{"id":3696,"date":"2006-10-30T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T00:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2006-10-30T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2006-10-31T00:46:36","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-30-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3696","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 30, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.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>Voters in Ohio, as well as all other states, will have the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline manned and ready to provide assistance. The Lawyers&#8217; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that involves the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination, and Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, have joined forces with other law firms and voting rights groups as part of Election Protection &#8211; a program to protect the right of every eligible Ohio voter to cast a meaningful ballot and have that vote counted in the upcoming November 7 election. \/ Now Sequoia and Smartmatic say that they voluntarily submitted themselves to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) investigation. Quite frankly what does it matter whether an unreliable voting system is put out by a company owned, in part, by Chavez or another group of Venezuelans? The system is still just as unreliable. \/ Sequoia also has a problem with a new law suit in Nevada where a citizen activist is suing for the loss of her vote in 2004. \/ &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Lawyers&#8217; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law &#038; Proskauer Rose Partner to Assist Ohio Voters <a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&#038;newsId=20061030005714&#038;newsLang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Teamsters Sponsor Voter Hotline on Election Day to Combat Voting Malfeasance <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/prnews\/061030\/dcm038.html?.v=68\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Smartmatic and Sequoia Voting Systems Announce Voluntary CFIUS Filing <a href=\"http:\/\/sev.prnewswire.com\/computer-electronics\/20061029\/NYSU02129102006-1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Voting machines firms confirm fed probe <a href=\"http:\/\/msnbc.msn.com\/id\/15478249\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Smartmatic Announces It Is Undergoing CFIUS Review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1942&#038;Itemid=51\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Venezuelan defends ownership of U.S. voting machine firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/mld\/mercurynews\/news\/local\/states\/california\/northern_california\/15883641.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Rep. Maloney &#8211; Smartmatic Announces It Is Undergoing CFIUS Review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1942&#038;Itemid=51\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Opinion &#8211; Remember to Vote, Hope It Counts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/30\/opinion\/30waldman.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Voting should be effortless, not chaotic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_rob_rich_061029_voting_should_be_eff.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Avi Rubin &#8211; Voting: Low-Tech Is the Answer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/technology\/content\/oct2006\/tc20061030_909127.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: John Fund &#8211; Absent Without Leave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opinionjournal.com\/diary\/?id=110009167\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Election Day blunders could escalate <a href=\"http:\/\/sundaygazettemail.com\/section\/News\/2006102938\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Election Officials and Election Activists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1940&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: A way to restore confidence <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/opinion\/sfl-30forum01oct30,0,6612347.story?coll=sfla-news-opinion\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Diebold 3Q earnings show nearly 12 percent improvement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/mld\/centredaily\/business\/15885264.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: A vote of no confidence  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontechnology.com\/news\/21_21\/cover-stories\/29596-1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Electile Dysfunction? It&#8217;s Time We Face Up To Our Two-Pronged Democracy ED Problem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expertclick.com\/NewsReleaseWire\/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&#038;ID=14312\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Rage against the machine <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/magazines\/fortune\/fortune_archive\/2006\/11\/13\/8393084\/?postversion=2006103014\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Former Secretaries of State, Election Experts Available to Comment on What New Voting Laws Mean for Eligible Voters Across the Country <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.usnewswire.com\/GetRelease.asp?id=75338\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: New Technology, Human Error Puts Elections Under Microscope <a href=\"http:\/\/www.axcessnews.com\/modules\/wfsection\/article.php?articleid=11747\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AL: Secretary of State&#8217;s office owes counties for election machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesdaily.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061030\/APN\/610301450\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Carroll County &#8211; Free at last: voting machines get new innards, lease on life  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekaspringstimesecho.com\/articles\/2006\/10\/30\/news\/we1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Diego County Registrar Sends Pre-Programmed, Election-Ready, Hackable Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Machines Home With Pollworkers on &#8216;Sleepovers&#8217; More Than Three Weeks Prior to Election! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3685\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Denver &#8211; Group Anticipates Long Lines On Election Day<br \/>\nFormer Election Commissioner Concerned About Long Lines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/politics\/10194461\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Midterm Elections-Early voting in Florida shows machine problems, votes for Democrats registering Republican instead! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveu.org\/025017-midterm-elections-early-voting-in-florida-shows-machine-problems-votes-for-democrats-registering-republican-instead\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL:  Showdown at the Early Voting Place <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_teresa_s_061030_showdown_at_the_earl.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Miami &#8211; MIAMI HERALD: Touch-Screen Votes Hopping from Democrats to Republicans in South Florida! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3692\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Pinellas County &#8211; Elections chief not worried about possible ties to Venezuela <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2006\/10\/29\/Tampabay\/Elections_chief_not_w.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Opinion &#8211; Wave of the future won&#8217;t prevent voter manipulation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macon.com\/mld\/macon\/news\/opinion\/15867988.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: McIntosh County &#8211; McIntosh voting officials see early ballots as a test <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/103006\/geo_5845754.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Chicago\/Cook County &#8211; Chicago welcomes voting machine probe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-0610300235oct30,1,1986719.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Electronic voting machines may add to election inaccuracies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statehornet.com\/vnews\/display.v\/ART\/2006\/10\/30\/454620df4fdaa\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MA: State lags on voting machines for disabled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/10\/30\/state_lags_on_voting_machines_for_disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Opinion &#8211; Voting machinery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/bal-ed.voting30oct30,0,4547410.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NE: Cherry County &#8211; In Cherry County, no more election-day thumb twiddling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fremontneb.com\/articles\/2006\/10\/28\/ap-state-ne\/d8l2fae80.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NH: Nashua &#8211; Voting booth offering options <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashuatelegraph.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061030\/NEWS01\/61030001\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Washoe County &#8211; Reno citizen activist sues provider of electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/sunbin\/stories\/nevada\/2006\/oct\/29\/102910494.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Voter-ID law back in effect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/15883631.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Court revives voter-ID measure<br \/>\nAttorney for plaintiffs might take their case to U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusdispatch.com\/news-story.php?story=222957\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: OHIO MELTDOWN &#8217;06: New Last-Minute Reversal in Buckeye State&#8217;s Voter ID Laws Plunges State of Elections Into Chaos! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3694\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Voter ID Law Reinstated &#8211; For Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1943&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NEtherlands &#8211; Dutch government scraps plans to use voting computers in 35 cities including Amsterdam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2006\/10\/30\/europe\/EU_GEN_Netherlands_Voting_Machines.php\" 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 Voters in Ohio, as well as all other states, will have the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline manned and ready to provide assistance. The Lawyers&#8217; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that involves the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination, and Proskauer Rose [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696","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=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}