{"id":6257,"date":"2008-08-08T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2008-08-08T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T23:33:25","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-08-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6257","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For August 08, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today&#8217;s word is &#8220;obscurantism&#8221;\u009d. What does obscurantism have to do with voting issues you ask? Obscurantism (&#8217;tist) is defined as the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. There are two common senses of this: (1)opposition to the spread of knowledge&#8221;\u201da policy of withholding knowledge from the general public; and (2) a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness. It seems to me that the voting machine vendors are an excellent example of both definitions of obscurantist&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Some Homeless Citizens Face &#8216;Roadblocks&#8217; When Registering<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2929&#038;Itemid=26\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2929&#038;Itemid=26<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentpoliticalreport.com\/2008\/08\/greens-launch-effort-against-electoral-college-manipulation-of-presidential-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.independentpoliticalreport.com\/2008\/08\/greens-launch-effort-against-electoral-college-manipulation-of-presidential-elections\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Questions to Ponder as We Hurl Toward November<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Questions-to-Ponder-as-We--by-Susan-Guest-080806-202.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/Questions-to-Ponder-as-We&#8211;by-Susan-Guest-080806-202.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: VA, state reach deal on voter sign-ups<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19899952&#038;BRD=1281&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=635049&#038;rfi=6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=19899952&#038;BRD=1281&#038;PAG=461&#038;dept_id=635049&#038;rfi=6<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County &#8211; Goodbye touch screens, hello paper as Florida changes how we vote<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/08\/goodbye_touch_screens_hello_pa.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/weblogs.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/politics\/broward\/blog\/2008\/08\/goodbye_touch_screens_hello_pa.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Indian River County &#8211; Race for Indian River Supervisor of Elections crowded<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/08\/race-for-elections-supervisor-crowded\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2008\/aug\/08\/race-for-elections-supervisor-crowded\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>HI: Akaka pushes for more voter assistance at VA medical sites and homes<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080808\/BREAKING01\/308080017\/-1\/LOCALNEWSFRONT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080808\/BREAKING01\/308080017\/-1\/LOCALNEWSFRONT<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Shawnee Co. mistake doesn&#8217;t alter outcome; No big problems in Riley<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=cd278f85e2384871a7b133ddcda00c4b\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=cd278f85e2384871a7b133ddcda00c4b<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MO: Voter Arrested After Not Showing Photo ID<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxkc.com\/myfox\/pages\/Home\/Detail?contentId=7160121&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=1.1.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.myfoxkc.com\/myfox\/pages\/Home\/Detail?contentId=7160121&#038;version=1&#038;locale=EN-US&#038;layoutCode=TSTY&#038;pageId=1.1.1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: More on Those Voting Machines in Ohio<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/08\/07\/more_on_those_voting_machines.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/08\/07\/more_on_those_voting_machines.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio Sues Over Trouble With Voting Machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/07\/AR2008080703083.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/07\/AR2008080703083.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Ohio official sues e-voting vendor for dropped votes<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2008\/080808-ohio-official-sues-e-voting-vendor.html?hpg1=bn\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2008\/080808-ohio-official-sues-e-voting-vendor.html?hpg1=bn<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/management\/legal\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000402\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/management\/legal\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000402<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Schuylkill County &#8211; Commissioners move to pay bill for 20 touch-screen voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.republicanherald.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/08\/news\/local_news\/pr_republican.20080808.a.pg6.pr08commissioners_s1.1863917_loc.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.republicanherald.com\/articles\/2008\/08\/08\/news\/local_news\/pr_republican.20080808.a.pg6.pr08commissioners_s1.1863917_loc.txt<\/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>Today we are going to have a change of pace and introduce a new word to the vocabulary of some. This is actually a word that I heard for the first time a couple days ago and I like learning new words. Today&#8217;s word is &#8220;obscurantism&#8221;\u009d. What does obscurantism have to do with voting issues [&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-6257","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\/6257","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=6257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}