Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today's news includes a lot of articles, opinion pieces, and editorials about the upcoming (January 09) Supreme Court hearing regarding Indiana's restrictive Voter ID law. This case could decide whether you and I will be required to get a voter ID in the future.

A Civil Grand Jury in Monterey Co California actually interviewed four county election officials and toured the election office and then they found that the county should just go ahead and use their Sequoia Advantage voting machines because they are secure. They did not interview any computer scientists, members of the Election Integrity community, or members of the Secretary of State staff. Whether this Grand Jury has the ability to tell the county to ignore state directives is an unanswered question but we will keep an eye on this....

• NAtional: High court to consider Indiana law on voter ID
  http://www.journalgazett...S03/801060306/1002/LOCAL
• NAtional: Opinion - BALLOT BURDEN: Court should rule photo ID requirement unnecessary
  http://www.freep.com/app...2/801060564/1068/OPINION
• NAtional: Voter ID issue remains controversial
  http://www.clarionledger...0504/801060374/1001/news
• NAtional: State's voter ID law under scrutiny of high court
  http://www.jconline.com/...NEWS/801060362/1152/NEWS
• NAtional: High Court to consider voter ID law
  http://www.zwire.com/sit...&PAG=461&rfi=9
• NAtional: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Voter ID Case This Week
  http://www.nwaonline.net...news/010608lrvoterid.txt
• NAtional: Papering over OptiScam Problems
  http://www.opednews.com/...papering_over_optisc.htm
• NAtional: Commentary on NYTimes: Can You Count On These Machines?
  http://www.opednews.com/...commentary_on_nytime.htm
• NAtional: New York Times Magazine on E-voting
  http://www.votetrustusa....8;id=2706&Itemid=26
• NAtional: GOP Already at Work to Keep Obama Voters From the Polls
  http://www.alternet.org/story/72748/
• CA: Are Americans ready for reality-style voting? Not yet
  http://www.fresnobee.com.../boren/story/300862.html
• CA: Kern County "“ Columnist - Henry column: Time to pop bubble, crawl into the future
  http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/327030.html
• CA: Monterey County - Jury backs voting machines
  County urged to resume their use
  http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_7895801
• CA: Napa County "“ Editorial - The move to vote by mail
  http://www.napavalleyreg...805c49b754c030223769.txt
• MT: Ohio Report Faults Montana Voting Machines
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=2705&Itemid=113
• NC: Alamance County - Elections director: Count will be accurate
  http://www.thetimesnews....e.html/paper_county.html
• NJ: New Jersey's Post-Election Audit Bill and Its Importance to Our Nation
  http://e-voter.blogspot....ction-audit-bill_02.html
• OH: Will Ohio overhaul its voting systems?
  Legislators will deal with secretary of state's bombshell proposal this week.
  http://www.daytondailyne...1/06/ddn010608legis.html
• OH: EVEREST: The Truth About Electronic Voting Machines
  http://www.opednews.com/...erest_3a_the_truth_a.htm
• SC: SC officials plan to use voting machines banned by other states
  http://www.charlotte.com/205/story/434711.html
• Guam: GEC releases unofficial final results, no changes to races
  http://www.kuam.com/news/25949.aspx
• Guam: Was GEC's tabulation error technical or human? (ES&S)
  http://www.kuam.com/news/25953.aspx

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