‘Daily Voting News’ For July 08, 2006

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

In a sharply worded ruling, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melvin Westmoreland said Friday that Georgia’s voter ID law “unduly burdens the fundamental right to vote rather than regulate it” and would cause “irreparable harm.”…

  • GA: Judge blocks voter ID law LINK
  • GA: Georgia voter ID law on hold. Fulton judge says Legislature overstepped its authority LINK
  • IL: La Salle County – Clerk to implement early ballot safeguards LINK
  • KS: Other counties attack issue differently (Voting machine storage) LINK
  • TX: Collin County – Pilot program could change how voters vote (Super polling places) LINK
  • TX: Jefferson County – A National Study Says Electronic Voting Machines May Be Vulnerable To Hackers 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 BradBlog.Com**

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      Charlie L said on 7/8/2006 @ 6:59pm PT: [Permalink]

      There are still a few judges at the local level who believe in Democracy and the rule-of-law and haven’t been totally corrupted by the Republicans.

      The Georgia Supreme Court or the District Court (not sure where it is headed) will overrule and the Supreme Court will refuse to review.

      Poll taxes are back. It’s just the Republican way of doing whatever they can to win by keeping as many people from taking part in Democracy as possible. It’s a proven strategy and the people are not dragging them into the streets and killing them or rioting at the polling stations for the right to vote, so why stop doing it?

      Charlie L
      Portland, OR

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      Bluebear2 said on 7/8/2006 @ 7:19pm PT: [Permalink]

      Awfully pesimistic Charlie – hopefully your wrong, but I can understand where you are coming from.

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      phil said on 7/8/2006 @ 8:49pm PT: [Permalink]

      a.) we gonna get big govt to fix the vote problem by remove the abusive fsck elect vote mach

      or

      b.) the govt gonna fix us.

      okay, i digress

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      big dan said on 7/9/2006 @ 6:31am PT: [Permalink]

      Republicans are always trying to make voting harder. We should be making voting easier. What does that tell you about Republicans? Republicans are the ONLY party that relentlessly tries to put up roadblocks to make voting easier, and try to repeal or change voting laws that make voting easier. They think middleclass & poor & minorites should not be allowed to vote, and they “know better” and should not have to be voted in.

      We see where that’s gotten this country. We’re becoming a 3rd world country rather quickly, with the Republicans in power. What are the signs that we are becoming a greater country with Republicans in charge? There are none. Or they would be reported on. What’s the good news to report, since Republicans have STOLEN their way in charge, due to e-vote machines, disenfranchizement, challenges, creating long voting lines in Dem precincts, purging vote registration??? It’s the only way they could get in…

      Anyone notice, since e-vote machines were introduced, is exactly when the Republicans control both houses of congress and the presidency? Coincidence? Do you believe in coincidences like that?

      If people were getting cancer at a 500% greater rate living near electrical towers, and there was no evidence (yet) to support the towers causing cancer, would you believe it was a coincidence until proven??? Do you use your brain once in a while and put 2 and 2 together for yourself????????

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      Bluebear2 said on 7/9/2006 @ 10:11am PT: [Permalink]

      It’s interesting that the Sacramento Bee would run a front page article this morning regarding election fraud in Mexico, yet I never saw a single word about RFK Jr’s Rolling Stone article beyond some letters to the editors!

      I mean WTF?

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