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Daily Voting News For January 07, 2008

Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 2:37 pm
Article: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For January 07, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

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

  • National: Columnist - Fraud Alert LINK

  • National: Opinion - A Paper Trail for Voting Machines LINK

  • National: Response to NY Times Magazine cover story:"Can you count on voting machines?" LINK

  • National: Getting it Straight for 2008: What We Know About Vote by Mail Elections, and How to Conduct Them Well LINK

  • National: The Kudzu Effect: The Voting-Industrial Complex chokes our democracy LINK

  • National: Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections LINK

  • National: The Establishment's Voting Machines LINK

  • National: Voter I.D. requirements reduce political participation, study finds LINK

  • National: Vote Hope 2008 :3: Mark Ritchie LINK

  • California: Solano County - Cloutier to contest manual recount of Vallejo mayor's race LINK

  • Colorado: 54 Colorado Counties Not Prepared For Election LINK

  • Colorado: Ouray County - State Decertifies Electronic Voting Machines LINK

  • Georgia: Cobb County - Kennesaw's election do-over LINK

  • Iowa: The Iowa Un-Caucus LINK

  • Indiana: Voter ID law going before high court State says it prevents fraud; critics call law an unnecessary burden LINK

  • Kentucky: Legislators likely to debate election changes LINK

  • Minnesota: One citizen, one vote, one form of ID? LINK

  • North Dakota: Supreme Court voter ID case unlikely to affect N.D. rules LINK

  • New Hampshire: "First in the nation" (with corporate controlled secret vote counting) LINK

  • New Jersey: New Jersey lawmakers consider ballot safeguards LINK

  • New Jersey: Giblin Bill Moving Division of Elections to Department of State Signed Into Law LINK

  • New Jersey: NJ Secretary of State taking over elections from AG LINK

  • Ohio: Editorial - Ohio election 'quick fix' is dicey LINK

  • Ohio: Opinion - Wrong message In the name of fixing things, Ohio's secretary of state is undermining voter confidence LINK

  • Ohio: Opinion - Ohio's system works well for voters LINK

  • Ohio: Van Wert County - Election ballot will be change of pace LINK

  • Oklahoma: Editorial - Iron eagle: State voting system keeps on performing LINK

  • Pennsylvania: Opinion - Electronic voting LINK

  • Tennessee: Commission guards voters IDs Election official believes personal information safe LINK

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    John Gideon
    Executive Director www.votersunite.org