Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org
In Vanderburgh County, IN voters were forced to stand in long lines in Nov. 2004 and some walked away in frustration. The county council has been investigating prior to spending the money to buy more machines. They've now found that 46 machines were left in storage rather than to be used. PA has begun the legislative actions to keep voters from voting. On the national scene HR-550 has picked up another co-sponsor and new legislation that will slow down HAVA has been filed....
NAtional: Legislation aims to bring voting machine relief (HR-4666) LINK
NAtional: Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) Co-Sponsors HR 550 LINK
AZ: Column: Show Us the Ballots LINK
CA: E-voting systems OK'd, except Diebold's LINK
CA: El Dorado County - Registrar: Mail-in election remote LINK
CA: Riverside County - Opinion - Election fears are unfounded LINK
CT: Guilford - Guarding the Vote: New Dem Registrar of Voters in Town LINK
IL: Grundy County - A sign of the times. County introduces touch screen voting LINK
IN: Vanderburgh County - Voting machines don't add up. County clerk says 46 unused in 2004 LINK
MD: Paper trail unlikely for 2006 elections LINK
NJ: Franklin Township - Dougherty optimistic on ballot challenge LINK
OH: State drops court fight to try to show 2004 election was fair LINK
PA: House votes to ban paroled felons from voting, require voter ID LINK
PA: Beaver County - County selects voting machines (ES&S iVotronic) LINK Next Page 1 | 2
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