Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
Today there is a mixed-bag of news and opinion. We have more on Connecticut canceling plans to purchase Danaher machines because Danaher could not get anything federally qualified. There is also additional information on the hold-up in New Mexico due to the temporary restraining order that is stopping the state from buying Sequoia DREs. Virginia’s legislature is getting closer to putting the state into the vvpat column. And Debra Bowen, in California, is going to hold hearings on open source voting. In the meantime, those of who have responded to the Action Alert from VoteTrustUSA have been making a lot of great noise! Keep it up! 12,272 Emails and 1620 letters sent so far!…
NAtional: Robert Fisher: Voting machines, bills will take away our voting rights LINK
AR: Washington County – Election Commission chooses new touch-screen voting machines LINK
AZ: Prop 200: Voters now must show specific kinds of identification LINK
AZ: Activists upstage Jan Brewer at re-election announcement LINK
AZ: Secretary of state vows to update voting laws, technology LINK
CA: Opinion – Don’t Strangle E-Voting With Paper (Misguided, misinformed tripe from a conservative think-tank) LINK
CA: Commentary: Hanging chads were better than this LINK
CA: Bowen Announces Hearings On ‘Open Source’ Voting Software Issue For February or March LINK
CO: Boulder County – Citizens’ voting comments in LINK
CO: El Paso County – Plenty of ballots, but not at right spots LINK
CT: Editorial – Electronic voting decision correct LINK
CT: Secretary of state says voting machine company misled her (Danaher) LINK
FL: Sarasota County – New equipment makes voting machine call inevitable LINK
MN: Mille Lacs County – New election voting machines to aid disabled LINK
NC: Opinion – Is good old paper the way to go? LINK
NC: Moore County – County Must Act to Buy Vote System LINK
NC: Pitt County – New voting machines should shorten Election Day wait LINK
NC: Robeson County – New voting machines easier for handicapped LINK
NC: Vance County – Voting system costs jump LINK
NM: Agreement Reached On Voting Machine Purchase Freeze LINK
NY: Voting machine debate needs more facts LINK
NY: Monroe County – Voting’s future on display LINK
NY: Wayne County – Wayne officials wary of voting changes LINK
PA: Schuylkill County – Schuylkill voters view the electronic ballot of their future LINK
TN: Shelby County ? Opinion – New machines to help avoid voting irregularities LINK
VA: Bi-Partisan Legislative Panel Recommends Paper Ballots and Audits LINK
VA: Panel urges paper record of electronic votes LINK
VA: Lynchburg -13,000 ballots ordered for special election LINK
WA: Right to vote remains alive and well in county LINK
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Today there is a mixed-bag of news and opinion. We have more on Connecticut canceling plans to purchase Danaher machines because Danaher could not get anything federally qualified. There is also additional information on the hold-up in New Mexico due to the temporary restraining order that is stopping the state from buying Sequoia DREs. Virginia’s legislature is getting closer to putting the state into the vvpat column. And Debra Bowen, in California, is going to hold hearings on open source voting. In the meantime, those of who have responded to the Action Alert from VoteTrustUSA have been making a lot of great noise! Keep it up! 12,272 Emails and 1620 letters sent so far!… 
Great work John, we still got a ways to go on Arizona and Wisconsin.
I’m shocked that this person in California does not know the difference between security, and stability! She makes some good arguments, but when you DON’T require a voter verified paper record of votes unlike the receipt, you can have massive errors that lose votes and election fraud. It is only beneficial to these greedy, un-ethical companies and their neocon owners.
That is all and it is a game-revolving door enterprise. I am in the process of laying the foot down on this with Arizona because I have heard people completely misunderstand the issue.
Doug E.
John
The new target="_blank" addition to your script is working well.
Thank you.
Dredd,
Anything for our readers….well, just about anyway.