{"id":6284,"date":"2008-08-18T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2008-08-18T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T23:29:07","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-august-18-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6284","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For August 18, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Summary of a new report from VotersUnite.Org, and our Featured article, begins: “As we approach the 2008 general election, the structure of elections in the United States “\u201d once reliant on local representatives accountable to the public “\u201d has become almost wholly dependent on large corporations, which are not accountable to the public. Most local officials charged with running elections are now unable to administer elections without the equipment, services, and trade-secret software of a small number of corporations. <\/p>\n

If the vendors withdrew their support for elections now, our election structure would collapse.<\/p>\n

However, some states and localities are recognizing the threat that vendor-dependency poses to elections. They are using ingenuity and determination to begin reversing the direction.”\u009d…<\/p>\n

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