{"id":5116,"date":"2007-09-30T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2007-10-01T01:37:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T08:37:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-september-29-and-30-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5116","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For September 29 and 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>As reported by a Dutch outlet in their English translation; &#8220;We do not trust voting computers&#8217; demanded that every single vote would be retained on its own piece of paper in the polling station. And that is what will happen from now on. On September 27, 2007 the Korthals Altes Committee issued its &#8216;Voting with confidence&#8217; report. The state secretary for the interior immediately announced that &#8216;Regulation for approval of voting machines 1997&#8217; will be withdrawn. As a result all Dutch voting computers will be decertified. Elections in the Netherlands will be held using paper ballots and red pencil for a while. After that, likely using &#8216;vote printers&#8217; and optical scan counting computers.&#8221;\u009d The machines that will no longer be used are made by NEDAP and marketed in English speaking countries as &#8220;Liberty.&#8221;\u009d Ireland spent millions of Euros to buy the machines, then they were found to be insecure so Ireland is spending millions of Euros annually to store the machines that have never been used. Liberty is being marketed in New York&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CA: OpEd &#8211; Back to the future &#8220;\u201d with balloting by mail<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/argus\/oped\/ci_7045175\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/argus\/oped\/ci_7045175<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Opinion &#8211; Election machines are no friend of democracy<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/thecalifornian.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070929\/OPINION\/709290323\/1014\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/thecalifornian.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070929\/OPINION\/709290323\/1014<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Bowen cast bold vote<br \/>\nFuror still boils over secretary of state&#8217;s touch-screen edict<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/111\/story\/405386.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/111\/story\/405386.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Council approves raises for poll workers using new technology<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=18868687&#038;BRD=1641&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=594835&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.zwire.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=18868687&#038;BRD=1641&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=594835&#038;rfi=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; New Broward County voting machines arrive for use in 2008 elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/broward\/sfl-flbvotemachines0929nbsep29,0,3428949.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/broward\/sfl-flbvotemachines0929nbsep29,0,3428949.story<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NC: State Fights Back Against Hackers<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc17.com\/midatlantic\/ncn\/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-28-0022.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nbc17.com\/midatlantic\/ncn\/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-09-28-0022.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Mercer County &#8211; Paper votes wanted<br \/>\nGroup asks freeholders for new voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/times\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-3\/119112544453280.xml&#038;coll=5\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/times\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-3\/119112544453280.xml&#038;coll=5<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Monmouth County &#8211; Low bid rejected; a donor gets job<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070930\/NEWS\/709300476\/1004\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.app.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070930\/NEWS\/709300476\/1004\/NEWS01<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bucks County &#8211; Election decision won&#8217;t be appealed<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/pb-dyn\/news\/111-09292007-1415504.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/pb-dyn\/news\/111-09292007-1415504.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Early Voting Ends &#8212; and So Does the Early-Voting Reality Show<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/memphis\/Content?oid=oid%3A34314\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/memphis\/Content?oid=oid%3A34314<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Montgomery County &#8211; The registrar has a secret lair<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/editorials\/trejbal\/wb\/133985\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/editorials\/trejbal\/wb\/133985<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Netherlands: Dutch voting computers will be decertified shortly<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl\/English\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl\/English<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Netherlands: Dutch voting computers will be decertified shortly<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/genera_bev_harr_070930_dutch_voting_compute.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/genera_bev_harr_070930_dutch_voting_compute.htm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 reported by a Dutch outlet in their English translation; &#8220;We do not trust voting computers&#8217; demanded that every single vote would be retained on its own piece of paper in the polling station. And that is what will happen from now on. 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