{"id":2136,"date":"2005-12-09T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T21:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2005-12-09T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T21:08:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-december-09-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For December 09, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Sequoia&#8217;s parent company, Smartmatic got caught providing a Venezuelan customer with a gift of two days in a Boca Raton, FL resort. Smartmatic spokesman Mitch Stroller confirmed the company initially paid the bill but said Rodr\u00edguez later reimbursed all the money to Smartmatic. He <b>declined to provide proof<\/b> of the reimbursement or to say when the money was paid back. Uh huh! Activists speak out in Connecticut and act out in Pennsylvania. And the Wisconsin legislature unanimously sends a vvpat bill to the governor&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>CT: New Voting Method Faulted. Group Urges State To Forgo Computers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/politics\/hc-voting1209.artdec09,0,6043299.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-state \"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Wexler: Wheel of Cronyism Spins &#8216;Round and &#8216;Round as Bush Picks New Secretary of State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanchronicle.com\/articles\/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4072\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; &#8216;Paper trail&#8217; ballot activists protest elections chief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/politics\/content\/local_news\/epaper\/2005\/12\/09\/s3c_voting_1209.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: Secretary Ater recommends delaying elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deridderdailynews.com\/articles\/2005\/12\/09\/news\/news1.txt\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: Suit seeks to prevent postponement of New Orleans elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuscaloosanews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20051209\/APN\/512091001&#038;cachetime=3&#038;template=dateline\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Kansas City &#8211; KC voters to mark ballots two ways <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/mld\/kansascity\/news\/13363781.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: EFF moves to block certification of e-voting systems <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/EFF+moves+to+block+certification+of+e-voting+systems\/2100-1028_3-5988243.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: EFF files suit over e-voting in N.C. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/securitytopics\/security\/story\/0,10801,106944,00.html\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Cleveland County &#8211; County to get new voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelbystar.com\/portal\/ASP\/article.asp?ID=20318\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Election boards scramble to hit deadlines (Fear and Propaganda) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinston.com\/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=\/GlobalTemplates\/Details.cfm&#038;StoryID=32680&#038;Section=Local\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Voting rules: Time for talk now at hand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theithacajournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20051209\/OPINION01\/512090321\/1014\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bucks County &#8211; A dispute at rollout of voting machines. A judge agreed that a group wanting to spread flyers on a different scanner system had no place at a demonstration. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/inquirer\/news\/local\/states\/pennsylvania\/13365868.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bucks County &#8211; Voting machines put to the test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/quakertown\/all-b1-2machinesdec09,0,2115926.story?coll=all-newslocalquakertown-hed\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: State gives counties more time to buy voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldstandard.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=15721202&#038;BRD=2280&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=480247&#038;rfi=6\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Perry County &#8211; Election races still unresolved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cumberlink.com\/articles\/2005\/12\/08\/news\/news09.txt\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Cambria County &#8211; Voting to be even simpler. But time will tell whether the cost is worth it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribune-democrat.com\/editorials\/local_story_342125233.html?keyword=secondarystory\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Richmond &#8211; Recount for 68th won&#8217;t be separate (House delegate and attorney general races will both be recounted on the same day)(The recount will be just a recount of DRE ballots and not OS even though there appears to be 383 undervotes on OS counted ballots) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesdispatch.com\/servlet\/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&#038;c=MGArticle&#038;cid=1128768618817&#038;path=!news&#038;s=1045855934842\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Court Rejects Democrat&#8217;s Argument In Contested AG Race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/news\/local\/virginia\/dp-va--agrecount1209dec09,0,4448584.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: State Senate Sends Election Bill to the Governor Unanimously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=476&#038;Itemid=26\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WY: Goshen County &#8211; A new way to vote for Goshen County residents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torringtontelegram.com\/main.php?story_id=4265&#038;page=23\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>INternational: Venezuelan Electoral chief accepted Boca stay. Sequoia&#8217;s parent company and a conflict of interest.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/mld\/miamiherald\/news\/13365434.htm\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; 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 &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Sequoia&#8217;s parent company, Smartmatic got caught providing a Venezuelan customer with a gift of two days in a Boca Raton, FL resort. Smartmatic spokesman Mitch Stroller confirmed the company initially paid the bill but said Rodr\u00edguez later reimbursed all the money to Smartmatic. 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