{"id":3360,"date":"2006-08-30T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2006-08-30T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2006-08-31T00:12:43","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-30-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3360","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 30, 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>Foreign-born, US citizens have filed a suit in Ohio against a law that could require that they provide citizenship papers at the polls when they go to vote. This seems to be a violation of their right to equal protection. Included in the group bringing suit is the wife of an ex-Governor. \/ In Missouri a state auditor candidate has requested a state-wide hand recount of his race. The state and county clerks want to do a machine recount only. \/ Ex-GOP Congressman Bob Barr speaks out against voting machines &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>AZ: Voters now will be required to show specific kinds of ID <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17123404&#038;BRD=1817&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=222087&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Alameda County &#8211; Counties recruit poll workers. New voting system prompts county to begin search for Election Day staff earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/15395861.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Humboldt County &#8211; Secretary of state rejects Vote-PAD due to reliability, accuracy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekareporter.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=14458\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Diego County &#8211; So much for checks and balances, welcome to absolute power <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_dave_ber_060830_so_much_for_checks_a.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Diego County &#8211; Pre-Certification Swearing in by Hastert Terminates All State Legal Authority Over Elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/HL0608\/S00372.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Election officials preview voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbritainherald.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17126214&#038;BRD=1641&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=10109&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Leon County &#8211; Early voting: What took it so long? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060830\/COLUMNIST04\/608300321\/1010\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; The county attorney believes portions of the petition conflict with state election laws. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-herald.com\/NewsArchive2\/083006\/np13.htm?date=083006&#038;story=np13.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; The early bird gets the vote. Lower turnout expected, but voters taking advantage of early voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-herald.com\/NewsArchive2\/083006\/ew2.htm?date=083006&#038;story=ew2.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Opinion &#8220;\u201c Bob Barr &#8211; No-confidence vote earned by machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/content\/opinion\/stories\/0830edbarr.html\\\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Attempt to Attract Uninterested Voters Struck Down <a href=\"http:\/\/mensnewsdaily.com\/2006\/08\/29\/attempt-to-attract-uninterested-voters-struck-down\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Lake clerks confident of recount capability. Republican auditor&#8217;s primary will be state&#8217;s first test of electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakesunleader.com\/articles\/2006\/08\/30\/news\/02.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: To Avoid Glitches, Council Pushes For Vote Machine Tests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1726&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Technical Difficulty. Selecting voting machines must be clear, fair process <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/poststandard\/letters\/index.ssf?\/base\/opinion-2\/1156930094253660.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Dutchess County &#8211; Ruling puts elections inspectors in place for Sept. 12 primary  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060830\/NEWS01\/608300329\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: NYT: Ohio officials prepare to destroy paper ballots from 2004 presidential election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/news\/2006\/NYT_Ohio_officials_prepare_to_destroy_0829.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Foreign-born file election suit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/115692696099050.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Elections Board To Spend $700,000 To Train Poll Workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsnet5.com\/news\/9762035\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: New voting machines could affect results. Modern models more likely to confuse voters, study shows. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/all-a1_2voteaug30,0,2952605.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Snohomish County &#8211; No more trudge to the polls <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/snohomishcountynews\/2003233983_election30n.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Snohomish County &#8211; Get ready to vote by mail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/stories\/06\/08\/29\/100loc_a1vote001.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p><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 Foreign-born, US citizens have filed a suit in Ohio against a law that could require that they provide citizenship papers at the polls when they go to vote. This seems to be a violation of their right to equal protection. 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