{"id":4098,"date":"2007-01-30T16:26:18","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T00:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2007-01-30T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T05:21:10","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-january-30-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4098","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For January 30, 2007"},"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>Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution [see below] reported, &#8220;Some key components of one of Georgia&#8217;s most sacred institutions &#8220;\u201d that had been discovered in discarded office furniture &#8220;\u201d were recently auctioned on eBay. About 40 voter access cards and three electronic ballot encoders belonging to DeKalb County were purchased earlier this month on the auction Web site, according to Secretary of State Karen Handel. Another seven supervisor&#8217;s cards, used to activate the encoders, also were up for bid.&#8221;\u009d \/\/ The revolving door is in effect in Williamson Co. Texas where an ex-Hart Intercivic and Sequoia employee has just been named to be their county elections chief. \/\/ According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel [see below] the new Florida Gov. Crist will recommend that DRE voting systems be replaced by optical-scan voting systems throughout the state&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Ciber downplays criticism of voting software testing <a href=\" http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/tech\/article\/0,2777,DRMN_23910_5314317,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Olde Fashioned Legal Loopholes Allow Rigging of Hi-Tech Elections <a href=\" http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2226&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Thirty-Four [Now Forty-two] Election Reform Organizations Urge Congress to Require Paper Ballots <a href=\" http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cgi-bin\/stories.pl?ACCT=104&#038;STORY=\/www\/story\/01-30-2007\/0004516497&#038;EDATE=\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Alameda County &#8211; County: Instant Run-Off Voting on Schedule <a href=\" http:\/\/www.berkeleydaily.org\/text\/article.cfm?issue=01-30-07&#038;storyID=26209\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Gov. Crist to recommend ditching touch-screen machines <a href=\" http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/southflorida\/sfl-0130cristvoting,0,6954161.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Editorial &#8211; Paper trail is important <a href=\" http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/tcp\/editorials\/article\/0,2821,TCP_24460_5314045,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Opinion &#8211; Four steps toward precise voting <a href=\" http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070130\/OPINION05\/701300311\/1006\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; FL-13: It&#8217;s the Machines, Not the &#8216;Paper Trails&#8217;, Stupid <a href=\" https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4097\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Sale on eBay exposes vote security flaw<br \/>\nEncoders, access cards auctioned <a href=\" http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/2007\/01\/29\/0130metvoter.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Lawmakers look to expand early-bird voting <a href=\" http:\/\/www.hutchnews.com\/news\/regional\/stories\/voting013007.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NM: House pulls for better poll turnout <a href=\" http:\/\/cnjonline.com\/engine.pl?station=clovis&#038;template=fnmStoryFull.html&#038;id=28999\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Blackwell&#8217;s Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights <a href=\" http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/HL0701\/S00386.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Editorial &#8211; Ohio Needs Basic Elections Reform <a href=\" http:\/\/www.theintelligencer.net\/editorials\/articles.asp?articleID=15617\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Editorial &#8211; Drafting poll workers isn&#8217;t best solution <a href=\" http:\/\/www.cantonrep.com\/index.php?ID=333158&#038;Category=3\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OR: Opinion &#8211; Reject paper-trail voting; support vote-by-mail <a href=\" http:\/\/www.blueoregon.com\/2007\/01\/reject_papertra.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Williamson County &#8211; New Williamson County elections chief hired <a href=\" http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/01\/30\/30election.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Election Security in Virginia One Step Closer <a href=\" http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2225&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Lawmakers want to phase out electronic voting machines <a href=\" http:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=6006409&#038;nav=S6aK\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Senate passes bill for wider absentee voting <a href=\" http:\/\/www.potomacnews.com\/servlet\/Satellite?pagename=WPN%2FMGArticle%2FWPN_BasicArticle&#038;c=MGArticle&#038;cid=1149192923281&#038;path=\" 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 Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution [see below] reported, &#8220;Some key components of one of Georgia&#8217;s most sacred institutions &#8220;\u201d that had been discovered in discarded office furniture &#8220;\u201d were recently auctioned on eBay. 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