{"id":2389,"date":"2006-02-07T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2006-02-07T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2006-02-07T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2006-02-07T21:04:21","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-07-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For February 07, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a> and <a href= \"http:\/\/www.VoteTrustUSA.org\">VoteTrustUSA.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>As reported by The BRAD BLOG and then, just a few minutes later, the Associated Press, the CEO of Diebold is making overtures about possibly pulling the plug on their e-voting unit. States and counties need to be aware of this possibility before they make any decisions. Electionline.org has published their report on the state of elections around the nation. California counties are talking about ignoring the state vvpat law for the June primary. Another &#8216;red state&#8217;, Missouri, has joined the list of states that are working on regressive voter ID bills&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Diebold chief says fate of e-voting unit under review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/business\/technology\/13814703.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Diebold Capitulates in Alaska&#8230;Sorta <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002385.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Report details status of election reform efforts nationwide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/02-07-2006\/0004276406&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Many states not up to election standards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/mld\/kansascity\/news\/politics\/13813323.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: States slow to improve voting systems -report <a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&#038;storyID=2006-02-07T225145Z_01_N07315415_RTRUKOC_0_US-VOTING.xml&#038;archived=False\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Many states failing to comply with election reforms, group says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanluisobispo.com\/mld\/sanluisobispo\/news\/politics\/13814918.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Bowen Introduces Measure To Improve Election Audit Process and the Accuracy of Election Results <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanchronicle.com\/articles\/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5544\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Seal Beach &#8211; Mailing it in: City to hold a vote-by-envelope election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/opinions\/ci_3482008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Shasta County \u2013 County May Ignore VVPAT Law in June Primary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redding.com\/redd\/nw_local\/article\/0,2232,REDD_17533_4446320,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Elections head reports &#8216;productive&#8217; first year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocaratonnews.com\/index.php?src=news&#038;prid=14103&#038;category=Main%20Headline\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Vanderburgh County &#8211; 18, not 46, vote machines idle. Probe clears up differences in reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpress.com\/ecp\/news\/article\/0,1626,ECP_734_4446835,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Republicans in Mo. Senate push to require photo IDs of voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/news\/stories.nsf\/missouristatenews\/story\/B6BCFA991916BE628625710E001F5DDE?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Adams County &#8211; Voting machines on order <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natchezdemocrat.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/07\/news\/news84.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Catawba County &#8211; County approves purchase of new voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hickoryrecord.com\/servlet\/Satellite?pagename=HDR\/MGArticle\/HDR_BasicArticle&#038;c=MGArticle&#038;cid=1137833917670\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Wake County &#8211; Board touchy about screens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/102\/story\/397265.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Paper Trail Leads Toward Voter Confidence <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=886&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: New York City &#8211; Lawsuit Demands More Aid for Asian-American Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/02\/07\/nyregion\/07vote.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: New York City &#8211; Board of Elections Discriminates Against Minority Voters, Group Charges <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysun.com\/article\/27132\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: New York City &#8211; Lawsuit Demands More Aid for Asian-American Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/issues\/voting\/details.cfm?id=40321\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: House votes to ban paroled felons from voting, require voter ID <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard-journal.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/06\/news\/news16.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Allegheny County &#8211; An Allegheny County judge rejected a request Monday from a group of voters seeking to bar the county from buying new voting machines. <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/regional\/s_421317.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Somerset County &#8211; County to vote on voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyamerican.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/07\/news\/tuesday\/news03.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Westmoreland County &#8211; Commonwealth Court hearing arguments in Westmoreland voters suit <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/newssummary\/s_421597.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Blount County &#8211; Finance committee OKs new voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailytimes.com\/sited\/story\/html\/229645\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Virginia House Committee Passes Robust Paper Trail Bill After Senate Committee Defeats It <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=882&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Cowlitz County &#8211; County unveils ballot machines to aid the disabled (AutoMARK) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdn.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/07\/area_news\/news03.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><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 and VoteTrustUSA.Org As reported by The BRAD BLOG and then, just a few minutes later, the Associated Press, the CEO of Diebold is making overtures about possibly pulling the plug on their e-voting unit. States and counties need to be aware of this possibility before they make any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}