'Daily Voting News' For January 16, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org According to "Roll Call", "After rewriting rules for lobbyists, increasing the federal minimum wage and moving on other election-year promises, senior Democratic Members in both chambers said Friday that within weeks they will begin scrutinizing electronic voting equipment and, for now, shelve other election-related proposals such as overhauls of 527s and electronic financial disclosure in the Senate. "The first thing is going to be elections," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, told a group of reporters Friday. "We're going into 2008 with [an electronic voting system] that is problematic." ...

NAtional: Hill Will Examine Voting Machines LINK

NAtional: Election Assistance Cheerleader LINK

NAtional: Voting method hits third-party voting Proponents say fusion voting allows votes for primary candidates from third-party voters LINK

NAtional: Ciber-sleuthing in the secret world of voting machine accreditation LINK

NAtional: Keeping Up Appearances: The EAC Does Damage Control LINK

CO: Coffman Reviews Voting Machine Security Standards LINK

CT: Bysiewicz Calls For Mandatory 20% Audit LINK

KS: Proposal would require photo I.D. to vote LINK

KS: Senator to propose voter ID bill People would need photo ID before registering, voting LINK

KY: Campbell County - Campbell poll workers may get ax over new machines LINK

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