90 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 9 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing Summarizing
General News   

'Daily Voting News' For August 03, 2006

By       (Page 1 of 3 pages)   No comments

JGideon
Message John Gideon
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org and VoteTrustUSA.Org

Chris Zachmeyer, executive director of the Catskill Center For Independence, said Tuesday that voting-machine manufacturers have tried to contribute money to her organization, which has given testimony on which voting machines Otsego County should buy. / The final results of the Connecticut primary, on Aug. 8, may not be reported until Aug. 25 depending on how close the races are. The reason is an agreement between the state and the DoJ over late mailing, or lack of mailing, of ballots to the military voters. / A federal judge agreed with the DoJ and stripped voter registration duties from the Alabama SoS and gave them to the Gov. This was done because the state does not yet have a viable voter registration data base. When will the same happen in other states where there is no viable data base, i.e. Washington, California, Maine, New York? / Tennessee Governor Phil Brednesen when asked about the new voting machines he used for the first time today, "I'll probably hear about that from whoever makes the machines, but I voted this morning. I have to be honest, I didn't care for it that much. The machines were complicated. I'm fairly computer-literate, and there were a couple issues that I found confusing, and I think there's going to be some elderly people who have trouble with it. More than that, I didn't like the lack of privacy. I was just standing there, kind of in the middle of the floor voting at my voting place. At one point, one of the poll workers walked behind me and certainly could see whatever I had on the screen at that point. I really believe in the secret ballot, and people are entitled to that. I think that's very fixable, but something I didn't like about it this morning"....

  • NAtional: Control Alt Delete Democracy LINK


  • NAtional: Election Monitoring Shows Commitment to Democracy LINK


  • AL: Judge Denies Motions to Intervene by Dems and Appoints Riley Special Master LINK


  • AL: Editorial - Strong-Arming the Vote LINK


  • AR: Committeee Accepts Election Report's Recommendations LINK


  • AZ: Security of Vote Machines Still In doubt LINK


  • CA: Voting Security Attacked In Court Again LINK


  • CA: Do The Secretary of State's Voter Registration Database Restrictions Violate Federal Law LINK


  • CA: Kern County - Locals appear before state elections panel, discuss primary voting woes LINK


  • CT: State Tries To Avoid Florida-Type Chaos LINK


  • IN: 1 million voters may not live at registered address LINK


  • IN: Nearly 5,000 duplicate voter registrations eliminated LINK


  • IN: Wayne County - Pilot program would reduce polling places from 31 to 4 LINK


  • KS: Crawford County - Things go 'very well' with new voting machines (AutoMark) LINK


  • Next Page  1  |  2  |  3

    (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).

    Rate It | View Ratings

    John Gideon Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in

    John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org
    Go To Commenting
    The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
    Writers Guidelines

     
    Contact AuthorContact Author Contact EditorContact Editor Author PageView Authors' Articles
    Support OpEdNews

    OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

    If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

    STAY IN THE KNOW
    If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
    Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter
    Name
    Email
       (Opens new browser window)
     

    Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

    'Daily Voting News' For December 10, 2006

    'Daily Voting News' For April 27, 2007

    ES&S Pouts, Stamps Foot, Complies Anyway, After Minor Spanking by the EAC

    'Daily Voting News' For November 03, 2007

    To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

    Tell A Friend