{"id":2500,"date":"2006-03-03T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2006-03-03T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2006-06-15T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T22:54:43","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-03-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2500","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 03, 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>Many of us worked long and hard with folks in Mississippi to keep out the Diebold TSx machines their SoS was pushing on them. One of our cautions was that cash-strapped counties would end up having to buy more machines in order to have enough. That concern is being borne out in counties across the state. Humboldt Co., California gets a look at the Vote-PAD and likes what they saw. In Iowa there is talk that Gov. Vilsack may take a cue from New Mexico Gov. Richardson and push for a paper ballot&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>CA: Humboldt County &#8211; County gets peek at assistance devices for disabled voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekareporter.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=8978\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: State OKs electronic vote machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themountainmail.com\/main.asp?SectionID=4&#038;SubSectionID=4&#038;ArticleID=7421\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Leon County &#8211; Political theater. Let Sancho do his job <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060303\/OPINION01\/603030321\/1021\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Will Vilsack Follow Richardson&#8217;s Lead? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=995&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Scott County &#8211; Supes Approve Additional Voting Machines Purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sctonline.net\/articles\/2006\/03\/02\/news\/local\/news62.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Chatham County &#8211; Election move draws fire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/102\/story\/413607.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Actually Paper Is Cheaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=993&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: Gov signs bill authorizing paper ballot voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/albuquerque\/stories\/2006\/02\/27\/daily19.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: On the dotted line: Governor signs paper-ballot bill into law <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freenewmexican.com\/news\/40228.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Editorial &#8211; A Voting Machine Mess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/03\/opinion\/03fri3.html?_r=2&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Bloomberg Officials Object to Stopgap Voting System <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/03\/nyregion\/03vote.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Opinion &#8211; U.S. fed up with state&#8217;s failure to comply with voting law <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060303\/OPINION04\/603030364\/1041\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Touchscreens Are The Problems Looking For a Solution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=992&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: One electrical circuit away from a nightmare? <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/election\/s_429528.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Court ruling brings hope for a smooth primary after all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardspeaker.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1213&#038;Itemid=9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Armstrong County &#8211; Armstrong OKs touch screen voting (Diebold) <a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghlive.com\/x\/tribune-review\/trib\/newssummary\/s_429585.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Carbon County &#8211; Carbon moves forward with e-voting plans (AVS ) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardspeaker.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1214&#038;Itemid=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Cambria County &#8211; County Signs Deal For Electronic Voting Machines (ES&#038;S iVotronic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjactv.com\/news\/7653919\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Monroe County &#8211; County plans to rent voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/lehighton\/all-b6-1hava-5rmar03,0,3605861.story?coll=all-newslocallehighton-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Caldwell County &#8211; Equipment shortage causes cuts in polling sites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news8austin.com\/content\/headlines\/?ArID=156629&#038;SecID=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Jefferson County &#8211; Early voters flood polls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panews.com\/articles\/2006\/03\/02\/news\/02earlyvote.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Jefferson County &#8211; Clerk says machines will take punch out of voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-mail.com\/?module=displaystory&#038;story_id=132588&#038;format=html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Mercer County &#8211; Voting goes high-tech (ES&#038;S iVotronic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdtonline.com\/cnhi\/bdtonline\/princetonnews\/local_story_061141804.html?keyword=topstory\" 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 Many of us worked long and hard with folks in Mississippi to keep out the Diebold TSx machines their SoS was pushing on them. One of our cautions was that cash-strapped counties would end up having to buy more machines in order to have enough. 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