'Daily Voting News' For December 30, 2006

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org "As 2007 rolls in, millions of Americans will have to make what looks like a momentous technical decision: Should they upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Windows? At the same time, legislators and election boards will be pondering a far more important decision: Do we want Microsoft Windows - or any operating system - running elections?" asks Mike Hemowitz of the Baltimore Sun. A very good question that can be answered easily. No! No software for casting ballots. No '1's' and '0's'. No DRE's in our elections. No! / On Jan. 4 and 5 Democracy will again be under attack as the vendor sponsored Election Center goes to Washington DC in hopes of influencing your congress people and Senators to vote against new legislation that we have been working for over the past couple years. Call your Senator and Congressman/woman and ask them not to be fooled by this group. They do not speak for the voters and they do not speak for Democracy....

NAtional: Opinion - Today's Voting Machines Story - Who Are Our Elections FOR? LINK

NAtional: Technology: It's time to ditch touch-screen voting for paper ballots LINK

AL: HAVA reimbursement in pipeline LINK

AR: Lawmakers Talk Of Shortening Early Voting LINK

FL: FL-13 - House Democrats to Object to Florida Election Outcome LINK

FL: FL-13 - Holt supports Jennings, calls for revote LINK

FL: FL-13 - Jennings takes her fight forward LINK

FL: FL-13 - Jennings gets dealt 2 setbacks LINK

FL: FL-13 - Fla. judge rules against election challenger LINK

FL: FL-13 - Judge's ruling a major blow to Democrat's bid for House seat LINK

FL: FL-13 - Judge: Case built on 'speculation and conjecture' LINK

MI: Oakland County - Voting machines flawed, clerks in Oakland Co. say LINK

MI: Oakland County - Recall voting machines, clerks say LINK

NH: Patriot's Day: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised LINK

NY: New York City - It's paper ballots vs. touch screen voting at the City Council LINK

PA: Westmoreland County - Westmoreland appoints elections director LINK

VA: Bill Would Limit Automated Political Phone Calls LINK

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