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'Daily Voting News' For May 05, 2008

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Governor John Corzine of New Jersey has signed yet another extension of the electronic voting paper verification requirement for his state. Now citizens of New Jersey will again vote in an election without any paper. What the state needs to do is to get rid of their Sequoia Advantage voting system and get an actual paper ballot system that really works. Events in the state's primary election prove that the Advantage system may have actually violated federal accuracy law (HAVA Section 301(a)(5)). No vvpat printer would have fixed that problem.

According to BlackBoxVoting.Org, while 4.3 million voters are registered to vote in Indiana the state has recently purged 1.1 million voters from the voter rolls with one quarter of that total coming from two counties. Those and other stories are below....

NAtional: Short Take: Voter ID ruling one of court's worst ... in history LINK

NAtional: Opinion - Let the troops vote LINK

NAtional: ACCURATE Comments on the VVSG LINK

NAtional: Video Interview: Missouri Congressional Candidate Byron DeLear Speaks to The BRAD BLOG About 'Securing the Vote' LINK

CA: Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California's Front Line of Democracy LINK

CA: Press Release - As Vote-By-Mail Ballots Become Available For June Primary, Secretary of State Encourages California Voters to Check Their Voter Registration LINK

CT: Secretary of the State says voter privacy at stake LINK

IN: One million purged - The Incredible Disappearing Indiana Voter Rolls LINK

IN: 1.1 Million Purged from Indiana Voter Registration Rolls According to State Data, Says BBV LINK

IN: ID law could depress black turnout in Ind. LINK

IN: Vanderburgh County - Prepared to tame primary, Officials brace for turnout, zeal LINK

KS: Opinion - Pro-Con: Did the Supreme Court make a positive decision on voter IDs? YES LINK

NC: They are Army for a day LINK

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