Daily Voting News For December 15, 2008

Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 1:48 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For December 15, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

The news has not been written yet but I am hearing from New Jersey that the bill that would have forced the state’s voters to continue to use Sequoia Advantage DREs with no paper audit trail was defeated in one house of the state legislature and the bill in the other house never went to the floor for a vote. Now the state needs to decide whether to wait and hope Sequoia can get a vvpat printer certified or do the right thing and change over to a paper-based voting system....

National: Toward A Better Registration System
Eliminating A Mountain Of Paperwork Is A Top Priority For Gathering Of Election Administrators LINK

National: Unstuffing the Ballot Box
The right is working to change voting rules. Advocates and ordinary citizens are pushing back. LINK

National: EAC Honors Poll Workers from Election Day 2008 LINK

Georgia: Lee County - Poll workers thanked LINK

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Kansas: Riley County Clerk: General election cost $77K LINK

Maryland: Md. election board seeks '09 touch-screen pact LINK

Minnesota: A nasty bug emerges in the state election system LINK

Minnesota: Coleman, Franken joust ahead of critical election board meeting LINK

Minnesota: Editorial: Recount reveals an election weak spot
Changes needed to reduce absentee ballot error rate. LINK

Minnesota: Senate recount update: Coleman camp takes separate objections to Supreme Court and Canvassing Board LINK

New Jersey: Editorial - A vote for optical scan LINK

New York: Good News from Minnesota:
New York State Has Selected the Right Voting System LINK

Pennsylvania: 38,983 voters purged from rolls
York County hadn't tossed deadwood voters in a decade. LINK

Texas: Commentary - Republicans revive voter ID proposal LINK

Texas: Dewhurst trying to work out a deal to get voter ID bill passed LINK

Texas: Johnson County - Editorial: Elections office must be efficient LINK

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**"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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