Daily Voting News For August 7, 2008
Friday, 8 August 2008, 1:52 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For August 7,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.orgToday
we have two “Featured” articles. The Connecticut Office
of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans
Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter
education. Let’s hope this is a small hole that will
finally cause the wall between the DVA and veteran’s
rights to vote to crumble into dust.
More good news from
the US Election Assistance Commission where computer
scientist and election integrity advocate Dr Barbara Simons
has been selected to fill a seat on the EAC Board of
Advisors. This is a good addition as Dr. Simons will add a
voice of reason to combat the voices of the vendor’s
surrogates who are on that committee....
Featured - National: Patients at West Haven
Veterans' Hospital registered to vote LINK Featured -
National: ACM Electronic Voting Expert Named to Key Federal
Advisory Committee; Dr. Barbara Simons Fills Position for
Technology Professionals LINK National:
“Democracy Victory” At VA LINK
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National: The
Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy LINK National: Who
Here Thinks We Have the Right to Vote?
Think Again.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Continues His Fight for a Constitutional
Amendment... LINK National:
Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Strain Polls LINK Kansas: Shawnee
County - Vote count – oops
4,446 went untallied, but
winners remain same LINK Maryland:
Electing to Prepare for a Record
Voting Officials Boost
Purchases LINK Missouri:
Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at
Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail LINK Missouri: Cole
County - Wrong ballots may prompt revote in Cole County's
Eastern District LINK Missouri: Last
votes being tallied in St. Louis County LINK North Carolina:
Catawba County – Editorial - $3 billion solution: Paper
ballots LINK New York:
Editorial - Safe ballots LINK Ohio: Missing
votes spark lawsuit
Brunner: Touch-screen machines
defective, company should pay LINK Ohio: Local
counties join vote machine suit LINK Ohio: Ashland
County - County board says state's mandate 'seems excessive'
LINK South Carolina:
Greenville County - Gibson complains about voting machines
LINK Virginia:
Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in
Virginia LINK Wisconsin: Human
error mars Allendale vote totals, officials say LINK Wisconsin:
Milwaukee - Fake names get voter registration workers
investigated LINK West Virginia:
Belmont County - Paper Ballots Getting the Vote 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.**
*************--
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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