Daily Voting News For July 19 and 20, 2008

Monday, 21 July 2008, 1:22 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For July 19 and 20, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Voters in the state of Hawaii filed a lawsuit on July 14, 2008, asking the Court to order the Hawaii Chief Elections Officer to stop using telephone lines or the internet for transmitting ballot counts and election results for final tabulation until such time as administrative rules can be legally promulgated in accordance with Hawaii Administrative Law, Chapter 91, HRS, and all other laws can also be legally followed. Also note in today’s featured article that at the end election day all memory cards are taken to the Maui County central location and given directly to an employee of Hart Intercivic. This employee, not election officials, then downloads the information from the cards to a laptop and then sends those votes over the internet to Honolulu. ...

Featured Article - HI: Hawaii Activists Sue to Protect the Vote LINK

National: Opinion - Weekend voting
Changing Election Day faces many obstacles LINK

National: Debunking Pre-Election Testing Myths LINK

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California: Santa Clara County - County voter drive blocked LINK

Connecticut: State vows to sue VA over voter campaign LINK

Florida: Opinion - Understandable Drop In Voter Sign-ups LINK

Florida: State law does not allow for precise recount LINK

Florida: Palm Beach County - Feds probe possible racial bias in Lake Park voting LINK

North Carolina: Instant Runoff Means Touch Screen Tricks in North Carolina LINK

New York: Warning: This Product Is Hazardous To Your Freedom LINK

New York: New York faces voting challenge
Commissioners concerned about new machines LINK

New York: New voting machines face a confidence gap
Some counties cite bugs, storage needs LINK

Ohio: Opinion - Election will make history LINK

Oregon: Opinion - Allow VA voter drives
Nonpartisan groups barred from helping veterans LINK

Wisconsin: Wisconsin voter database kinks persist
State board delays setting rules on provisional ballots 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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