Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"There is by now no doubt that there are serious problems with electronic voting machines: they fail to record votes, and even flip votes from one candidate to another. Election officials like to defend the machines by noting that they have been certified by independent testing labs. But the certification process has long been deeply flawed, and last week there was even more disturbing news - that the leading testing lab has been unable to meet the federal government's standards." NYTimes Editorial / Lowell Finley, the lead attorney for the non-partisan voting machine legal watchdog organization VoterAction.org has been named to be the new Deputy SoS for Voting Systems Technology and Policy in California today. This is a huge piece of news for all voters....
NAtional: Editorial - Testing the Testers LINK
NAtional: Are you a citizen? Prove it LINK
NAtional: Report outlines midterm e-voting failures LINK
NAtional: The Single Greatest Threat to the Media Reform Movement : Electronic Election Theft LINK
NAtional: Like Elections, E-voting Must Be Open LINK
NAtional: Sale could ease doubt about elections LINK
NAtional: Ciber Not Given Interim Accreditation, Part 1 LINK
CA: Major E-Voting Critic, Attorney Named to Key Voting Systems Oversight Role by New CA Secretary of State! LINK
FL: Supreme Court will not hear Wexler's paper ballot trail lawsuit LINK
FL: FL-13 - Bush vs. Gore it isn't, but it still matters LINK
FL: FL-13 ? Opinion - Voters slapped
Let's look at voting machines' DNA LINK
FL: FL-13 - E-voting flaws put Florida in spotlight again LINK
MS: Lafayette County - County mulling 'no excuses' early voting LINK
NC: Editorial - Voting machines can't be trusted LINK
NY: Opinion by Bo Lipari - Don't rush into new machines
State's voting changeover should be moved from '07 to'09. LINK
PA: Northampton County - Voting snags put heat on Northampton County elections office LINK
TX: Hill County - Election Complaint Under Investigation LINK
WI: Campaign seeks poll workers
League says ranks are dwindling LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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