{"id":5987,"date":"2008-05-14T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2008-05-16T03:23:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T10:23:24","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-14-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5987","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For May 14, 2008"},"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=\"left\"><\/a>It appears that West Virginia either had very, very few machine failures yesterday or they were very, very successful at keeping the failures out of the news. <\/p>\n<p> It appears that our friends north of the border want the same instant gratification that our media insist on. New Brunswick has changed to optical-scan machines so they can get quicker results, amongst other reasons&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NAtional: Voting rights activists say America is unprepared for Nov. 4 election<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlamerican.com\/articles\/2008\/05\/14\/news\/local_news\/localnews0000000000001.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.stlamerican.com\/articles\/2008\/05\/14\/news\/local_news\/localnews0000000000001.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Voter ID Battle<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infozine.com\/news\/stories\/op\/storiesView\/sid\/28368\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.infozine.com\/news\/stories\/op\/storiesView\/sid\/28368\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Press Release &#8220;\u201c American Jewish Committee &#8211; AJC Deeply Concerned Over States Voter ID Initiatives<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.org\/site\/apps\/nlnet\/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&#038;b=849241&#038;ct=5360873\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ajc.org\/site\/apps\/nlnet\/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&#038;b=849241&#038;ct=5360873<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Voter ID by the Numbers<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2008\/05\/id_numbers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2008\/05\/id_numbers.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Your vote counts better on paper<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themilpitaspost.com\/columnists\/ci_9258716\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.themilpitaspost.com\/columnists\/ci_9258716<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; Get ready for a pile of paper when you vote this summer and fall<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/05\/get_ready_for_a_pile_of_paper_when_you_vote_this_summer_and_fall.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/05\/get_ready_for_a_pile_of_paper_when_you_vote_this_summer_and_fall.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: &#8216;Need&#8217; for voter ID legislation a fraud <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/2008\/May\/20080513Comm002.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/2008\/May\/20080513Comm002.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Woman decries Senate committee&#8217;s vote on photo ID <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/2008\/May\/20080513News010.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/2008\/May\/20080513News010.asp<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Two counties receive new voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watertowndailytimes.com\/article\/20080514\/NEWS03\/606171951\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.watertowndailytimes.com\/article\/20080514\/NEWS03\/606171951<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Pa Voter I.D. Law Introduced<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebulletin.us\/site\/index.cfm?newsid=19687037&#038;BRD=2737&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=576361&#038;rfi=8\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thebulletin.us\/site\/index.cfm?newsid=19687037&#038;BRD=2737&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=576361&#038;rfi=8<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Bucks County &#8211; Sellersville backs audit trail for voters<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perkasienewsherald.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19686427&#038;BRD=1306&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=187826&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.perkasienewsherald.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19686427&#038;BRD=1306&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=187826&#038;rfi=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Just Trust Us<br \/>\nWhere have we heard that before?<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlestoncitypaper.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A45281\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.charlestoncitypaper.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A45281<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Brazoria County &#8211; Single-vote races might not be over<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/thefacts.com\/story.lasso?ewcd=ff638b36ffe2a0ca\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/thefacts.com\/story.lasso?ewcd=ff638b36ffe2a0ca<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Another election error surfaces in Williamson County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news8austin.com\/content\/your_news\/default.asp?ArID=208666\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.news8austin.com\/content\/your_news\/default.asp?ArID=208666<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Editorial &#8211; It&#8217;s time to pass voter ID measure<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htrnews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080514\/MAN06\/805140490\/1409\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.htrnews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080514\/MAN06\/805140490\/1409<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WV: Hancock County &#8211; Election Problems Reported<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtov9.com\/news\/16258222\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wtov9.com\/news\/16258222\/detail.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canada: Vote counting system reviewed<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/timestranscript.canadaeast.com\/news\/article\/295807\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/timestranscript.canadaeast.com\/news\/article\/295807<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>England: Electronic voting system tested at University<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press.office\/newslink\/?ref=1210758300\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press.office\/newslink\/?ref=1210758300<\/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 It appears that West Virginia either had very, very few machine failures yesterday or they were very, very successful at keeping the failures out of the news. It appears that our friends north of the border want the same instant gratification that our media insist on. New Brunswick [&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-5987","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\/5987","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=5987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5987"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=5987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}