{"id":2453,"date":"2006-02-20T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2006-02-20T21:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2006-02-20T17:24:18","modified_gmt":"2006-02-20T21:24:18","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-20-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For February 20, 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>What&#8217;s going on in Maryland? The Gov is against a vvpb; now he is for it. Democratic members of the legislature who are for a vvpb are belittling the Governor&#8217;s change of heart as being political and are claiming he is creating chaos. Now kids! Can&#8217;t we just get along and give the voter a vvpb like they want? Meanwhile in Pennsylvania the Governor has said he will veto the legislation that requires a voterID&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>CO: Editorial &#8211; Election deadlines on horizon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/opinion\/ci_3526967\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: New voting machines soon to be put to test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sj-r.com\/sections\/news\/stories\/79234.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Vanderburgh County &#8211; Reconfigured polling places on agenda <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpress.com\/ecp\/news\/article\/0,1626,ECP_734_4481071,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Editorial &#8211; Paper-Trail Politics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/02\/19\/AR2006021901155.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Dutchess County \u2013 Opinion &#8211; Election leaders must act now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060220\/OPINION01\/602200303\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Governor Rendell Acts to Protect Fundamental Right to Vote, Says Bill Places Unnecessary Burden on PA Voters (Voter ID) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/02-20-2006\/0004285157&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Governor Rendell Urged by American Center for Voting Rights Legislative Fund to Rise Above Hysteria Surrounding Common Sense Voting Reform Measure and Ensure Rights of All Pennsylvania Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/02-20-2006\/0004285148&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Editorial &#8211; Worthy Veto On Photo ID For Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/dailynews\/13915613.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Editorial &#8211; Where&#8217;s the problem? (In favor of Gov. Rendell&#8217;s veto of the voter ID bill) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/editorials\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/opinion\/1140258144186370.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SD: New machines will help voters (AutoMARK) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarcktribune.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/20\/news\/state\/110373.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Election officials race to upgrade machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060220\/NEWS0206\/602200344\/1309\/MTCN04\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: To vote or not? Early primary balloting begins Tuesday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfw.com\/mld\/startelegram\/news\/state\/13918866.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Kerr County &#8211; Electronic voting won&#8217;t end paper ballots (Hart Intercivic) <a href=\"http:\/\/web.dailytimes.com\/story.lasso?wcd=19313\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: HB-2532 \u2013 A Bill Providing for Election Audits &#8211; Dies In House Rules Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=954&#038;Itemid=113\" 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 What&#8217;s going on in Maryland? The Gov is against a vvpb; now he is for it. Democratic members of the legislature who are for a vvpb are belittling the Governor&#8217;s change of heart as being political and are claiming he is creating chaos. Now kids! 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