March 3, 2008
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org The voting news today has been dominated, not by tomorrow's primary news, but by an attempted takeover of Diebold by the military industrial complex in the form of United Technologies which also owns Sikorsky Helicopter and jet-engine maker, Pratt and Whitney. Diebold received the offer for takeover and has rejected it so far. Remember Dwight Eisenhower's warning: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."...
NAtional: Diebold Receives a Takeover Offer LINK NAtional: Diebold Rejects Proposal From United Technologies LINK NAtional: Diebold Stock Soars After $3 Billion Takeover Bid by Defense Contractor Conglomerate United Technologies LINK NAtional: Diebold Rejects Bid as 'Opportunistic' LINK NAtional: Editorial - A New Role for Defense Contractors?: Counting Votes LINK CO: Editorial - Coffman's 'Never mind' Were those two months of uncertainty really necessary? LINK CO: Lawmakers Consider Plan To Use Paper Ballots LINK CO: Paper ballot elections get first hearing at Capitol LINK CO: San Miguel County - County voting machines recertified LINK FL: Think you have the right to vote? Think again LINK IN: Voting systems unable to handle high traffic LINK NJ: Editorial - Election integrity at stake LINK NY: Steuben County - New Steuben voting machines coming County polling places will likely offer choice of levers or optical scan in September. LINK OH: Ohio 'paper' vote system debuting with flaws, researchers say LINK OH: Counties ready for ballots LINK OH: State ruling gives county voters a choice of ballot options LINK OH: Counting votes: It's no quick task LINK OH: Primary puts Ohio, top election official Jennifer Brunner in spotlight Most important primary in decades spotlights Brunner LINK OH: People crowd polling sites to get votes in ahead of bad weather LINK OH: More than 50,000 votes cast LINK OH: Cuyahoga County - Election official: Cuyahoga is OK to go LINK OH: Cuyahoga County - Elections Officials Hoping For Smooth Primary LINK OH: Franklin County - Board of elections names new director LINK PA: Elections officials getting ready for possible record turnout LINK PA: Fayette County - Fayette ballot change may get boost LINK TX: TX Citizen Exit Pollers Display E-Voting "Wheel of Glitches" LINK TX: Confusion Rampant Over Texas 'Primacaucus' Rules LINK WV: Officials stand behind voting machines 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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Authors Bio:John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org