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Daily Voting News For June 4, 2008

Thursday, 5 June 2008, 1:05 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For June 4, 2008


Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Fort Bend Co Texas has just hired a new elections director. To prove that the revolving door goes in as well as out the county hired the regional sales manager, account manager and Illinois state manager for Election Systems & Software.

Pima Co Arizona has given in and will be releasing all elections data bases from their Diebold machines going back to 1998. The county has also agreed to pay the opposing attorney for his time and expenses ($228,000)....

  • NAtional: Voters Want Choices. And They Want to Be Heard.
    That's why Ranked Choice Voting makes so much sense. LINK

  • Arizona: Pima County - County gives in on Democrats' voting-database suit LINK

  • California: Los Angeles County - Voter suppression! Voter suppression! LINK

  • Colorado: Man denied access to clerks meeting in Glenwood Springs LINK

  • Georgia: Here we go again -- photo ID law challenge LINK
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  • Illinois: Kane County - Clerk's office looks at vote centers LINK

  • Indiana: Randolph County - State doesn't want to pay for Randolph voting machines LINK

  • New Mexico: State-wide Computer Crash Cripples Voting in New Mexico Primary LINK

  • New Mexico: Bernalillo Co. suffers few glitches on Election Day LINK

  • Ohio: Diebold unit Premier Election Solutions sues Cuyahoga County in voting-machine dispute LINK

  • Texas: Fort Bend County - Former Software Sales Manager Named County Elections Administrator LINK

  • Virginia: Fairfax County - County to buy new voting machines LINK

  • West Virginia: Tyler County - Election Results Raise Questions LINK


    • **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**

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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

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