Election
officials in Pima Co Arizona have been on the wrong side of
issues quite a bit lately. Because of this it is surprising
that they may ask the Secretary of State to change the
“Election Procedures Manual” to disallow tabulation of
votes before election day, increase the size of
hand-counted audits, disallow the use of modems to transmit
results, improve ballot-verification procedures and
chain-of-custody records, and other worthy changes. The
county also wants to totally get rid of all DREs. It’s
amazing what happens at times when a good citizen group
stands-up and demands changes be made; people actually begin
to listen.
Meanwhile in Georgia citizens involved in an
electronic voting lawsuit have announced they have filed a
summary judgment motion seeking to ban the machines. The
motion “centers on a lack of equal protection and due
process that the plaintiffs claim Election Day voters have
when compared to absentee voters who use optically scanned
paper ballots. The motion contends that retention of
tangible paper ballots is required for voters to verify
their actual ballot choices, for election officials to
provide true recounts as needed, to investigate voting
discrepancies, to prevent fraud and to produce evidence for
contested elections”....
NAtional: Editorial - Safeguarding
Electronic Voting LINK
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National: The War
On Voting Rights: Voter Fraud Smears, Voter ID And
Corruption At DOJ LINK
National:
Papantonio and Bender on the Hart InterCivic Fraud Suit LINK
Arizona: Pima
County - County appeals vote-databases 'public' ruling Wants
secretary of state to intervene; it's on list of security
recommendations LINK
Colorado:
Colorado AG expecting suit over electronic voting machines
LINK
Florida: Sarasota
County - State investigation, prosecutor clear Dent of
election tampering LINK
Georgia: Motion
Filed to Ban Georgia Voting Equipment LINK
Georgia: Muscogee
County - Political confusion: Removal letter confuses
law-abiding voters LINK
Iowa: Judge: Iowa
voting forms violate official English law LINK
Indiana:
MicroVote pressed to pay '06 penalties LINK
Indiana: Voting
Machine Maker Could Be Suspended for Five Years MicroVote
calls proposed punishment for missed certification in 2006
too harsh LINK
Indiana:
MicroVote Responds to Secretary of State LINK
Indiana: Another
Voting Machine Company on the Ropes as Indiana Slaps
MicroVote May be Banned from Doing business in State for
Five Years After Missing Recertification Deadline Prior to
2006 Election... LINK
Maine: Senate
approves National Popular Vote initiative LINK
New Jersey:
Editorial - Protecting election integrity LINK
Pennsylvania:
Election systems in Pa. don't get vote of confidence LINK
Pennsylvania:
State preparing for huge voter turnout LINK
Pennsylvania:
Lawmaker fears state not ready for election Workers ready to
help voters with ID, other questions, official says LINK
Pennsylvania:
Fayette County - Fayette adopts guidelines for new voting
machines LINK
Texas: Waste of
money? Low voter turnout has clerks questioning runoff
efficiency LINK
Vermont: Douglas
vetoes campaign finance, instant-runoff voting bills LINK
West Virginia:
Ohio County - Ireland: No Identification Needed to Vote in
West Virginia LINK
West Virginia:
Ireland says Ohio County's voter ID policy violates state
law LINK
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