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Articles dated: December 20, 2007

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GOP Obstructs Vote on FEC Nominations; ‘Vote Fraud’ Zealot Von Spakovsky Likely History

ALSO: John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner STILL in the DoJ Voting Rights Office Nearly a Week After His 'Immediate Resignation'!

Exclusive: BRAD BLOG’s In-Depth, Post-EVEREST Interview with Ohio’s Secretary of State

Jennifer Brunner Responds to Kudos, Criticism Following State's Massive and Disturbing E-Voting Assessment

'The last thing I want for my state, is to be looked at as a pariah, like it was for 2004'

CA Sec. of State Sued by San Diego County and Their Former E-Voting Rep Turned Election Official

Complaint Alleges New Post-Election Audit Requirements in Close Elections Are Too Expensive, Create Too Much Work for Them...

‘Daily Voting News’ For December 19, 2007

San Diego’s Diebold Election Software ‘Lost In Transit’

EPROM Chips Fed-Exed from CA Secretary of State Turn Up Missing, Package Arrives Empty, Police Investigating

UPDATE: SoS Confirms Precinct-Based Scanner Chips Missing, Will Voting Machine 'Sleepovers' Be Held Anyway?

‘Tanner Won’t Leave!’ DoJ Sources Tell The BRAD BLOG

Controversial Former Voting Rights Section Chief May Have Some Attachment Issues

Party Held This Evening in D.C. in His 'Dishonor'...

‘Daily Voting News’ For December 18, 2007

BREAKING: Judge Orders Release of Pima County, AZ Voting Database

Diebold's GEMS Tabulator Files, Containing Data from '06 Election, Ordered Released to Democratic Party Experts for Scrutiny, Possible Release to Full Public

Decision Seen as Important Victory for Election Integrity Advocates...

Judge Reverses Florida’s Anti-Voter Registration Law!

A Notable Victory for Democracy Advocates Among Continuing Anti-Democracy Efforts by Republicans and the DoJ Around the Country

Court Decision May Ease Concerns Shared with BRAD BLOG by a Noted Sunshine State Election Official…

MSNBC ABRAMS VIDEO: New ‘Bush League Justice’ Coverage of John ‘Minorities Die First’ Tanner’s Resignation, Reassignment at DoJ Civil Rights Division…

MSNBC Producer Tells BRAD BLOG They Intend to Continue Extensions of 'Long Overdue' Investigative Series...

CPAC Coddles Coulter, Snookers Sponsors, Bamboozles Bloggers

Integrity, Once Again, Eludes the Nation's Most Notable Annual Conservative Political Gathering...

‘Daily Voting News’ For December 16 and 17, 2007

BREAKING: Colorado’s Republican Sec. of State Decertifies E-Voting Machines After Failed Testing

All Voting Systems by ES&S Completely Decertified; DRE Touch-Screens from Sequoia Banned; Optical-Scan Paper Systems by Hart InterCivic Banned; All Systems by Diebold/Premier Conditionally ALLOWED for Use!

SoS Admits Federal Certification Process, Now Overseen by Former CO SoS on Behalf of EAC, 'Has Been Very Weak to Date'...

Thor Hearne Back on the Speaking Circuit

The Discredited ACVR's Disgraced GOP 'Voter Fraud' Fraudster Reviving His Once-Popular Huckster Routine...

NY TIMES: Bush Domestic Spy Plans Implemented BEFORE 9/11

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