Today
is another busy day with news. The "Supremes" are about to
hear the Voter-ID case and The New Yorker actually printed
an article on the lack of voter fraud.
There is also a
new report put out by Common Cause that addresses
Vote-By-Mail.
Also be sure to read the "The Kudzu Effect:
The Voting-Industrial Complex Chokes Our Democracy" from
Cleveland Free Press. It gives a lot of background about how
we got where we are now and who is behind it.
And I have
to mention that there is an editorial for a state that I
think I may have mentioned only once or twice before in the
four-year history of "Daily Voting News"; Oklahoma and any
previous mention was not due to problems with their
machines. You see, in 1992 Oklahoma bought ES&S Optech III-P
Eagle optical-scan machines then immediately kicked ES&S out
of the state. Since then Oklahoma has done all ballot
printing, software updates, ballot definitions, and
maintenance themselves. They don't have problems. ...
National: Voter ID case could affect
election laws LINK
National: Voter
ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test LINK
Tennessee:
Commission guards voters IDs Election official believes
personal information safe LINK
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