
• Kansas: Wyandotte County - Despite late ballot change, advance voting continues LINK
• Missouri: ACLU challenging Missouri's voter ID law LINK
• Missouri: Newton County - County testing voting machines for handicapped (Sequoia) LINK
• Tennessee: Ballot Format Debated LINK
• PHilippines: Dangers of leaving vote count to machines LINK

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