{"id":4942,"date":"2007-08-10T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-08-11T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2007-08-10T20:00:16","modified_gmt":"2007-08-11T03:00:16","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-10-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4942","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 10, 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>Diebold seems to have convinced the Florida Sec. of State that they have fixed security problems found on their optical-scan systems during a review by Florida State University. It&#8217;s amazing how they did that in just a couple weeks. Or maybe not. The Attorney General of New Jersey has denied certification for use of any voter verified paper audit trail printer on the state&#8217;s voting machines. State law requires these printers be used by January 2008 but testing of the printers has shown they do not work as advertised. No printers; no DREs. There is still much more news coming from California&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: Rep. Dennis Kucinich: guardian of the American voter and democratic values <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_mary_ann_070810_rep__dennis_kucinich.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: What Have We Learned About Elections Lately? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/genera_dave_ber_070809_what_have_we_learned.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: UC Davis Concludes E-Voting Systems Hackable <a href=\"http:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/49618\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Voting must be secure by primary time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybulletin.com\/opinions\/ci_6587171\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Secretary of state&#8217;s act worrisome for election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modbee.com\/opinion\/story\/38926.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Columnist: &#8216;Whining&#8217; California Election Registrars are &#8216;Losers, Exposed as Careless at Best, Irresponsible at Worst&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4941\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: El Dorado &#8220;\u201c Placer Counties &#8211; Secretary of state decertifies some electronic voting machines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadaappeal.com\/article\/TD\/20070810\/NEWS\/108100087\/-1\/REGION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Bernardino County &#8211; Voting machines could cost county<br \/>\nRegistrar weighs options for 2008 elections if they must use paper ballots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vvdailypress.com\/news\/verjil_2247___article.html\/county_voting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: San Joaquin County &#8211; Electronic voting reforms won&#8217;t be cheap <a href=\"http:\/\/tracypress.com\/content\/view\/10590\/2244\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Shasta County &#8211; Properly counted votes are worth counties&#8217; trouble <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redding.com\/news\/2007\/aug\/10\/properly-counted\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Mesa County &#8211; Elections office pleads for more voting gear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gjsentinel.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/2007\/08\/10\/8_10_1a_elections_meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Secretary of state says voting machine flaws now fixed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/775\/story\/199459.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Security will be tight for straw poll<br \/>\nVoters will have thumbs dipped in indelible ink  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siouxcityjournal.com\/articles\/2007\/08\/09\/news\/iowa\/03bf73b73fd93d0c862573320000aafa.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Iowans ask judge to forbid machines in straw poll <a href=\"http:\/\/desmoinesregister.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070810\/NEWS\/70810026\/1001\/Multimedia\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Request To Stop Straw Poll Denied <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcci.com\/news\/13868061\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Iowans Object To Voting Machines Used for Straw Poll <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2007\/08\/iowans-object-t.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Hamilton County &#8211; Absentee voters to get paper again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070810\/LOCAL\/708100392\/1015\/LOCAL01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Editorial &#8211; Let&#8217;s start pulling  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddtonline.com\/articles\/2007\/08\/10\/news\/editorials\/edit1.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: Washington County &#8211; Voters denied rights in election  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddtonline.com\/articles\/2007\/08\/10\/news\/news3.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: AG orders voting machine flaws fixed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/local\/wire\/newjersey\/ny-bc-nj--votingmachinechal0810aug10,0,70279.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: State orders fixes to ballot printers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2007\/08\/state_orders_fixes_to_ballot_p.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: The Vote: New Jersey Attorney General Denies Voting Machine Certification Until Fixes and Retesting Completed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtech.com\/gt\/130178?topic=117674\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Despite California voting machine review results, Lyon Clerk remains confident in Nevada voting system <a href=\"http:\/\/news.rgj.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070810\/MVN01\/708100328\/1038\/MVN\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Lever voting machines get a reprieve in NY <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressconnects.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070810\/NEWS01\/708100363\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: King County &#8211; Reckless Plan: Full Steam Ahead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washblog.com\/story\/2007\/8\/9\/5136\/34028\" 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 Diebold seems to have convinced the Florida Sec. of State that they have fixed security problems found on their optical-scan systems during a review by Florida State University. It&#8217;s amazing how they did that in just a couple weeks. Or maybe not. The Attorney General of New Jersey [&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-4942","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\/4942","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=4942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4942"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=4942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}