{"id":3363,"date":"2006-08-31T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T23:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2006-08-31T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2006-08-31T23:34:03","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-31-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3363","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 31, 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>Under pressure from activists Blackwell has decided to stop any plans to destroy 2004 voting records for several months at least. This seems to be a win for those who are still looking going through the mounds of data. \/ Ballot access (whether a person or party have the right to be named on the ballot) issues seem to be picking up in the courts. \/ Summit Co. Ohio has no money left to run the Nov. general election. They are asking for $1.7M from the county but they are getting a lot of questions in return. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Some Recent and Ongoing Election Law Fights Over Ballot Access: New Skirmishes Could Determine the Balance of Power in Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/writ.news.findlaw.com\/commentary\/20060831_hasen.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Op-Ed &#8211; Dreaded voting-day bugs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/argus\/oped\/ci_4265829\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Election Costs Reach Almost $3 Million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todaysthv.com\/news\/news.aspx?storyid=33418\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Spring election costs $600,000 over previous ones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwanews.com\/adg\/News\/165123\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Measure To Improve and Open Up Election Audit Process Heads To Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1727&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Bowen Election Reform Bill Heads to Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yubanet.com\/artman\/publish\/article_41483.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Alameda County &#8211; County seeks poll workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/timesstar\/ci_4265791\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Yolo County &#8211; County&#8217;s disabled voters get new private ballots for November <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davisenterprise.com\/articles\/2006\/08\/31\/news\/122new2.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: The future of voting is soon to change <a href=\"http:\/\/www.registercitizen.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17132679&#038;BRD=1652&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=12530&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Escambia County &#8211; Early voting and electronic machines make election time a breeze <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pensacolanewsjournal.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060831\/NEWS01\/608310343\/1006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: St. James &#8211; New voting assistance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesnews.com\/articles\/2006\/08\/30\/news\/news4.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Wilson County &#8211; Elections to educate voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsondaily.com\/Wil_region\/Local_News\/326788850057439.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Trenton &#8211; Stankiewicz charges election irregularities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17132632&#038;BRD=1697&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=44551&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Congressional Election Contest Filed In District Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1731&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Chautauqua County &#8211; Paper Ballots Are A Step Backward <a href=\"http:\/\/post-journal.com\/articles.asp?articleID=6218\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Monroe County &#8211; County Elections Officials Wonder What Voting Machines to Buy\t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/wxxi\/news.newsmain?action=article&#038;ARTICLE_ID=961322&#038;sectionID=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/31\/washington\/31ohio.html?_r=1&#038;ref=us&#038;oref=login\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Destruction of 2004 Ballots Delayed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1730&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Delays Destroying 2004 Ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/politics\/wire\/sns-ap-2004-dispute-ballots,1,7085062.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; More money for poll worker training <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincypost.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060831\/NEWS01\/608310371\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Summit County &#8211; Summit election board asks county for bailout <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/summit\/1157013686172740.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Summit County &#8211; Summit board says it lacks funds to handle election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/15405370.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Madison &#8211; Testing the new electronic voting system for Madison <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailypage.com\/daily\/node\/2121\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Madison &#8211; Madison gets ready for electronic voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailypage.com\/daily\/node\/2120\" 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 Under pressure from activists Blackwell has decided to stop any plans to destroy 2004 voting records for several months at least. This seems to be a win for those who are still looking going through the mounds of data. \/ Ballot access (whether a person or [&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":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363","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=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}