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Daily Voting News For June 23, 2008
Daily Voting News For June 23, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today’s featured article comes from Colorado but it could just as easily come from many states in the nation. The article discusses the changes that are being made in election technology; changes to the good. There will be more paper ballots and less touch-screens used in the coming Nov. election when compared to the last couple national elections. The state Senate Majority Leader is quoted as saying this about the election integrity community, “I believe the group has gotten larger. It's become more mainstream and people are paying more attention to them. They are an entity that's at the table and has a voice that is listened to”. Meanwhile the Secretary of State told the newspaper, “"I think they have a fundamental belief that anything electronic, as it relates to voting, is evil and undermines our political system. They live in a world of conspiracy theories and are highly motivated. No matter what I do, so long as it leaves some form of electronic voting intact, it will be wrong by their standards”. I’ll leave it to the reader to make up their mind who is correct....
By lawsuits and law, paper ballots regaining ground LINK
Gilmore forced to answer for 2 hours on entire process LINK
Reducing number of voting sites could disenfranchise residents of Albany's poor neighborhoods, critics say LINK
New Machines: Disabled voters can now cast ballots without assistance LINK
Secretary of state prepares counties for crush of Nov. voters LINK
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John
Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
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