‘Daily Voting News’ For May 22, 2007

John Gideon

May 22, 2007, 8:00pm
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

The media is now beginning to question the hiring of Michael Vu as the second in command of elections in San Diego County. Vu, who quit under fire from his job as the elections director for Cuyahoga Co. Ohio, has a poor record. Under his supervision absentee ballots were never sent to thousands of voters, voters were removed for no reason from the voter registration rolls, the county election budget was taken into the red, and two of his senior assistants were convicted of manipulating the recount of ballots in 2006 and received sentences of 18 months in prison. Vu refuses to speak with the media but the county supports his hiring and says that Vu has acted honorable and professionally.

Links to that story (including video) and other notable voting news stories all below…

RELATED NOTE FROM BRAD: Back in April I wrote an article for ComputerWorld on the Vu situation in San Diego, titled “San Diego Registrar Goes from Worst to Worster to Worstest”. Due to a technical problem at CW the story never ran. So I’ve gone ahead and posted it here, backdated to April 12th (when it was supposed to have run), just for the historical record, if you’re interested in my take on it at the time.

NAtional: Editorial – Make every vote count
Our position: Congress should follow Florida with optical-scan voting machines. LINK

NAtional: McClatchy Posts Von Spakovsky Emails
Then-DoJ Appointee in Civil Rights Unit, Now Recess-Appointed FEC Chair, Tried to Influence EAC Reports on ‘Voter Fraud’… LINK

NAtional: The Real Threat from the Holt Bill as Written LINK

AZ: Guest Opinion: Election ‘reform’ bill would be a disservice to our disabled voters LINK

CA: San Diego County – Questionable Background LINK

CA: San Diego County – FOX tv Expose of E-Voting Official Corruption!! LINK

CA: Santa Cruz County – County election leaders on edge about new voting standards LINK

FL: Florida’s Primary Penalty LINK

FL: Paperless votes scrapped; state’s ’08 primary to be one of earliest LINK

FL: Opinion ““ Carl Hiaasen: Why Not Hold Primary Next Week? LINK

FL: Florida goes back to paper in rejection of electronic vote LINK

FL: Florida Gov. signs bill banning touch-screen voting machines
Provides $27.8 million to buy optical scan systems LINK

FL: Palm Beach County – End of a ballot era: New law changes the way we vote LINK

IL: Kane County – Kane may get more eSlates LINK

IL: Kane County – Purchase of eSlates OK’d by committee LINK

IN: Madison County – Election investigation shows no criminal activity LINK

MS: Harrison County will go back to paper balloting LINK

NJ: Holt’s paper trail bill will finally see light of day LINK

NY: Testing complications delay launch of electronic voting machines LINK

OH: Ohio Secretary of State Issues Regulation for Minor Party Ballot Access LINK

TX: Ill senator settles in for voter ID fight
Gallegos legislating from bed near Senate despite warnings from his transplant doctors. LINK

TX: Bandera – City Council election results recounted LINK

TX: Bexar County – Helotes mayor, beaten for re-election by 21 votes, files for recount LINK

TX: Port Arthur – Recount Process Begins In Port Arthur Mayor’s Election LINK

UT: Will Utah junk vote machines? LINK

UT: Davis, Utah commissions say no to election overhaul LINK

WA: Some briefs filed in U.S. Supreme Court in “Top-Two” Washington State Case LINK

WA: King County – Law proposed to protect secret ballot LINK

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