{"id":6748,"date":"2008-12-15T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T00:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2008-12-15T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T00:38:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-december-15-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6748","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For December 15, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news has not been written yet but I am hearing from New Jersey that the bill that would have forced the state&#8217;s voters to continue to use Sequoia Advantage DREs with no paper audit trail was defeated in one house of the state legislature and the bill in the other house never went to the floor for a vote. Now the state needs to decide whether to wait and hope Sequoia can get a vvpat printer certified or do the right thing and change over to a paper-based voting system&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Toward A Better Registration System<br \/>\nEliminating A Mountain Of Paperwork Is A Top Priority For Gathering Of Election Administrators<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/njonline\/rg_20081211_4869.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/njonline\/rg_20081211_4869.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Unstuffing the Ballot Box<br \/>\nThe right is working to change voting rules. Advocates and ordinary citizens are pushing back.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utne.com\/2006-07-01\/UnstuffingtheBallotBox.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.utne.com\/2006-07-01\/UnstuffingtheBallotBox.aspx<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: EAC Honors Poll Workers from Election Day 2008<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eac.gov\/News\/eac-honors-poll-workers-from-election-day-2008\/base_view\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.eac.gov\/News\/eac-honors-poll-workers-from-election-day-2008\/base_view<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Lee County &#8211; Poll workers thanked<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albanyherald.com\/stories\/20081215n1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.albanyherald.com\/stories\/20081215n1.htm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Riley County Clerk: General election cost $77K<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=ae20382e4a8b45dbaee011d7fe5b56d9\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.themercury.com\/News\/article.aspx?articleId=ae20382e4a8b45dbaee011d7fe5b56d9<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Md. election board seeks &#8217;09 touch-screen pact <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6165950.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6165950.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Md. election board seeks &#8217;09 touch-screen pact<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-1745883~Md__election_board_seeks__09_touch_screen_pact.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-1745883~Md__election_board_seeks__09_touch_screen_pact.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: A nasty bug emerges in the state election system <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/36145339.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/36145339.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Coleman, Franken joust ahead of critical election board meeting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/36179989.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUq9_b9b_jEkP:QUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/36179989.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUq9_b9b_jEkP:QUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Editorial: Recount reveals an election weak spot<br \/>\nChanges needed to reduce absentee ballot error rate.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/opinion\/editorials\/36194339.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/opinion\/editorials\/36194339.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Senate recount update: Coleman camp takes separate objections to Supreme Court and Canvassing Board<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/ericblack\/2008\/12\/15\/5294\/senate_recount_update_coleman_camp_takes_separate_objections_to_supreme_court_and_canvassing_board\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/ericblack\/2008\/12\/15\/5294\/senate_recount_update_coleman_camp_takes_separate_objections_to_supreme_court_and_canvassing_board<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Editorial &#8211; A vote for optical scan<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/opinion\/times\/editorials\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-0\/122934154096780.xml&#038;coll=5\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nj.com\/opinion\/times\/editorials\/index.ssf?\/base\/news-0\/122934154096780.xml&#038;coll=5<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Good News from Minnesota:<br \/>\nNew York State Has Selected the Right Voting System <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyvv.org\/newdoc\/2008\/GoodNewsFromMinnesota121408.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nyvv.org\/newdoc\/2008\/GoodNewsFromMinnesota121408.pdf<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: 38,983 voters purged from rolls<br \/>\nYork County hadn&#8217;t tossed deadwood voters in a decade.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/ydr.inyork.com\/ci_11232664\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/ydr.inyork.com\/ci_11232664<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Commentary &#8211; Republicans revive voter ID proposal<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/robison\/6164918.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/robison\/6164918.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Dewhurst trying to work out a deal to get voter ID bill passed<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/36148044.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/36148044.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Johnson County &#8211; Editorial: Elections office must be efficient<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleburnetimesreview.com\/opinion\/local_story_350084258.html?keyword=secondarystory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cleburnetimesreview.com\/opinion\/local_story_350084258.html?keyword=secondarystory<\/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>The news has not been written yet but I am hearing from New Jersey that the bill that would have forced the state&#8217;s voters to continue to use Sequoia Advantage DREs with no paper audit trail was defeated in one house of the state legislature and the bill in the other house never went to [&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-6748","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\/6748","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=6748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6748"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}