Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
You have probably noticed that as we get closer to the general election the amount of voting related news is growing. I expect that very soon the amount of news will force me to make a modification to the way ‘Daily Voting News’ is sent out. I could cut the news in half and send some in the late morning and the rest in the evening. Rather than send it out twice a day I will send out a condensed version to the email subscribers. That version will have what I consider to be the top 15 or so stories. The complete ‘DVN’ will be posted at the normal locations; VoteTrustUSA, The BradBlog, OpEdNews, and ScoopNZ. VotersUnite will also be posting the complete list of articles and we have removed the dust bunnies from our “Voting News” database and many of the articles and the complete DVN can be found there. You will be notified when the change needs to be made. Thank you for reading and taking part in democracy….
NAtional: Vendor Applies For Certification With Open Voting Consortium LINK
AZ: Arizona asks U.S. high court to continue voter ID rule LINK
CA: Electronic Voting Machines Factor in Race Between McPherson, Bowen LINK
CA: San Bernardino County pushing early voting. Officials hope move will get more people to cast ballots LINK
CO: Early votes blunt Oct. “surprises” LINK
FL: Editorial – Where’s the paper trail? LINK
FL: Alachua County – Election hiccups prompt hearing LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Some Sarasota residents fight for paper trails on voting machines LINK
IL: DuPage County – Fidlar Fired? DuPage Watchdog Group Says “No” LINK
MD: Diebold E-Poll Book Modifications Come Into Question LINK
MD: Editorial – Party Games. Democrats and Republicans need to stop playing with voter fears. LINK
MS: Hinds County – Editorial – Judge makes voting much more difficult LINK
NJ: Department of Justice Reaches Agreement With New Jersey Over Voter Database LINK
NM: NM balloting system call attention to lingering issue of election reform LINK
NY: Opinion – Optical scan machines are preferable to expensive touch-screen systems LINK
NY: Ulster County – County lawmakers may have no say over new voting machines LINK
PA: Montgomery County – ‘Fleeing voters’ might be no voters. State says incomplete ballots shouldn’t count; Montco says otherwise. LINK
TN: Vote early to enjoy shorter ballot, lines LINK
TX: Editorial – Critical vote. People should take advantage of chance to shape our future 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**
Brad had a very good discussion with Bob Kincade. Go here, scroll to the bottom, right click on the show from Monday, October 9th, 2006 and save link to get the MP3.
John,.. Thank You for shinning a very bright spotlight on these election issues that enable us to keep posted and pass this information on to others about the status of elections and democracy here in the U S of A.
Appreciation is not often vocalized but we are well aware without the work you guys do the media would not lend much ink or time to these very important issues. It is amazing the pressure that has been brought to the election fraudsters and crooks,.. they once operated below,.. if not entirely off the radar. The knowledge and information you folks provide have brought understanding of the dangers,.. relentless scrutiny,.. and citizens oversight,.. so that integrity and honesty can be restoered to the proccess of our elections. Again thank you for the devotion of your time to this important cause.