{"id":5150,"date":"2007-10-09T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2007-10-09T21:36:06","modified_gmt":"2007-10-10T04:36:06","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-09-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5150","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 09, 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>&#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221;\u009d has now been in existence for close to four years. VotersUnite can use some help keeping it going for a while longer. We rely on the Election Integrity Community and those who have interest in elections to keep us funded. If you rely on DVN as a source for news and information on voting issues then we need your help. Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/donate.asp\">HERE<\/a> and follow the links to make a donation. Any donation over $50 will receive a signed copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/ballotsOfStraw.asp\">&#8220;A Margin of Error: Ballots Of Straw&#8221;\u009d<\/a> [NOTE: VotersUnite! is in affiliation with International Humanities Center, a nonprofit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501[c](3) of the Internal Revenue Code.] <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s probably true that among those who don&#8217;t [have Photo ID], it&#8217;s primarily elderly persons. And that&#8217;s a shame. Of course&#8230;our society is such that minorities don&#8217;t become elderly the way that white people do. They die first.&#8221; &#8211; John Tanner, Chief of Civil Rights Section, Voting Unit, U.S. DoJ, today&#8217;s &#8220;Enemy of Democracy&#8221;\u009d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Links to today&#8217;s notable voting news stories follow below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NAtional: DoJ Voting Rights Chief Says &#8216;It&#8217;s a Shame&#8217; Elderly May be Disenfranchised by Photo ID Laws, But Minority Voters &#8216;Don&#8217;t Become Elderly, They Die First&#8217;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5145\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5145<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Former DoJ Officials Say Voting Chief&#8217;s Comments on Photo ID &#8216;False&#8217; &#8216;Cherry Picked&#8217; &#8216;Ludicrous&#8217;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5149\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5149<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Voters, don&#8217;t trust computers<br \/>\nElectronic systems are unreliable; tampering is easy. State and federal action is needed to safeguard elections.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/opinion\/pa\/20071009_Voters__dont_trust_computers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/opinion\/pa\/20071009_Voters__dont_trust_computers.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AK: Alaska Lt. Governor Seeks Independent Review of State&#8217;s Voting System<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2604&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2604&#038;Itemid=113<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Press Release &#8220;\u201c League Opposes Arizona&#8217;s Efforts As Disenfranchising<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwv.org\/AM\/Template.cfm?Template=\/CM\/ContentDisplay.cfm&#038;ContentID=9695\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.lwv.org\/AM\/Template.cfm?Template=\/CM\/ContentDisplay.cfm&#038;ContentID=9695<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Riverside County &#8211; Voters deserve a competent county registrar<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/opinion\/localviews\/stories\/PE_OpEd_Opinion_D_op_1007_optotowsky_loc.747537.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/opinion\/localviews\/stories\/PE_OpEd_Opinion_D_op_1007_optotowsky_loc.747537.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Riverside County &#8211; Ballot-scanning device tested before election<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/riverside\/20071009-0628-scanners.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/riverside\/20071009-0628-scanners.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KY: and Ohio &#8220;\u201c Editorial &#8211; Changing the rules<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincypost.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071009\/EDIT\/710090313\/1003\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/news.cincypost.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20071009\/EDIT\/710090313\/1003<\/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 &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221;\u009d has now been in existence for close to four years. VotersUnite can use some help keeping it going for a while longer. We rely on the Election Integrity Community and those who have interest in elections to keep us funded. 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