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Daily Voting News For August 15 and 16, 2008

Sunday, 17 August 2008, 10:22 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For August 15 and 16, 2008


Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

In today’s “Featured” article Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America voices the opinion shared by many veterans, including this writer, with regards to actions by the Department of Veterans Affairs with regards to voter registration help to our nation’s veterans. For some reason the DVA just does not want our veterans to be able to vote....

  • Featured - National: Brain Dead Bureaucrat Watch: VA Blocks Voter Registration at Vets' Hospitals LINK

  • National: Iraq Vet Speaks Out Against VA's Voter Suppression LINK

  • National: Did Washington waste millions on faulty voting machines? LINK

  • National: Hack the Vote
    Five ways Internet tricksters could tamper with the 2008 elections. LINK

  • National: 'Stealing America: Vote by Vote' LINK

  • National: SysTest Labs under Fire For Shoddy Methods & Collusion with Vendors LINK

  • National: When ballot access goes AWOL LINK

  • Colorado: Pueblo County - Cordova leads Butcher LINK

  • Colorado: Pueblo County - Every vote counts; count every vote LINK

  • Colorado: Pueblo County - Recount upholds Cordova victory LINK

  • Florida: Palm Beach County - "Butterfly ballot" still dogs former supervisor of elections in Palm Beach County LINK

  • Ohio: GOP crying foul over absentee-voting law it passed LINK

  • Ohio: Ohio's Election Stolen Again? State May Face 600K Voter Purge in Coming Weeks LINK

  • Ohio: Press Release - Secretary Brunner Helps Boards, Voters with Absentee Voting Guidance LINK

  • Ohio: Franklin County - Elections Board Told How To Reduce Lines At Polls LINK

  • Ohio: Weekend balloting decision left to Brunner
    Franklin County board deadlocks on expanding voting hours at Vets LINK

  • Pennsylvania: Berks County - Berks County prepares for big election turnout LINK

  • Wisconsin: Milwaukee - Officials call for voter registration card checks LINK


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    John Gideon
    Co-Executive Director
    VotersUnite.Org
    www.votersunite.org

    "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
    democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008