Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In today's featured article Bo Lipari of New Yorkers For Verified Voting opens, "It's become obvious that New York State's new voting systems will not be able to complete New York State certification testing in time for the scheduled 2009 rollout. The state sets the highest bar in the nation for approval of voting machines, one that vendors have never been required to meet before. Their performance in New York demonstrates that they are a long, long way from understanding that the public will not stand for poorly designed, badly tested and outrageously overpriced equipment, and a business philosophy of let the customer be damned."...
Featured - NY: Schedule Slips and Slippery Slopes
Voting Machines Can't Meet NY Standards in Time for 2009 LINK
National: Editorial - A Lesson Not Learned LINK
National: Columnist - They Fight but Can't Vote LINK
National: Lots of Bullets, Not Enough Ballots LINK
National: EAC Chair Urges Recruitment of Two Million Poll Workers for Presidential Election LINK
National: VA of two minds when it comes to voting help for veterans LINK
AL: Selma - Time to move forward LINK
AL: Selma - Visually impaired voters count, too. LINK
AL: Selma - ES&S: There's nothing to hack in optical voting machine LINK
CO: State no longer overseeing elections in Routt, Montrose counties LINK
GA: Early numbers show low voter turnout for primaries LINK
MA: Same-day registration push on hold LINK
MD: Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov. LINK
MS: Jones forms committee to craft new voter ID bill LINK
NY: Union County - Malfunctioning machines cause ire LINK
OH: Ohio GOP criticizes Brunner's ruling LINK
VA: Virginia edges towards backup for electronic votes LINK
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