Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Election officials in Pima Co Arizona have been on the wrong side of issues quite a bit lately. Because of this it is surprising that they may ask the Secretary of State to change the "Election Procedures Manual" to disallow tabulation of votes before election day, increase the size of hand-counted audits, disallow the use of modems to transmit results, improve ballot-verification procedures and chain-of-custody records, and other worthy changes. The county also wants to totally get rid of all DREs. It's amazing what happens at times when a good citizen group stands-up and demands changes be made; people actually begin to listen. Meanwhile in Georgia citizens involved in an electronic voting lawsuit have announced they have filed a summary judgment motion seeking to ban the machines. The motion "centers on a lack of equal protection and due process that the plaintiffs claim Election Day voters have when compared to absentee voters who use optically scanned paper ballots. The motion contends that retention of tangible paper ballots is required for voters to verify their actual ballot choices, for election officials to provide true recounts as needed, to investigate voting discrepancies, to prevent fraud and to produce evidence for contested elections"....
NAtional: Editorial - Safeguarding Electronic Voting LINK
NAtional: The War On Voting Rights: Voter Fraud Smears, Voter ID And Corruption At DOJ LINK
NAtional: Papantonio and Bender on the Hart InterCivic Fraud Suit LINK
NAtional: The Cost of E-Voting LINK
AZ: Pima County - County appeals vote-databases 'public' ruling
Wants secretary of state to intervene; it's on list of security recommendations LINK
CO: Colorado AG expecting suit over electronic voting machines LINK
FL: Sarasota County - State investigation, prosecutor clear Dent of election tampering LINK
GA: Motion Filed to Ban Georgia Voting Equipment LINK
GA: Muscogee County - Political confusion: Removal letter confuses law-abiding voters LINK
IA: Judge: Iowa voting forms violate official English law LINK
IN: MicroVote pressed to pay '06 penalties LINK
IN: Voting Machine Maker Could Be Suspended for Five Years
MicroVote calls proposed punishment for missed certification in 2006 too harsh LINK
IN: MicroVote Responds to Secretary of State LINK
IN: Another Voting Machine Company on the Ropes as Indiana Slaps MicroVote
May be Banned from Doing business in State for Five Years After Missing Recertification Deadline Prior to 2006 Election... LINK
ME: Senate approves National Popular Vote initiative LINK
NJ: Editorial - Protecting election integrity LINK
PA: Election systems in Pa. don't get vote of confidence LINK
PA: State preparing for huge voter turnout LINK
PA: Lawmaker fears state not ready for election
Workers ready to help voters with ID, other questions, official says LINK
PA: Fayette County - Fayette adopts guidelines for new voting machines LINK
TX: Waste of money?
Low voter turnout has clerks questioning runoff efficiency LINK
VT: Douglas vetoes campaign finance, instant-runoff voting bills LINK
WV: Ohio County - Ireland: No Identification Needed to Vote in West Virginia LINK
WV: Ireland says Ohio County's voter ID policy violates state law LINK
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