{"id":4277,"date":"2007-03-15T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2007-03-15T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T02:29:59","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-march-15-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4277","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For March 15, 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>As related by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/brad-friedman\/blind-disabled-voters-fi_b_43450.html\">Brad Friedman in today&#8217;s Huffington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">&#8220;Electronic ballot systems such as DRE machines, are neither fully accessible nor secure and accurate methods of recording, tallying, and reporting votes &#8230; [They] are inappropriate for use, because these systems make it impossible for voters to verify that their votes will be counted as cast.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; From a statement released today by more than 20 Disabled Voter Advocates<\/p>\n<p>We must debunk the myth that we have to choose between accessible voting and verifiable voting. Democracy requires that we have both.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Stanley J. Eicher, Exec. Dir. of the Disability Law Center in recent statement commending MA for allowing non-DRE ballot marking devices for use by disabled voters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That story, and many others today, linked below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Blind, Disabled Voters Finally Call for &#8216;Immediate Ban&#8217; on DRE\/Touch-Screen Voting!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/brad-friedman\/blind-disabled-voters-fi_b_43450.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: A New Look At The Election Process <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanchronicle.com\/articles\/viewArticle.asp?articleID=22137\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Report Finds Disparity in State Approaches to Post-Election Audits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2324&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: America Needs a Pro-Democracy Movement  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mark-green\/america-needs-a-prodemoc_b_43500.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Testimony for the House Administration Elections Subcommittee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2327&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: State tackles local voting ills <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.denverpost.com\/opinion\/ci_5436304\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Touch screens could be scrapped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/politics\/content\/state\/epaper\/2007\/03\/15\/a14a_XGR_ballot_0315.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Web firm to blame for glitch in results <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/politics\/content\/local_news\/epaper\/2007\/03\/15\/s1a_COUNTING_0315.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8211; Voting Problems Confuse Hopefuls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070315\/NEWS\/703150428\/1004\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach Co. vote display problems blamed on human error <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070315\/APN\/703153363\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Pinellas County &#8211; Roads, not computers, slowed down vote count <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2007\/03\/15\/Tampabay\/Roads__not_computers_.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Florida Democrats urge congressional action on election dispute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/16911074.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Smooth Undervoting In Sarasota County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2326&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Sarasota officials ignored warning about voting machines<br \/>\nAn alert on glitches came ahead of recent election troubles but no one followed up. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sptimes.com\/2007\/03\/15\/State\/Sarasota_officials_ig.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Memo warned of potential D-13 machine issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/mld\/bradenton\/news\/local\/16904765.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Election officials warned of glitch<br \/>\nA voting-machine maker told them users might see a delay &#8212; adding to controversy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/state\/orl-votemachine1507mar15,0,4525737.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Voting machine maker says time prevented fix <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070315\/NEWS\/703150423\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Stunning News on the Fiasco Surrounding the November Election in Florida&#8217;s 13th Congressional District <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfaw.org\/pfaw\/general\/default.aspx?oid=23719\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Sarasota County &#8211; Memo surfaces about Sarasota election machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=2682641&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=3.2.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: DeKalb County &#8211; DeKalb voting machines moved to dry location <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/dekalb\/stories\/2007\/03\/15\/0315votemachine.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: County Had Fewer Voting Issues In 2006 Than Others in State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=18078510&#038;BRD=1409&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=33071&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: Wilson County &#8211; Board of Elections requests more money <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsondaily.com\/Wil_region\/Local_News\/346556826203588.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>ND: State elections trending to voting centers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarcktribune.com\/articles\/2007\/03\/15\/news\/state\/130360.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Secretary of State Announces New Advisory Group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2325&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Is ballot position important in age of electronic voting? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=18081390&#038;BRD=2185&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=416046&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: York County &#8211; Candidates draw ballot order for May primary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkdispatch.com\/local\/ci_5443365\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Milam County &#8211; Counties forced to call joint elections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameronherald.com\/articles\/2007\/03\/15\/news\/news03.txt\" 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 As related by Brad Friedman in today&#8217;s Huffington Post: &#8220;Electronic ballot systems such as DRE machines, are neither fully accessible nor secure and accurate methods of recording, tallying, and reporting votes &#8230; [They] are inappropriate for use, because these systems make it impossible for voters to verify that [&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-4277","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\/4277","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=4277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4277"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=4277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}