a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Ex-New Mexico SoS Rebecca Vigil-Giron was term-limited out of office in Nov. The Governor then named her to a new position as the head of the state's new film museum. Now that job has been put on hold by the Governor until a $3Million shortfall in the SoS office can be explained. // It appears that the state of New Jersey may have violated its state laws when it certified the Sequoia AVC Advantage machines they have been using for years. There is no documentation to show that the system was ever inspected. Also a team at Princeton purchased five of the machines from an on-line government clearance house for $86. The same machines cost one New Jersey county $8000 per machine. The Princeton team put them to good use as they picked the locks within 7 seconds. They quickly learned how to manipulate the software to switch votes....

NAtional: Paper trail wanted for voting machines LINK

CA: Contra Costa County - Contra Costa elections chief pushes mail-only voting LINK

FL: Opinion - Crist's election plan bold, but it carries huge risks LINK

FL: Sarasota County - Columnist - Is study of voting machines flawed? LINK

ID: Debating the ballot box Bill that would let counties shift to all-mail voting meets resistance LINK

MD: Voting-bill opposition irks senator Elections Board officials speak against his measure for paper record of ballots LINK

NJ: N.J. voting machines face twin challenge A lawyer calls them uncertified. A professor calls them easy to rig LINK

NJ: Sequoia Touch-Screen Voting Machines Hacked, Found Vulnerable To Vote-Flipping by Princeton University! LINK

NJ: Electronic voting machines to get legal challenge LINK

NM: Governor puts Vigil-Giron's new job on hold LINK

NM: Audit puts Vigil-Giron's new job on hold LINK

NM: Deficit in Vigil-Giron's office tops $3 million LINK

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio's spreading stolen 2004 election scandal claims another victim LINK

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Authors Bio:
John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org